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October Festival Choir

a program of outreach by the Music Ministry
of Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio

Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church

 

Who We Are

Registration

Photo Album

Links

 
 


Our Mission


The October Festival Choir aims to offer a quality choral musical experience to a diverse and inclusive group of singers and listeners.  Under the auspices and nurturing of Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church, the October Festival Choir strives to bring together people of the Greater Cincinnati Community for an annual event which reflects the universal language of music in an atmosphere of love, acceptance, and musical enrichment.
 


Our
Next Performance - 2010


Date, Time and Place:

Sunday, October 10, 2010 – 4:00PM

Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church
103 William Howard Taft Road
Cincinnati, OH 45219

Works To Be Performed:

Lux Aeterna by Lauridsen

Apparebit repentina dies by Hindemith

Regina Coeli by Mozart

Participation:

All who have a passion for singing are welcome to join us.  To sign up, visit our registration page.

Rehearsal Schedule:

Friday, September 10 – 7:00-10:00pm

Saturday, September 11 – 10:00am-1:00pm

Friday, September 17 – 7:00-10:00pm

Saturday, September 25 – 10:00am-1:00pm

Friday, October 1 – 7:00-10:00pm

Saturday, October 2 – 10:00am-1:00pm

Friday, October 8 – 7:00-10:00pm

Saturday, October 9 – Dress Rehearsal

Sunday, October 10 – Concert

Recordings For Practice:

Update posted 7/21/10: 

Recordings of Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna and Mozart's Regina Coeli may be found at Cyberbass.

Hindemith's Apparebit repentina dies is not available on Cyberbass, but is on a recording by the Bamberg Symphony Big Band - Wheeler: Wake, Awake, for the Night Is Flying.  The recording or individual tracks may be downloaded for a fee at iTunes.  Or you may purchase the CD or other recordings of this work from your favorite music retailer.


 


Our
Last Performance - 2009


Date, Time and Place:

Sunday, October 11, 2009 – 4:00PM

Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church
103 William Howard Taft Road
Cincinnati, OH 45219

Works Performed:

Mass by Haydn - Theresienmesse (Theresa Mass)

The Endless Tapestry - New music by local Cincinnati composer Rick Sowash

Note by Rick Sowash regarding The Endless Tapestry:

Text:  "The silent looms that weave the world's beauty never linger, never pause."

                from The Cabin Down the Glen by Odell Shepard

The universe, near and far, is gorgeous and intricate, a vast, eternal tapestry, a thing that is woven and rewoven, unceasingly and forever.  We know this but most of us lose sight of it most of the time.  Not my friend John Tallmadge, Nature writer, to whom this piece is dedicated.  John sees it and he knows that whenever and wherever weaving is done, there must needs be a Weaver.

Guest Conductor:

Our guest conductor for 2009, Dr. Betsy Burleigh, is the head of choral activities at Cleveland State and is the Director of the Pittsburg Symphony Chorus.  Dr. Burleigh has recently been appointed director of the Chorus pro Musica which is based in Boston, MA. 

Pictures of the 2009 October Festival Choir:

Update posted 1/8/10 - Click here to view pictures of the 2009 October Festival Choir that have been posted to our photo album.

Recordings of the 2009 October Festival Choir:

Update posted 1/4/10 - Click here to access recordings of the 2009 October Festival Choir courtesy of Scott Lincoln.

Article about the 2009 October Festival Choir:

Update posted 1/4/10 - Click here to view an article written by OFC Director Christian Miller expressing  thoughts and remembrances of the 2009 October Festival Choir.  This was published in the November 2009 newsletter of Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church.

 


Contact Information

Mailing Address:   October Festival Choir
    c/o Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church
    103 William Howard Taft
    Cincinnati, OH 45219
     
  October Festival Choir Director:   Christian Miller
Phone:   859-394-4439
     
October Festival Choir Coordinator:   Betty Porter
email:   porter@xavier.edu
     
Website Administrator:   Earl Apel
email:   webadmin@octoberfestivalchoir.org
     


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