Something new: An easier web and e-mail address for Voces Novae et Antiquae |
| We received word that many people found our website address difficult to type. Accordingly, we have acquired a second domain name, vnachoir.org. You may use this for our website and for sending us e-mail as well. |
One last reminder about our Twelfth Night Concert |
O ur concert A Twelfth Night Celebration: The Shaw-Parker Legacy will be on January 4, 2006, 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s R.C. Church, Glenside, PA; January 7, 8:00 p.m. at Overbrook Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia; and January 8, 4:00 p.m. at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia. |
How to purchase tickets |
| First, we are not printing actual tickets; a list of paid admissions will be at the door. Second, we now have two levels of ticket prices: advance and at the door. Advance prices: $15 regular, $10 senior, $5 student with ID (no ID needed for high school and younger) At the door: $20 regular, $15 senior, $7 student with ID Tickets may be ordered from our web page http://www.vnachoir.org/Ticket-Purchase.html, using PayPal. You may also call Administrator Pamela Hitchcock at 215-849-4129 about tickets, or e-mail her at admin@vnachoir.org Checks for tickets, payable to Voces Novae et Antiquae, may be mailed to Voces Novae et Antiquae, Attention: Pamela Hitchcock 6357 Wayne Avenue Suite B-3 Philadelphia, PA 19144-3117 |
A message from Artistic Director Robert A.M. Ross |
At about the same time we were planning Voces Novae et Antiquae's card-carol concert of two years ago, a fortuitous set of parallel developments took place. Architect Richard Conway Meyer had approached the Lady Chapel Singers of the Women’s Sacred Music Project (of which I am Music Director) with a set of Christmas carols composed between 1976 and 2001 by his late wife, cellist and composer Lesley Hopwood Meyer. WSMP Artistic Director Lisa Thomas looked over the set of 26 carols, selected two of them (Nunc Gaudet Maria and The Time Draws Near), and commissioned me to arrange them for treble voices and various combinations of flute, harp, and percussion. These two carols have since been recorded by the Lady Chapel Singers under my direction; the new CD, Magdalene and the Other Mary (which, incidentally, contains a number of original works, arrangements, and editions of mine besides these two) is now available from Church Publishing, Inc. In addition, Nunc Gaudet Maria has been published by Oxford University Press.
About halfway into the arranging process for these two carols, I discovered that the 26 original carols by Lesley Meyer had been conceived and executed as Christmas greeting cards! So, after the premiere in December, 2002 of the two arrangements and after meeting Richard Meyer after the concert, I asked for and received permission to arrange three more carols for Voces Novae et Antiquae. We premiered those in the January, 2004 12th Night concert, after which I was given blanket permission to arrange more of Lesley’s carols for VNA. So we will be presenting three brand new arrangements of Lesley Meyer’s card-carols, including one (At Christmas Be Merry) which has never been performed at all, even on a private, informal basis, as many of her carols had been at Christmas parties hosted by the Meyers. |
Minnesota Public Radio profiles Abbie Burt Betinis |
| MPR's web site has a feature on Abbie Burt Betinis, the third Burt family member to compose Christmas card carols. We will be performing Abbie's latest carols, Prayer for Peace, and Song of the Pines, on our Twelfth Night concert. |
Shop and support Voces Novae et Antiquae |
| The Voces Novae et Antiquae Online Store, at http://www.cafepress.com/VNAshop, features T-shirts, mugs, tote bags, and other items with the VNA logo, as well as our exclusive “Real Men Sing Countertenor” design. |
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| We now have a link to CD Universe as well. Shop on CD Universe for CDs, as well as video and game merchandise. Go first to http://www.vnachoir.org/Support-us.html Click on the CD Universe button, and you will be taken to CD Universe’s home page. Continue shopping as usual. VNA will receive a percentage of the amount of your purchase. |