Remember to get your CD orders in now for a copy of the Christmas Concert!

Milana, Kim and I met this past Tues. evening to select music for the Spring Concert. We chose some great music and think we have an exciting season coming up!

We have such wonderful singers in our group--let's continue to spread the word and recruit talented women who will enjoy our relaxed, hard work ethic and love being with us!

OH! WHAT A WONDERFUL CONCERT!

Dear Friends,

How beautiful you were tonight and how wonderful you sounded! The concert was delightful and Bruce and I very much enjoyed it, as did the enthusiastic audience. Thank you to the members of the chorus who were so generous with their time and energy that the hall looked festive and lovely, and thank you to all who contributed and laid out the cookie reception, which was also generous and enjoyed by all. (The celery and carrots made the perfect ending to the sweets. ;-)

I'm looking forward to seeing you on January 10th when rehearsals begin again! (Remember to keep telling your talented friends about Una Vocé. If you want me to hear someone I can audition them on Tues, Jan 3rd at the Civic Center between 5 and 8 pm.)

If any of you have good pictures of the concert will you please share them with me?

Love and our best wishes for a very merry Christmas and a happy and joyful new year.

Linda

Pre-Concert Reminders

Linda asked me to tell you how great you sound again this year.
Thank you for all your hard work. What a great way to start our Christmas season.

Some last minute reminders:
--Warm up at 6:40 in their 'green room' (in basement)
--Please remove any paper on outside of binders as well as any unattached paper inside
--Have music in plastic sheets and copy pages so you turn the fewest sheets possible [if it's a 2 or 4 page song, have pages 1&2 face each other, and turn once for pages 3&4]
--Change of song order . . . Room at the Inn will follow Carolers to finish the first set.
--After the first set we will need to change our seating order in the hall before we take our seats.
--Holiday Reflections will start the second set.
--Remember your cookies and CD orders.

Una Vocé Rehearsal Nov 8, 2011 What fun!

Pronunciation Guide for A La Nanita

Spanish vowels are pronounced like this:

'a'(aw) 'e' (eh) 'i' (ee) 'o' (oh) 'u' (oo)

Consonants different than english are:

't' (tongue is placed behind top, front teeth)

'b' (pronounced with a little 'v' sound--a mix of 'b' and 'v' put together)

'd' (like the t-place tongue behind teeth)

'r' (please roll tongue--dah?)

'rr' (please roll tongue even more :))

'n with a squiggly line on top' (nyeh)

'l' (with the tongue touching top, front roof of mouth

'll' (jyeh)

Words of our song pronunciation:

Ah lah nah'nee'thah nah'nah, nah'nee'thah eh'ah, nah'nee'thah eh'ah,

Mee heh'soos, thyeh'neh sooeh'nyo), bven'dhee'thoh seh’ah, bven'dhee'thoh seh’ah.

Fwen'theh'see'jya keh koh'rr’ehs, klah'r’ah'ee soh'noh'rah),

Rwee'seh'nyohr kehn lah, sehl'vah, kahn'than'dhoh jyoh'r ahs),

Kah'jyad meeehn'thrahs lah koo'nah, seh bvah'lahn'seh'ah)

Ah lah nah'nee'thah nah'nah, nah'nee'thah eh'ah.

Thanks Shari!

ORDER of MUSIC for CHRISTMAS CONCERT

With our Christmas Concert on December 3rd and just around the corner, we hope you are all practicing with your CD and learning as much as you can so we can have the best performance ever.

This is the Christmas Program Orde

• Joyfully Sing
• Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
• The Gift of Love
• The Carolers
• Holiday Reflections
• Room in the Inn
• Poor Little Jesus
• A La Nanita Nana
• The King of Love My Shepherd Is
• Winter Wonderland
• White Christmas
• I Saw Three Ships

UnaVoce` - What a Great Experience

What a great experience it is participating weekly in this marvelous UnaVoce` Chorus. As you are probably finding, it is fun having a voice lesson every Tuesday night. Certain things must take place for it to be an effective and worthwhile experience for all involved. We've listed a few of them:

• Be on time . . . 8:15 pm sharp.


• Bring your music, pencil, water, cough drops, etc. every week.


• Be attentive when Linda is speaking and mark your music with her instructions.


• If you must miss a rehearsal because of illness, emergency, or any other reason, please call Linda Walker (208) 230-4344 ahead of time or email her at lindassong@mac.com .


• Bruce would like us to sign in at the back table each time we come to practice, and for anyone new to fill out and turn in a registration form.


• Tuition this term is $100 which includes the fee for music. If you haven't already paid or made arrangements, please make tuition checks payable to Linda Walker but give your check to Bruce. You may also mail it to them at . . . 6927 E. Greens Dr Nampa, ID 83687.


• Concert Dress is: Long black skirt, long sleeved(or mid arm length) jewel tone button front blouse, black hose and black shoes.

As we discussed last night (Oct 4) we would like to invite you to be on one of the following committees to allow 'many hands to make light work'. Contact Kim kimilee.wood@gmail.com if you have a preference.

1. Publicity & Ticket Sales


2. Blog Photogra0her


3. Recruitment


4. Refreshment & Cleanup


5. Concert Night decorations

Thank you all for your participation and talents. Linda says, "You are such a delight to work with." Thanks for your willingness to be an active part of the group.

Kathleen Walker

Welcome Back!

Hurrah, we are singing again! And you were wonderful last night!

It was fun to meet some of you for the first time and fun to welcome old friends. You are great women, and a joy to work with.

• Our Christmas Concert will be Dec 3rd
• Swayne Auditiorium at NNU in Nampa.

(That change was made because or scheduling conflicts in our rehearsal venue.)

There's a Song in the Air!

Can you feel it?


Kim Wood, Milana Colt and I had a fun time last week picking the music for our Una Vocé Christmas concert.


Kim also suggested several committees that will make our choir more fun and functional. I am excited!


Our goal for this season is to have more than 30 members so please encourage your talented friends.


Rehearsals start 8:15 p.m. September 13th, at the Nampa Civic Center.


See you there!


Linda

THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL CONCERT EXPERIENCE!

You were beautiful Saturday night and you sounded as beautiful as you looked! I was so pleased with your performance--tho' mine was a little out of control!

A very accomplished musician, who was attending our concerts for the first time said, "I was so thrilled with your children's concert and was determining that somehow I was going to talk my eleven year old daughter into agreeing to stay and hear Una Voce sing, when she leaned over and said, 'Please, Mom, can we stay for the women's concert too?'" They were thrilled and took our autographs when it was over!

A man we knew from Ontario , an ex-Marine said that he had to come alone because his wife had another obligation, but when he saw that we were doing patriotic songs he just couldn't miss it. He was thrilled!

Another woman who attended for the first time with her daughter sent a note saying how beautiful it was and that it moved them to tears.

I just keep seeing your faces and feeling again the beauty of your souls as you sing. You are wonderful! I love you!

We will start on the music for next season's concerts and have it ready for you when we see you on September 13th!

New SONG ORDER for the Concert

My Own America
Sequel
For Thy Sweet Love
My Wish For You

PREMIER SINGERS

Bei Mir Bist Du Schon
White Cliffs of Dover
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
When The Light Go On Again
The Promise of Living

Let There Be Peace On Earth

You might pass this around to those who might not have checked this blog.
Thanks, Linda

More on Dress Rehearsal

For Dress Rehearsal
· come prepared to purchase tickets for your family or to sell to friends [Adults $8, Seniors & Students $6, Families $25]
· wear or bring the Spring colored blouse you will wear to concert
· clean out your black binders and place music in plastic sheet protectors
· put music in order of performance as follows:

-My Wish for You
-For Thy Sweet Love/
-Sequel
-The Promise of Living

PREMIER

-My Own America
-Bei Mir Bist Du Schon
-White Cliffs of Dover
-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
-When the Lights Go On Again All Over the World
-Let There Be Peace On Earth

DRESS REHEARSAL SITE CHANGED TO CHURCH!

The Civic Center is fully scheduled for the Nampa Chamber of Commerce on Tues, May 10th so we will move our rehearsal to the LDS Church at 101 N Canyon St, Nampa. (It is the one we have used before.)

Please enter the Church at the SW corner. We will be in the Primary room.

Please spread the word as some don't have access to internet.

SPRING BREAK!

Dear Friends,

Next week (March 28-April 1st) will be our Spring Break, so we will have no rehearsals. Have fun singing while doing your spring cleaning, singing while caring for your families, singing while you work in your yard, humming while you shop! At least, keep a song in your heart.

We will miss you!

Lots of love,
Linda

lindassong@me.com

Una Voce Christmas Concert 2009

Thank you to whoever shared this picture. (double click on it to make it bigger)

17 January 2011

Just a brief reminder of our Una Voce practice Tuesday the 18th. Bring your talented friends and come enjoy a Group Voice Class from our great director, Linda Walker.

Also a reminder to sign in on the back table each time we come to practice, and for anyone new to fill out & turn in a registration form. Tuition for this Spring Session is $100 which includes tuition, music, binder, etc. Make tuition checks payable to Linda Walker but give check to Bruce.

A Message from our Directors

Linda Walker said...
What a superb performance you gave at our Christmas concert! It was a privilege to stand in front of you and listen.

We are excited about our Winter/Spring term. We hear that some of you are bringing very talented friends to join us! How wonderful! We hope that Una Voce will be as rewarding for them as it is for us.

Love you! Linda and Bruce

Spring Term 2011

Welcome back to Una Voce`s blog for the Spring Term.

We are in the process of refining a website that will be central for all of the Walker Choirs. You will be able to link to any of the choirs from this site so as to stay up to date on their happenings.

As for the new year's events for UnaVoce`, rehearsals will begin on Tuesday Jan 11, 2011 at the regular time, 8:20 p.m. We're looking forward to another great season of joyous music together.