St. Louis Area A Cappella Calendar 11/20/97 (long)
Chris Tess
-----------------St. Louis Area A Cappella Calendar (11/13/97)--------------
This calendar and the St. Louis Area A Cappella Page (located at
http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~cmtess/a-cappella.stl.html) are
maintained by me (Chris Tess), sponsored by the Department of
Music of Washington University in St. Louis, and brought to you by
the Missouri chapter of CASA-The Contemporary A Cappella Society.
The audience for this calendar has grown considerably since I started
it, and many of you may not be familiar with the groups that are mentioned
here. If you have any questions about any of this, please let me know;
I'm pretty familiar with at least most of these groups
(cmt...@artsci.wustl.edu).
Entries on the calendar that are either new or have new information since
the last emailing of the calendar will be preceded by an asterisk (*).
Announcements, audition info, and album info are now located after
the calendar dates.
* I will be out of town Nov 27 - Feb 15. I don't know if I will have
email access during that time. Feel free to continue to send in performance
dates; I'll get to them when I can.
Nov 21, Fri, 5pm: Pieces of 8 will perform at the Christmas Tree
Lighting Ceremony in Kiener Plaza, downtown St. Louis.
Event is free of charge. For info, 314-993-2432.
Nov 22: CHARIS will perform in "Girl Crazy! A Broadway Review" at
COCA. Call 314-726-0250.
Nov 25, Tue: The Gas House Gang with perform in Quincy, IL.
For more info, contact Bob Christie (217-222-1355).
Dec 12&13, Fri&Sat: The Ambassadors of Harmony barbershop chorus Christmas
show, with the Gas House Gang. For more info, call Bill McLaurine
(314-256-0151).
* Dec 16, Tue, 8pm: Rock the House: Pieces of 8 will perform a Holiday show
for Habitat for Humanity, with special guests MACH 1 and
CHARIS (St. Louis Women's Chorus) at Mildred Bastian Performing
Arts Center, on the campus of St. Louis Community College at
Forest Park. Tix are $8 in advance, $10 at the door.
Call 314-993-2432 or 314-367-6869.
* Dec 17, Wed, 7:30pm: Pieces of 8 will be the celebrity host for
St. Patrick's Center, McMurphy's Grill, 614 N 11th St.
Call 314-394-8232.
* Dec 19, Fri, 7:30pm: Pieces of 8 will perform at Wayman AME Church.
5010 Cabanne. For more info, contact Pieces of 8
(po...@aol.com, 314-993-2432)
or 314-316-4123.
Dec 21, Sun, 3pm: The St. Louis Chamber Chorus presents "A Spanish
Christmas" at the St. Louis Abbey, 500 South Mason Rd. in
Creve Coeur. "Modern motets by Javier Busto, Pablo Casals,
and Joaquin Rodrigo contrast with the Renaissance Christmas
Mass by Tomas Luis de Vittoria. Traditional carols are also sung
in arrangements by Andrew Carter and Edgar Pettman."
Call 314-458-4343.
Dec 31, 8pm & 10pm: Pieces of 8 will perform at First Night
St. Louis at the Christ Church Cathedral. For info,
call 314-993-2432.
1998:
Jan 31, Sat, 8pm: Take 6 will perform at Powell Symphony Hall.
(I don't know if this will be a cappella.) Tix are
$20, $30, $35. For more info, call 314-533-7888.
Feb 6&7, Fri&Sat: Jammin' Toast '98, the Wash U Pikers annual
invitational concert, will feature the Pikers and groups
from around the country.
For more info, email them (pik...@rescomp.wustl.edu).
Feb 22, Sun, 3pm: The St. Louis Chamber Chorus presents "Dome Ringing"
at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, 4431 Lindell Blvd
in the Central West End. "A program of works specially written
for buildings on a grand scale, to match the magnificence of the
New Cathedral. Mendelssohn's three Mass movements written for
Berlin' Domkirche, one of Bruckner's motets for Linz Cathedral,
and Bairstow's anthems for York Minster introduce later works by
Howells, Nystedt, and William Schuman."
Call 314-458-4343.
Feb 24, Tue, 7:30pm: Chanticleer will perform at the St. Louis
Cathedral, 4431 Lindell Blvd. Tickets are $10, $15, and
$25. For more info or to order tix, call 314-533-7662.
Tix can also be ordered through Metrotix at 314-534-1111.
March 10&11, Tue&Wed: Pieces of 8 will perform in Cape Girardeau,
MO for the SE Missouri Council on the Arts. For more info,
contact Pieces of 8 (po...@aol.com, 314-993-2432).
March 12&13, Thu&Fri: Pieces of 8 will perform in Sikeston, MO
for the Sikeston Arts Council. For more info, contact
Pieces of 8 (po...@aol.com, 314-993-2432).
March 26-28: Pieces of 8 will be performing as part of a storytelling
festival, sponsored by the Missouri River Regional Library.
For more information, contact Taryn at 573-634-2464
March 27&28, 8pm: Splash of Color, the Wash U Mosaic Whispers' annual
invitational concert, in Graham Chapel on the Washington
University Hilltop Campus.. This usually features the Wash U
groups and some others. For more info, email
the Whispers (whis...@rescomp.wustl.edu).
April 5, Sun, 3pm: The St. Louis Chamber Chorus presents "Palm Sunday
Music" at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 110 North Warson Rd. in
Ladue. "A program of religious works written expressly for women's
voices for Palm Sunday, including Drei Motetten (op. 39) by
Mendelssohn, and the double choir anthem Pueri Hebraeorum by
American composer Randall Thompson."
Call 314-458-4343.
May 17, Sun, 3pm: The St. Louis Chamber Chorus sings for the 50th
anniversary of the state of Israel. At Temple Israel,
10675 Ladue Rd. in Creve Coeur. "This celebration and
commemoration features Bernstein's Chorale, Copland's Four Motets,
a Hebrew Psalm by Schubert, and Darius Milhaud's Les Deux Cites.
Since the Chamber Chorus always concludes its season with a Requiem,
this concert ends with a Renaissance Kaddish by Salamone Rossi."
Call 314-458-4343.
Aug 2: Harmony College (barbershop) in St. Joseph, MO.
Aug 20-23, Thu-Sun: The Ambassadors of Harmony barbershop chorus (and some
of their quartets) will perform at the Festival of the Little
Hills. For more info, contact Kevin Nelson (sho...@mo.net).
1999:
Aug 1: Harmony College (barbershop) in St. Joseph, MO.
2000:
July 2-9: SPEBSQSA International Convention in Kansas City, MO.
For more info, call 1-800-876-SING.
------------------If you have anything to add, let me know!------------------
Chris Tess
cmt...@artsci.wustl.edu
(314)865-1457 (call 6-8pm CST only)
1909 Virginia Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63104-1522
Road Trips of Special Note:
1997:
Nov 15&16: The West Coast Summit will take place in Marin, CA
(near San Francisco). For more info, email ca...@casa.org.
1998:
June: The East Coast Summit will take place in Boston, MA.
For more info, email ca...@casa.org.
June 28-July 5: SPEBSQSA International Convention in Atlanta, GA.
For more info, call 1-800-876-SING.
Nov 3-7: SAI International Convention in Nashville, TN. For more
info, contact SAI Headquarters (1-800-992-SING, SAdel...@aol.com).
1999:
June 27-July 4: SPEBSQSA International Convention in Anaheim, CA.
For more info, call 1-800-876-SING.
Sept 21-25: SAI International Convention in Atlanta, GA. For more info,
contact SAI Headquarters (1-800-992-SING, SAdel...@aol.com).
2000:
July 2-9: SPEBSQSA International Convention in Kansas City, MO.
For more info, call 1-800-876-SING.
Sept 19-23: SAI International Convention in Orlando, FL. For more
info, contact SAI Headquarters (1-800-992-SING, SAdel...@aol.com).
2001: July 3-8: SPEBSQSA International Convention in Nashville, TN.
2002: July 2-7: SPEBSQSA International Convention in Portland, OR.
2003: July 1-6: SPEBSQSA International Convention in Montreal,
Quebec (happy, ka?), Canada.
2004: June 28-July 4: SPEBSQSA Intl. Convention in Louisville, KY.
Announcements:
Brian Michaels is starting an a cappella radio show in North Dakota
and is looking for stuff to play (also group info, pics, bios, tour info).
You can send cds and stuff to him at: Brian Michaels, Kool96 Radio,
200 West 8th St., West Fargo, ND 58078. Email him at cool...@mailcity.com.
The First Congregational Church of Webster Groves is interested in
having a cappella groups put on concerts in their sanctuary. It also
has a Casavant organ and a piano if (Deke forbid) you'd want to have
accompaniment. The front of the sanctuary has portable pallets that
can be removed or rearranged to be a stage. They will forgo fees if
your groups is non-profit. For more info, contact Wim Blees
(wimb...@aol.com, home: 314-961-5203, work: 962-5774, church: 962-0475).
Help me to help you. Spread the word about this calendar. This service
is free to anyone with email or WWW access. If you are having a concert,
include an ad in your program about the calendar or mention the calendar
during the show. The more people who see the calendar, the more it will
spread the word about your events.
When you buy a ticket for one of these shows, tell 'em you heard about
it through this calendar. More exposure will lead to more people sending
in dates, more people seeing a cappella shows...
Listen to "Lotsa A Cappella" with Marjie Kennedy and Rick Yakamo every
Sunday 8-10am, on KDHX 88.1 FM. If your group would be interested in
singing live on the air, email them (voi...@concentric.net). They are
always looking for a cappella recordings to play as well. I will pass
on event info to them to announce on the air (unless you don't want me to!).
Many of you may be familiar with the Musi-Cal WWW search, where you
enter in a group name, a genre, and/or a city, and it spits out
concert dates that fit those parameters. It a great set up, but it
requires submissions in a specific format. Being a med student, I
don't have time to re-enter all of the dates into their format, but
it would be great if someone would do it. Email me if you're interested.
Auditions (by appointment):
Pieces of 8," a St. Louis based professional, full time a cappella octet, is
auditioning for a new bass/bass baritone. The position offers a monthly
salary, touring (per diems), and television and radio performances. The group
will be producing a new, full length recording in January. 1998 tours include
a February run in NC/FL/GA and New York in April.
Applicants should have a strong vocal technique (we sing our butts off!),
strong musicianship skills (incl. sight-reading, rhythmic-reading), great
memorization skills, and the ability to work in a tightly-knit, intense and
advanced a cappella environment! Some movement experience would be helpful.
Bass/Bass Baritones need to have a minimum of a low E-flat (a consistent low C
would make us very, very, very happy.....)
More than anything, you must have the desire to be a WORLD-CLASS MUSICIAN and
SINGER, and prepared for the work that this requires. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE>>>>
Contact us on AOL @ either "Reyditutto" (that would be me, Ray, the Vocal
Director) or "Pof8" (which would be Charlie, the Company Manager).
or try calling the following toll-free pager>>> 888-635-7521.
If you try the pager and receive no response w/in 24 hours,
CALL 314-993-2432. (Heck...call collect in you are a truly broke but truly awes
ome musician...)
MACH 1 is a semi-professional all-male St. Louis a cappella quintet which
sings rock, pop and original tunes. Seeking exceptional, energetic male
singers (any voice part). Sight-reading skills and previous experience in
a cappella are desired. Vocal percussion skills are also a plus. We have
several holiday performances already lined up! Auditions by appointment,
call manager Kim Taylor at 256-3219 or e-mail ma...@olin.wustl.edu.
The Greenleaf Singers are holding auditions by appointment for basses
and tenors to sing with the 16-voice a cappella group. 314-227-3443,
or 314-965-2031.
A women's a cappella chorus is forming in Fairview Heights, IL.
Free vocal instructions are offered prior to each audition. First
rehearsal is early 1997. Send name, address, telephone number,
and singing experience to: P.O. Box 4422, Fairview Heights, IL
62208.
The St. Louis Chamber Chorus is scheduling auditions for its 96-97
season. Full and alternate positions are available. Call 314-458-4343.
Continuing Auditions/Tryouts:
The St. Louis Show Me Chorus (Sweet Adelines) rehearses every
Thursday evening in St. Charles. More info, call director Gea
Popp (314-771-5447) or membership chairman Jean Diekemper
(314-416-0224).
The Heart of Missouri Sweet Adelines Chorus holds open auditions
every Monday at 7pm at First Christian Church on Main St. in Jefferson
City, MO. Come for a visit or two before tryouts. It's easier than
you think. For more info, contact Kathy at 573-446-7141 or
kag...@aol.com.
The New Beginnings Showtime Chorus (women's a cappella), co-directed
by Patricia McClain and Kevin Nelson, meets each Wednesday at 7pm
at the VFW on Rt 159, 1 mile south of the mall in Fairview Heights, IL.
For more info, contact Kevin Nelson (sho...@mo.net, 314-560-3763).
The Belleville, IL chapter of SPEBSQSA meets each Monday at 7:30pm
at Zion Lutheran School, 1810 McClintock, just off Carlyle Ave. in
Belleville. For more
info, contact Bob Cearnal (618-566-8574) or Kevin Keller
(314-928-0528, kke...@ccsmtp.memc.com).
The Spirit of St. Louis Barbershop Chorus of the St. Louis No.1 Chapter
of SPEBSQSA meets each Tuesday at 7:30pm in the Social Hall of the
Nazareth Living Center, 1 Nazareth Lane, off Ringer Rd., south of
Forder Rd. in South St. Louis County. Guests and singers interested
in learning a cappella vocal harmony are invited and welcome to
attend. For more info, contact Bill Rund (harmo...@aol.com,
314-351-8769).
The St. Charles Choral Society holds open auditions every Monday night
7:30-9:30pm. They sing a cappella sacred music, spirituals, and pops.
Auditions are in the Parish Hall of St. Peter's Church, First Capitol
Drive and Third Street in St. Charles. Call 314-849-1912 for more info.
The St. Louis Shapenote Singers invites you to join them in informal
a cappella singing from "The Sacred Harp," a pre-Civil War songbook
written in shape notes. They sing every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Monday,
7:30pm. Loaner books are available. For more info, call 314-776-7477.
The River Blenders chorus (women's barbershop) holds open auditions
every Monday at 7:30pm, in the Fellowship Hall of St. John United
Church of Christ, 15370 Olive Blvd. For more info, call 314-434-6618.
The St. Louis Harmony Chorus (women's barbershop) holds open auditions
for women 14 years old and up, every Tuesday at 7pm, in the former
Creve Coeur City Hall on Olive, east of 270. For more info, call
314-361-2729.
The Ambassadors of Harmony barbershop chorus rehearses each Thursday
at 7:30pm in Memorial Hall at Blanchette Park, 1900 W. Randolph,
St. Charles, MO. New singers and guests are always welcome. For
more info, email Jim Henry (jeh...@artsci.wustl.edu), or call
the Ambassadors' hotline (314-947-4778).
Albums available by local a cappella groups:
The Washington University Greenleafs have just released their new
album, _Fresh Frozen Greenleafs_. To order, send a $15 check made out
to "The Washington University Greenleafs" to: The Greenleafs,
Washington University, Campus Box 1128, One Brookings Dr.,
St. Louis, MO 63130.
MACH 1, a 5-man St. Louis a cappella group, has a demo available
for prospective clients. For more info, contact us
(ma...@olin.wustl.edu, 314-256-3219, http://schroeder.wustl.edu/mach1/).
Expanded Sound ("True to their name, these guys are 1200 pounds of
butt ugly raucous fun") have available "A Biker's Life", recorded "live
in front of a dead audience". CD $15, cassette $10, "butt ugly" t-shirts
up to size XXXL $15; add $2 shipping per order. Make checks out to
"Expanded Sound", send to Bill Benner Sr., 9759 Birch Manor Dr.,
St. Louis, MO 63137; or send Mastercard/Visa number and exp date to
him (webe...@juno.com, 314-355-2703).
The Gas House Gang (1993 SBEBSQSA Intl. Quartet Champs) have
three albums available: _Face the Music_, _A Little Night Music_,
and _Our Rough and Tumble Best_. All three are
available through the group at $10/tape, $15/cd (+$2 shipping);
call 314-946-6394 or email Jim Henry (jeh...@artsci.wustl.edu).
Or you can order them through the Primarily A Cappella catalog
for $14.98/cd, $9.98/tape (+ shipping); har...@singers.com,
http://www.singers.com. The GHG are also featured on _A Cappella All-Stars,
the 1997 Contemporary A Cappella Awards_, which is available through
CASA (ca...@casa.org, http://www.casa.org/carascd_info.html).
The Wash U Pikers' "Fortress Around Your Heart", from their album
_4th and Ten_ (see below), was one of the tracks selected for the
new _Best of Collegiate A Cappella (BOCA) Vol. 2_ album. This is
a collection of 19 tracks from 19 U.S. collegiate a cappella groups.
To order, you can contact 1) the Pikers pik...@rescomp.wustl.edu
(I don't know how much the Pikers will sell it for), 2) Adam Farb
(fa...@batnet.com), whose Smokin' Fish Records co-produced it (? price),
or 3) the Primarily A Cappella catalogue (harm...@netcom.com), whose
PAC label co-produced it ($12.98/cd + p&h). If you're an a cappella fan,
I also recommend that you ask Primarily A Cappella to send you their
free catalogue. In addition to this album, BOCA Vols 1 & 3 are also
available. For more info, check out http://www.casa.org/boca_info.html
Weekend Edition, Sweet Adelines International quartet
champions, are selling their first album, _Weekend Edition
Uncensored_. To order it, send $15 per cd, $10
per cassette to Donna Kleinschmidt, 10 Inwood Ct., St. Peters, MO
63376; or call her at 314-441-2864.
* The Washington U. Pikers have three of their albums available: _Feed Our
Starving Egos_ (1997) is being released next month, _4th and Ten_
(1995) and _On the Rocks_(1993), on cd and cassette. To order, send
$14/cd, $10/cassette (p&h is included) to: The Pikers, Washington
University, Campus Box 1128, One Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899.
Make checks payable to "The Washington University Piker Society".
For more info, email the Pikers (pik...@rescomp.wustl.edu).
They are also selling them at concerts with special Piker-Box deals:
1 cd $14, 2 cds $20, 3 cds $25, all 4 cds (w/ World Detour) $30.
The Wash U Pikers' second album, _World Detour_ (1992), was re-released
this year by the Piker Alumni Association as a limited edition cd.
THERE ARE ONLY FOUR LEFT!
To order, send a $12 check to: Chris Tess, 1909 Virginia Ave., St. Louis, MO
63104-1522. The Pikers will most likely sell just the cd (without the jewel
box or liner notes) in a white sleeve later this year.
The Washington U. Greenleafs are selling _Out on a Limb_(1995) on cd and
cassette, and _Photosynthesis_(1993) on cassette. For more info, email
Heather McEvilly (hemc...@peach.wustl.edu), or write to: The Greenleafs,
Washington University, Campus Box 1128, One Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO
63130-4899.
Washington U's Mosaic Whispers are selling their albums
_3am and Nowhere To Go_(1996) and _Watercolors_(1995)
on cd and cassette. For more info, email whis...@nimue.wustl.edu,
or write to: Mosaic Whispers, Washington University, Campus Box 1128,
One Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO 63130-4899.
The Ambassadors of Harmony barbershop chorus are selling _All Our Best:
Greatest Hits and Holiday Favorites_, available on cd and cassette.
For more info, email Jim Henry (jeh...@artsci.wustl.edu).
Pieces of 8 are selling (through local bookstores) a book and cassette:
_The Gingerbread Man_, the first in their _HandClaps and FingerSnaps_
series of children's books and tapes. For more info, call Drive All
Night Productions (314-993-2432).
If you are interested in being added to the calendar email list, to which
I email the calendar whenever I make a change or addition, let me know.
The St. Louis Area A Cappella Calendar is also available on the World Wide
Web at: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~cmtess/calendar
To find out more about a cappella groups in St. Louis via WWW, check out
the St. Louis Area A Cappella page, located at:
http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~cmtess/a-cappella.stl.html
If you have access to newsgroups, be sure to check out
rec.music.a-cappella and alt.music.a-cappella.
To find out more about music and other arts events in St. Louis, check out
the KDHX St. Louis Arts Calendar page, located at:
http://www.st-louis.mo.us/kdhx/artscal.html
To access the Jazz Happenings in St. Louis page, look at:
http://www.stl-music.com/jazz.html
If you are involved in a cappella singing or are an a cappella fan,
you should consider joining the Contemporary A Cappella Society
(CASA). CASA is a non-profit organization set up in 1990 to
support a cappella groups, unify the a cappella community, and spread
the a cappella movement. Annual membership dues are $30 for groups and
$15 for individuals. Members receive the Contemporary A Cappella News
(CAN), full of news, reviews, interviews, ads, and a calendar of
upcoming events. Members also have access to CASA's arrangement library,
and can get help and advice from CASA headquarters by phone and email.
For more info, email or call Deke Sharon (ca...@casa.org or 415-563-5224).
Chris Tess
cmt...@artsci.wustl.edu
(314) 865-1457 (call 6-8pm CST only)
1909 Virginia Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63104-1522
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