SCHEDULE

 

11:30 AM                   Directors Luncheon                                      Faculty Lounge

 

12:45 PM                    Directors Meeting                                         Faculty Lounge

 

2:00 PM                      Masterclass with William Weinert            Music, Room 105

 

4:00 PM                      Warm-up in rehearsal rooms and 10

                                    minute rehearsal on stage                            CU Center, Assigned rooms

 

6:15 PM                      Choirs seated in CU Center                        CU Center

                                    Welcome, introductions, program order                          

                                    drawing

 

6:30 p.m.                    Festival Begins

 

9:30 PM                      Reception - Directors, Choir Reps             Faculty Lounge

                                    Adjudications distributed

 

 

DIRECTORS LUNCHEON AND ANNUAL MEETING

 

The luncheon and annual meeting will take place in the Faculty Lounge located adjacent to the CU Center.  The buffet style lunch service will cost $15 per person, which includes food, drinks and gratuity. 

 

I will prepare an agenda for the meeting.  Please contact me at (949) 856-3180 or Huszti@cox.net, if you have agenda items for the directors meeting.  Music you will perform for the festival will be collected at the meeting.

 

 

WILLIAM WEINERT MASTERCLASS

 

Professor Weinert will present his masterclass addressing choral concepts through the use of selected choral repertoire.  Each school is invited to send eight students to participate in the masterclass to be held in CU Center, Room 105.  A map of the CU Center will be provided, for all of our students attending the masterclass.  Music for the workshop will be distributed at the class.

 

 

PARKING

 

There is ample space to park vehicles at Concordia University.  Parking lots are identified on the enclosed maps of the campus and it is a short walk to the CU Center.  Our suggestion is to enter Concordia using the Jeffrey/University exit off the 405 freeway.  Directions from the Culver exit off the 405 freeway makes finding Concordia a bit more difficult. 

 

 

 

WARM-UP/REHEARSAL ROOMS

 

Warm-up/rehearsal spaces will be available at 4:00 PM.  Please ask your students to report to the CU Center when they arrive and they will be given directions by our student hosts.  Each choir will have a UCI student host for the duration of the festival to assist you and your singers.  Please be certain all valuables are locked into your vehicle, as we cannot insure that the warm-up space will be secure.  There is very limited changing space and we encourage your students to arrive at the festival in performance attire.

 

Warm-up space and times are assigned according to the order in which your information was received.  We will attempt to assign rooms and spaces as requested, but some choirs may need to share rooms because unfortunately, pianos are not available in each space. 

 

During your ten-minute warm-up time in the CU Center, we will give you a two minute warning to finish.  It might be good to have your choir lined up five minutes prior to your time on the risers.

 

 

FESTIVAL

 

Please remind your students that all choirs are expected to stay for the duration of the festival.  In order that the festival proceeds effectively, please adhere to the TEN MINUTE time allotted for each performance.

 

Seating is somewhat difficult in the CU Center, please ask your students to co-operate with their guides.  There will be virtually no space to seat extra audience members.

 

There will be seven sets of choral risers on the stage platform.  The acoustical properties of the space are excellent and a fine recording of each ensemble will be possible.  The exit doors are somewhat noisy and singers should leave only if necessary, after a performance has taken place.

 

 

DIRECTORıS RECEPTION

 

We will arrange for the adjudication sheets to be given to each director at the reception.  Please invite a student representative to accompany you to the reception for Dr. Weinert.  I am certain he will wish to greet each of you following the festival.  The reception will be held in the Faculty Lounge.

 

The CD recording of the festival will be mailed to you as soon as they are available.  The turn around time should be no longer than ten days.

 

 

DINING

 

The Student Center at Concordia will have limited food items available.  There are several fast food establishments on Culver Drive (see map) and in the small shopping center at Ridgeline Drive (see map).