Happy “eve” of St Patrick’s Day, everyone!  I hope you and your families are well.

I am delighted to let you all know that – a little ahead of schedule! – the final version of our THiRD Medford Community Chorale “virtual choir video,” “The Sound of Music,” and our SECOND youth / young adult chorus video, “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” are ready!  (Please see links below). 

I am thrilled that the adult chorale welcomed 15 new video  participants this time – including members who participated from California, Illinois, Washington D.C., and 3 friends from Abruzzo, Italy! The youth / young adult chorus welcomed 5 new participants!  I so hope that those of you who participated enjoyed your experience, and that those of you who were not able to be with us this time will consider joining us for the next video?! 

Once again, this project has been a lot of work, but it also continues to be a wonderful and fun learning experience for all of us, and I would like to extend my heartfelt appreciation to Julie, Holly, our youth chorus parents, and to all of you for all of your effort and your hard work.

I hope you enjoy the videos.  Please feel free to share them with any of your family and friends whom you think might like to see them.  And let’s all enjoy a little “break,”  until we begin work on our next video a little later in the spring!

~ Betsy

Here are the YouTube links for the videos:

“The Sound of Music”

“I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”

I’D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Happy Thanksgiving weekend, everyone!  I hope you all had a nice – if unusual! – holiday.   

I am delighted to let you all know that – right on schedule! – the final version of  our second Medford Community Chorale “virtual choir video,” “Lift Every Voice and Sing!” … and our FIRST youth/young adult chorus video, “Do-Re-Mi” are ready! (See links below.)  As you will see in the opening frames, we have dedicated the adults’ video in loving memory of our friend and chorale member, Jan Miegel, who passed away, sadly, on  November 19th.  

I am thrilled that we welcomed 11 new video  participants this time – including one friend who participated from Abruzzo, Italy!  I so hope that those of you who participated enjoyed your experience, and that those of you who were not able to be with us this time will consider joining us for the next one?!    

Once again, this project has been a lot of work, but it also continues to be a wonderful and fun learning experience for all of us, and I would like to extend my heartfelt appreciation to Julie, Holly, Mike (our drummer), our youth chorus parents, and to all of you!   Enjoy the rest of your weekend!   

~Betsy   

https://youtu.be/DAvIgabVRec (Do Re Mi)  

https://youtu.be/3zkZsGBCrN4 (Lift Every Voice and Sing!)

Dear youth singers and parents,

We haven’t forgotten about you!!

As you may know, rehearsals were well underway, when everything came to a “screeching halt” in March, due to the pandemic.

So, we came up with the idea to create a virtual choir video, and began with the adult chorale. If you haven’t seen it yet, here is the link to their performance:

https://youtu.be/LDtCjBj1_aY

… and now it’s your turn!! The piece we have chosen is the Sound of Music favorite, “Do-Re-Mi”. Just FYI, here’s a link to a performance of this arrangement:

https://youtu.be/zep2mfOjrFU

If you’d like to participate – and we so hope you will! – please let me know as soon as possible, at elizabethpesce@comcast.net or 617-335-8155, and I’ll send you the details!

Warmest regards,
Betsy

Dear friends,

I hope this note finds you and your families enjoying this very seasonable start to fall!

First off, once again, I want to thank all those of you who were able to participate in our very first “virtual choir“ video…you all did a great job! And now I would like to extend an invitation to ALL of you who would like to do so to participate in our next one!

I have chosen another of the pieces we were working on together – “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. As you may recall, we had intended for this to be the opening piece for our spring concert. Just for your reference, here is a link to the publisher’s demo performance of this arrangement:

https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp…

I think, given everything that is happening in our country right now, this piece is especially appropriate.

If you would like to participate – and I so hope you will! – just please let me know as soon as possible and I will send you all of the details and the “how to‘s”!

I am looking forward to hearing back from each of you.

Warmest regards,
Betsy

From: Jordan Rich <snip>
Date: September 11, 2020 at 11:18:58 AM EDT
To: <snip>
Subject: Hi from Jordan WBZ!

Hello Betsy,

I’ve attached the interview that is slated to air tomorrow morning – Saturday – at approximately 6:55 on WBZ  www.wbz1030.com.

So glad you contacted me and we can spread the word about your wonderful new chorale!

Be well and send along our best wishes to all of your members!

Peace,

JR/WBZ

Happy Labor Day weekend, everyone! 

I am delighted to let you all know that – right on schedule! – the final version of  our first Medford Community Chorale “virtual choir video” is ready! (see the link below)  As you will see in the opening frames, we have dedicated this video in loving memory of our friend and chorale member, John Farrell, who passed away in April from the coronavirus.

I am thrilled that we ended up with 38 participants (including Holly and me), and I so hope that those of you who participated enjoyed your experience, and that those of you who were not able to be with us this time will consider joining us for the next one?!  

One of the nice things about a virtual choir is that there are no geographical boundaries(!), and we are so happy that some of our folks who have moved away or weren’t able to make a weekly commitment to rehearsals, were able to be a part of this from their own homes.  We even have one friend who participated from Stuttgart, Germany!

This project has been a lot of work, but it has also been such a wonderful and fun learning experience for all of us, and I would like to extend my heartfelt appreciation to Julie, to Holly, and to all of you!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

~ Betsy

Hi everyone,

Happy “dog days of summer”!

I just wanted to check in with an update on what’s been happening with the chorale …

A month ago, I shared with you my idea for a “chorale project”… something we could do now, until we can come back together again, specifically, that we “try our hand” at creating a “virtual choir video” of the chorale. After doing a test video of “Thank You for the Music” with a lot of help from Julie (Kelleher), Holly and four of the “kids“ in the chorale, I put out an invitation to all of you to join in the fun! And I’m delighted to let you know we just received our 20th video this evening…with more promised before Saturday’s (AUGUST 15th) deadline!

Needless to say, these are “uncharted waters” for all of us, but we – and I hope all of the participants – are having great fun and learning a lot as we go along! And we will look forward to sharing the results of our first project with all of you.

In the meantime, be safe, and enjoy what’s left of the summer!

Thanks so much,
Betsy