Musical Union

Information & Registration

Musical Union is open to all singers! This fall we will perform Handel's Messiah.

To register to participate, please sign up for a singer meeting/range check here. We'll be holding singer meetings for new and returning singers from Aug. 21 - Sept. 6. You can attend your meeting in person, or via zoom.

Repertoire, Scores & Recordings

Handel: Messiah

• Click to download the marked score. (You do not need to print this unless you'd like to, copies scores will be provided at our first rehearsal on Mon., Sept. 11.)

• Part Recordings for Practice:

  • Soprano

  • Alto

  • Tenor

  • Bass

• Preferred Performance Recording: William Christie & Les Arts Florissants
  
  You can, of course, find many wonderful recordings of Messiah. But the tempos in this recording are pretty close to those that we'll take in our performance. A note of caution: this performance is at Baroque pitch, everything will sound a half-step lower than it does on the modern instruments we'll be performing with.

Schedule

Fall 2023: Handel’s Messiah

Mon, Aug 21 - Wed., Sep. 6 – New and Returning Singer Meetings

Mon., Sep. 11, 7:15-9:30 – First Rehearsal (Finney Chapel)

Mon., Sep. 18, 7:15-9:30 – Rehearsal (Sectionals)

• Sopranos/Altos in Finney Chapel

• Tenors/Basses in Stull Hall

Mon., Sep. 25 – No rehearsal (Yom Kippur)

Mon., Oct. 2, 7:15-9:30 – Rehearsal (Sectionals)

• Sopranos/Altos in Finney Chapel

• Tenors/Basses in Conservatory Bibbins 223

Mon., Oct. 9, 7:15-9:30 – Rehearsal (Finney Chapel)

Mon., Oct. 16 – No rehearsal (Fall Break)

Mon., Oct. 23, 7:15-9:30 – Rehearsal (Finney Chapel)

Mon., Oct. 30, 7:15-9:30 – Rehearsal (Sectionals)

• Sopranos/Altos in Finney Chapel

• Tenors/Basses in Stull Hall

Mon., Nov. 6, 7:15-9:30 – Rehearsal (Finney Chapel)

Mon., Nov. 13, 7:15-9:30 – Rehearsal (Finney Chapel)

Mon., Nov. 20, 7:15-9:30 – Rehearsal (Finney Chapel)

Mon., Nov. 27, 7:00-9:30 – Chorus + Orchestra Rehearsal (Finney Chapel)

Note earlier start time

Mon., Dec. 4, 7:00-9:30 – Chorus + Orchestra Rehearsal (Finney Chapel)

Note earlier start time

Sat., Dec. 9, 10:00am-1:00pm – Dress Rehearsal (Finney Chapel)

Sun., Dec. 10:

1:00 pm – Call time on stage for warmup/notes

2:30 pm – Concert

Mon., Dec. 11 – No Rehearsal

Spring 2024: Duruflé Requiem & New Works for Lorain Co. Bicentennial Celebration

Mon., Feb. 5, 2024 – First Rehearsal

Mon., Mar. 25, 2024 – No rehearsal (spring break)

Mon., Apr. 15, 2024, 7-9:30pm – Dress rehearsal #1

Sat., May. 4, 2024, 10-1pm – Dress rehearsal #2

Sun., May 5, 2024, 1pm Call, 2pm Concert

Mon., May 6, 2024, 7:15pm – End-of-year party/potluck

May 21-23, 2024 – Combined choral/orchestral rehearsals for Lorain Co. Bicentennial

May 24, 2024 – Lorain County Bicentennial Celebration Performance (time/info tbd)

Concert Attire

For concerts, we will wear:

• Formal, all black, with a formality level of a suit or gown

• Performance clothing should not have any text, logos, branding, etc… on it

• Clothing must cover shoulders, midriffs, and fall below the knees when seated

• Shoes should be all black, and of a similar formality level

We may have a concert attire check early in the rehearsal process to confirm acceptable concert attire. Concert attire is not required at dress rehearsals.

Questions/Contact Info

Any questions that weren't answered here? Email gristow@oberlin.edu!