Music : CWU Choral Festival

CWU Fall Choral Classic Festival

Dates: Tuesday & Wednesday November 4-5, 2008

The 2008 Fall Choral Classic is now on the books for November 4-5 so mark your calendars now. More information is on it's way but to say the least 2008 promises to be bigger and better than ever!

We at CWU are looking forward to two days of inspired music making! This year, 25 choirs will be a part of this educational and entertaining day.

NOTE: CWU accounting will send to you an invoice for the $250 participation fee ($450 for two choirs). Please do not send payment until you receive an invoice from the University.

NOTE: Please provide for the judges three sets of music for each piece you will perform. Measures should be numbered on each score.. Mark each score with your school name to facilitate their return. Please keep copyright laws in mind and plan accordingly.

Schedule
Each school will have 25 minutes on stage.. Choirs are encouraged to plan 10-15 minutes of music, allowing one of the adjudicators to spend 10-15 minutes with the group making suggestions. This will be followed by a 25 minute clinic in another room with a second adjudicator. A video (mini DV format) and audio (CD-R) will be made of both the performance and clinic. Each day will also include a 30 minute conducting session, presented by Dr. Nikolas Caoile, CWU's Director of orchestras, for all students.

Photos
Have your group photographed! TriStar Photography will be present to photograph your choral group. Information and order form here:

Contact Information
Dr. Gary Weidenaar,
Director of Choral Studies
400 E University Way, Mailstop 7458
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7458

Email: Gary.Weidenaar@cwu.edu
Office Phone: 509.963.1616
Fax: 509.963.1239

For any mail correspondence, use this address:
CWU Music Choral Festival
400 E University Way, Mailstop 7458
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7458

2007 Report:
25 choirs took part in this year's festival; 13 on the first day, 12 on the second. Over 1000 students attended the festival.The new Lynn Dupin award - an award given for cordiality, supportiveness, maturity, full participation. and tactfulness - was awarded to three schools: Eagle High School - Seth McMullen Director, - Mt Si High School - Kim Snavely Director - and Rochester High School - Robert Mackenzie Sullivan, Director.Each day, the 30 voice CWU Men's Chorale sang from 8:15 -8:25 a.m.& the 130 voice University Chorale will sing from 11:45-12:10.The day ended with a performance which included CWU's Vocal Jazz I and Chamber Choir

• Loveliest of Trees from "Songs of a Young Man" - RIchard Nance
• My Lord, What a Morning - arr. R. Lee Giliam
• Marry a Woman Uglier than You

University Chorale's Repertoire

• Hodie Christus Natus Est -  Kenneth Mahy
• Gaudete - Piae Cantiones, 1582  arr. Kingsbury
• Sing Unto God - from "Judas Maccabeus", G. F. Handel
  Arianna Recher - piano
• All For Me Grog - arr. Stephen Hatfield

FINAL CONCERT Vocal Jazz I's Repertoire

• Sweet Lover - Wyche, arr. Vijay Singh
• Makin' Whoopie - arr. Dave Barduhn
• The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - arr. Singh
• Sassy - Siegal, arr. N. Wallen
• Chippie - Coleman, arr. SinghMove - Davis, arr. N. Wallen

Chamber Choir's Repertoire

• Chantez - Jules Massenet
• Hodie - Niels La Cour
• Daemon Irrepit Callidus - Gyorgy Orbán
• Hope, faith, life, love - Eric Whitacre
• Desh [Indian Raga] - arranged by Ethan Sperry

Clinicians

*Last updated July 31, 2008