Announcements 11-26-2025

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Nov 26, 2025, 8:01:25 AM11/26/25
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Sorry for the repeat information I sent earlier.  I copied and pasted the wrong email from John.

Marilynn

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Tuesday December 2nd: Holiday Dress Rehearsal
Christ Church Detroit
Address: 960 E. Jefferson Ave, Detroit, MI 48207
For parking information please see the following doc (taken from previous years): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EH6vLM40S1NTyRhz0D5LUs_6-h4gjslewjbBJl6_mjo/edit?usp=sharing

Remember, Brandon will be rehearsing with the string players from 5:30-8 and with the choir from 7-9. Please be sure to come in quietly and prepared to sing in order to maximize time with the string players. Please arrive at 6:45 for warm-ups in the choir room.

Saturday December 6th: Holiday Concert
Christ Church Detroit
Address: 960 E. Jefferson Ave, Detroit, MI 48207
Call Time:  6:00pm
Performance Time:  7:30pm – 9:30pm
Dress: Dressy Black
Tickets: https://www.madrigalchorale.org/tickets (Now on sale!)
Music: In a black folder
  • Lift Up Your Heads (Handel)
  • Hodie, Christus Natus Est (Willan)
  • Lully, Lulla, Lullay (Stopford)
  • (TTBB) We Toast the Days (Kachelmeier)
  • (TTBB) Brightest and Best (arr. Kirchner)
  • Still, Still, Still (Wilberg)
  • Joy to the World (Forrest)
    • Intermission
  • Ding Dong Diggety! (Wheeler)
  • Joy to the World (Forrest)
  • Three Christmas Motets (Ulrich)
  • The Huron Carol (arr. Daley)
  • Now May We Singen (Macdowall)
  • Auld Lang Syne (Forrest)
  • This Christmastide (Fraser)

Monday December 8th: Rochester Symphony Dress Rehearsal
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Address: 620 Romeo Rd, Rochester, MI 48307
Time: 6:30pm (early start time, we will aim to end early to accommodate)

Tuesday December 9th: NO REHEARSAL
No Rehearsal as we will rehearse on Monday with the Rochester Symphony

Friday December 12th: Light, with Rochester Symphony Orchestra 
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Address: 620 Romeo Rd, Rochester, MI 48307
Call time: TBD - likely announced at rehearsal
Performance time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm 
Dress: Dressy Black
Tickets: rochestersymphony.com/event/light/
Music: In a black folder
  • Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 1
  • Joy to the World (Forrest)
  • Still, Still, Still (Wilberg)
  • Lift Up Your Heads, from Messiah
  • Hodie Christus Natus Est (Willan)
  • Now May We Singen (Macdowall)

  • Let There Be Peace on Earth (performed as a sing along)

Saturday December 13th: Holiday Brass, with Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings 
St. Matthew's & St. Joseph's Episcopal Church
Address: 8850 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
Call time: 9:30am
Performance time: 11:00am 
Dress: Dressy Black
Tickets: detroitchamberwinds.org/performance/holiday-brass-detroit/
Parking: Here is what has been provided to us: "Parking for the choir will be available at the First Childrens Finance building in the lot facing the church. This is directly across King Street, south of the church."
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Music: In a black folder
  • Three Christmas Motets (Ulrich)
  • Now May We Singen (MacDowall)
  • Sing Me to Heaven (Gawthrop)
  • Joy to the World (Stallings)

Tuesday December 16th
Rehearsal at Northminster - at discretion of artistic staff for those attending Greenfield village

Monday December 22nd: Holiday Nights at Greenfield Village
We will be singing from 6-9:30 in ~30min sets. Singers will be able to have a +1. Further logistics to be presented closer to the performance.
Music: From the Carol Packet
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Open Rehearsals
Please continue to bring new singers to sit in and join us! We welcome singers of all voice parts! We will welcome new singers all season long.

This busy concert holiday season is the perfect time to invite a prospective singer to come see us and then get them excited to join us in January!
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Google Classroom

We will once again be using Google Classroom to share practice recordings to aid in your practice outside of rehearsal. You can join via direct invite or via link. It can be found here: https://classroom.google.com/c/ODAyOTk5ODM0OTU2?cjc=pelmdybu
If needed, the Class Code is pelmdybu

This is a new link!

Note: For those of you that use tablets please note that Steve Thomas (derrosen...@ameritech.net) has generously scanned the music and put them in both .pdf and .4sc formats. If you are interested in this please contact him directly. Thanks Steve!

  


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PO Box 3194     Southfield, MI 48037

248-804-1377

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