April is particularly busy. Some rehearsals have been canceled to lighten the load for vocal participants. This will culminate in a concert of some mass choir piece. Will be premiering Jeff Prater's major work for chorus and orchestra. Three candidates are being considered, including the current conductor, Mark Laycock.
All candidates seem outstanding.
Following up on a few items discussed at the last meeting, Molison reiterated his reorganization plans for the choral program. Specifically, splitting University Chorus into a men's group and a women's group. They will come together on occasion for concerts, but the idea is to develop these voices in preparation for the more advanced choirs. As part of this, we'll need to expand the music library to include more selections for women's voices. These numbers are down in recent years and the quality is also not as good as it used to be.