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2009 Season
Photo by Joe Ramsey - Nov.6, 2005 Sky Rose Chapel, Rose Hills Memorial Park It was the Spring of 1999 that Deborah Smith, Gretchen Ramey, Pam Wilke and I met to invite our friends to form a Chorale with the following mission statement:
• Strengthen, renew and
preserve the Anglican Heritage of choral music through the highest standards
of performance and literature; • Present sacred music for the enrichment of all denominations and for the general proclamation of the Word. It was our feeling at that time that if we presented excellent performances of challenging music, good singers would want to volunteer to join our ranks. After 10 years, this is not the case and the need to hire singers to achieve balance has increased. For several seasons early on, we attracted significant financial support and even a financial angel in 2002 and 2003, making it possible to hire an orchestra for the Duruflé Requiem at Rose Hills. For various reasons: death, moving out of the area, sickness, and economics, our financial base has been diminished and we have not been able to attract enough new sponsors to meet our expenses. The Chorale board has been dealing with this reality for several years but at the most recent board meeting, the board reluctantly voted to make this 2009 Spring season the 10th and last. I hope you will celebrate our 10 years of tours, concerts and Evensong Services by attending one of our three area concerts. Check the list on the back of this Quire Quips issue. We plan to keep the non-profit corporation active for one year and we are open to any ideas for the future. Over 60% of our current singers have been with the Chorale for over 5 years, and there are 6 who are original members. I appreciate ALL of our sponsors, some for many years, who have made our 10 years possible. Thank You! James A. Person, Founder/Director Questions? E-mail our director
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