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Wednesday Choir and Orff Ensemble
Rehearsal Schedule for 2007-2008
St. Andrew's offers wonderful music opportunities, ways to develop talents and use them in the service of our Lord. All choir rehearsals will continue to be held on Wednesdays with a special effort to make it conflict-free for those who are in Orff, Choirs, Confirmation and Education.
CHORISTERS (grades K-1)
Rehearsal: WEDNESDAYS 5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Choristers is our beginning choir for children in Kindergarten and grade 1. Singers participate at the 10:15 a.m. Sanctuary service once a month as well as at the Christmas Festival, Christmas Eve, and Easter services.
KING'S MESSENGERS (grades 2-3)
Rehearsal: WEDNESDAYS 5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m.
King's Messengers involves singers in grades 2 and 3 and builds on skills learned in Choristers. This choir plays a larger role in worship, singing twice each month at 10:15 a.m. worship and participating in all festival services. An outreach event (traveling to another church to sing) is a part of this choir's program of events.
CELEBRATION SINGERS (grades 4-5)
Rehearsal: WEDNESDAYS 5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Celebration Singers is open to those children in grades 4 and 5. Unison and two-part anthems, musical terms and theory are all a part of the Celebration Singers experience. An outreach event (traveling to another church to sing) is also a part of this choir's program of events. The choir sings twice each month at 10:15 a.m. worship as well as at festival services.
ORFF ENSEMBLES
Rehearsal: (GRADE 2) WEDNESDAYS, 4:55 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.
(GRADE 3) WEDNESDAYS, 6:10 p.m. – 6:35 p.m.
(GRADE 5) WEDNESDAYS, 6:35 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
(GRADE 5) WEDNESDAYS, 5:45 p.m. – 6:10 p.m.
(GRADE 6-7) WEDNESDAYS, 5:20 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Children experience music through singing, moving, and playing instruments such as xylophones glockenspiels, metallophones, and rhythm instruments. The Orff program for grades 2-7 runs back-to-back with our vocal choirs so children can participate in an Orff ensemble and sing in a choir. Each group performs in worship services throughout the year, as well as at festival services.
MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR (grades 6-8)
Rehearsal: WEDNESDAYS, 5:50 p.m. – 6:50 p.m.
This is a choir for grades 6-8 students who enjoy singing a variety of styles of music. The Middle School Choir sings twice each month at the 11:30 a.m. service and at festivals. The Middle School Choir presents a musical in the spring and takes it on a summer tour. The choir has toured to Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis and Winnipeg. The choir directors will coordinate the schedule so that 6th graders may sing in SACE and Middle School Choir.
SR. HIGH CHOIR (grades 9-12)
Rehearsal: WEDNESDAYS 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
This choir is designed for active high school students who love to sing a variety of exciting music from contemporary to traditional. The Senior High Choir sings twice a month at the 8:45 a.m. service and at festivals. Sounds Like Love - a weekend for high school choirs - is an annual event each November. A highlight of the year is the annual dessert theater performed in March.
Instrumental Music Lessons
St. Andrew's is once again offering woodwind, brass and percussion instructional music lessons to the greater St. Andrew's community. Church member, Les Lueck, will be the instructor. Les received his MA degree from New York University, NYC, and his BA degree from St. Olaf College. He spent the majority of his teaching career as a band director at Roseville Area High School and was a 2001 Minnesota Music Educator of the Year. Lessons will begin in September. For more information and scheduling, call Les at 651 430-2937.
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