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January 17th (Tue)
Workshop w/ Dinah Helgeson Chamber Choir
January 18th (W)
Surrey Choral Festival 6:30pm@Surrey Bell Center Chamber Choir
January 26th (Th)
String Orchestra Retreat 9-3:30 @ St Stephen’s United Church with Infinitus Trio String Orchestra
February 8th (Wed)
Kiwanis Gala Concert 7:30pm@ VSO Pyatt Hall Chamber Choir
February 10 (Friday)
Magee Market Fair 5:30-9:30pm @ Magee
February 14th (Tues)
Valentine’s Day Swing Ball 7-9pm@ Magee Atrium String Orchestra
February 24-25(Fri-Sat)
Chamber Choir Retreat 9am-9pm (Fri); 9am-3:30pm (Sat) @ St Stephen’s United Church w/ Richard Nace Chamber Choir
March 1st (Thurs)
Massed Band Night 7pm@ Magee Large Gym Grade 8 & 9 Band, Maple Grove, Mechechnie, & Osler Elementary Bands
March 5th (Tue)
Little Night Music Orchestra 7:30pm@ Magee Auditorium Chamber Choir
March 8th (Thurs)
Choral Spring Spectacular 7pm@ Magee Atrium Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, Seraphim Ladies Ens, Troubadour Mens Ens, + Choirs from Eric Hamber Secondary & St. Thomas More Secondary + the fabulous Osler Elementary Choir
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Then the Chamber Choir had a couple of amazing concerts, one with the Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir, always an amazing concert with the Jonathan Quicke and the wonderful gentlemen in the choir, followed by singing at the morning service at St Stephen’s United Church, where we not only had a fabulous time singing and sharing music at that special time of year, but also shared a wonderful luncheon with the people in the congregation, again building strong bonds by spreading the students in the choir amongst the people to encourage community building. It was a great time had by all.
The chamber choir also was invited to sing at the annual Ryerson Senior’s Luncheon, where a very appreciative audience soaked up every morsel of sound we produced.
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Fundraising Notes |
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Fundraising is just a part of the life here at Magee where we work hard to raise money to help our students have the absolute best experience that they possibly can without having to worry about how much it’s going to cost. So we have many opportunities for students to fundraise - many of which, the profits go directly into the student’s account, while others go into scholarships or subsidies for tours.
Cheques should be made out to “Magee Music Society”
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Two methods of supporting us: Paper orders from a Music Student or On-Line at www.qsp.ca and input the group number 30324
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Ongoing Fundraising
· Magazine Subscription sales - go to www.qsp.ca and input the group number 30324 and don’t forget to put in the student’s name you want the profit credits going to - if you don’t know a student at the school, it’s okay, just put in Magee Music Society into the name section
· Gift Cards - Many gift cards including supermarkets, restaurants, retail, gas, and services - a percentage going back to the students If you’re going to buy food or gas, why not have a percentage come back to the students?
Download the form here |
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Music Notes |
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Next Magee Music Society Meeting:
Monday February 27th
In Magee Staffroom All are welcome! |
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Magee Chamber Choir CD’s Are available now! Be one of the first to own their premier CD entitled “For the Beauty…” for the low price of $15 - all proceeds go to benefit the Magee Choral Department |
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January 2012
Happy New Year to everyone! 2012 is upon us and again it is time to reflect not only on what a phenomenal year 2011 was and what we all learned, but also to look to the present and the future and to the exciting journey yet to come.
December was an incredible month, as always. Our Seniors Tea was very well attended, once again proving how important it is for us to continue to reach out to our community and provide musical joy and yummy treats to those who have supported us for so long. As always, it was thoroughly appreciated by all in attendance. Special thanks to Jacky Henderson and Cathy Quicke for their tremendous efforts to ensure that everyone that was there knew about it and were well fed too! |
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Looking forward, the Chamber Choir will be welcoming our dear friend, Dinah Helgeson on Tuesday January 17th for a workshop with one of the most wonderful people on the face of the earth. And then the next day we head out to the Surrey Bell Center where we will be the special guest choir to perform a half hour set for the Surrey Secondary Choral Festival, at which Mr. Quan will also be the adjudicator for the fabulous choral groups from Surrey.
Following that, on the 26th of January, the String Orchestra will be going on a one day retreat to rehearse, team build, and get better in every way. We are very excited to welcome the Infinitus String Trio (www.infinitusmusic.com), who will inspire and wow us as they give us a workshop.
Then in February, a small octet of our strings have been hired to play at a funeral reception of a wonderful lady, Betty Bensted, wife of the late Jack Bensted, a gifted clarinetist who was one of the legends of the Big Band Era in Vancouver.
And later, on February 14th, that’s right Valentine’s Day, the strings will host their annual Valentine’s Day Ball. Last year our theme was Viennese Ball; this year we will be having a Swing Ball! So grab your dancing shoes and come out to the Valentine’s Day Swing Ball where there will be lots of goodies, tea, dance instructors on-site to teach us all how to swing dance, and of course, fabulous music provided by our Magee String Orchestra!
So lots coming up! We hope that you had a spectacular Christmas break filled with special memories with friends and family and we sincerely wish you a Happy New Year! We hope that 2012, the year of the Dragon, proves to be the best year yet for all of you!
Gung Hay Fat Choy; Sun Nien Fai Lok!
Sincerely, Greg Quan Artistic Director of Choirs and Orchestra |
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The next evening, the Wind Ensemble played with the always incredible Little Night Music Orchestra, conducted by Peter Stigings. The Wind Ensemble was in top form that evening and made a very impressive showing.
Then we had two nights of Christmas concerts that featured every group in the Magee Music Department. The 150 voice concert choir was especially good as they created a wonderful scene of Christmas. Other highlights included the String Orchestra playing 7 movements from Tschaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker”; some incredible vocal solos by Jessica, Ashley, Taylor, Joscelyn, Lynn, and Rachel; Sarah soaring over the choir in “Lully Lulla Lullay”; our rendition Lux Arumque by Eric Whitacre leaving people breathless; and everyone enjoying the sights and sounds of the season. |
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MAGEE MARKET FAIR! Friday February 10th, 2012 5:30-9:30 in the Magee Atrium Come check out the Silent Auction, Food Vendors, Used Books/CDs/DVD’s/Blu-Rays, Games, Entertainment FUN! Admission only $2
If you are a vendor wanting to rent a table for only $25 for the night (you keep all your profits), contact May Ng |
