Announcements March 2nd Edition

[Madrigal Chorale]

Pops Concert

We are now less than two weeks away from our Pops Concert on March 14th! 

Tuesday March 3rd

Normal rehearsal at Northminster

Tuesday March 10th: Dress Rehearsal

First United Methodist Church of Northville

Address: 777 Eight Mile W, Northville, MI

Saturday March 14th: Pops Concert

First United Methodist Church of Northville

Address: 777 Eight Mile W, Northville, MI

Call Time:  TBD
Performance Time:  7:30pm – 9:30pm

Dress: Dressy Black

Tickets: https://www.madrigalchorale.org/tickets (Now on sale!)  Sold as of this email: 23
Music: In a black folder

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Pops Afterglow:  Join Us After the POPs Concert – A Special Evening at Rocky’s! 🎶✨

After what is sure to be a fantastic POPs Concert on Saturday, March 14th, we hope you’ll continue the celebration with us at a wonderful post-concert gathering organized by Annalee!

We’ll be heading to Rocky's of Northville
📍 41122 7 Mile, Northville, MI 48167
⏰ Immediately following the concert

This special evening is open to chorale members and guests, and we would love to see everyone there! To ensure we can accommodate the entire group, please provide your total guest count no later than Tuesday, March 10th. Respond here.

Important Details:

• Guests will be seated at tables of 8 - please be prepared to share tables as needed. 

• Each table will be on one check.  Annalee will assign a person to be in charge of each table. 

• PLEASE BRING CASH – all food, drinks, and tips must be paid in cash (no cards will be accepted)

• Due to the size and timing of our group, we will enjoy a limited group menu

Dinner Entrée Selections:

• Portobello Ravioli – $24

• Chicken Piccata – $24

• Grilled Atlantic Salmon – $30

• Broiled Great Lakes Whitefish – $29

• Filet Mignon – $43

All entrées include a house salad.

Dessert will be their special Chocolate Raspberry Cake – $2.25 per person 

If you prefer, you’re absolutely welcome to join us for drinks and dessert only!

We’re so grateful to Annalee for organizing what promises to be a lovely evening of food, fellowship, and celebration after we share our music. It’s the perfect way to toast a beautiful performance together.

If you have any questions, please see Margee or Annalee at rehearsal tomorrow.

We hope you’ll join us! 🎶

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MC Merch

Leah has generously volunteered to explore new MC merch opportunities. Please see her message with a survey for potential new items.

Interested in purchasing Madrigal Chorale branded merchandise? We currently have black and grey t-shirts, long-sleeved shirts, and sweatshirts available for sale on our website. If you are interested in purchasing other merchandised items, please complete this Google spreadsheet with your name and items that you would purchase if they were made available on our website.  If you would like to see images of the options listed, check out https://www.bonfire.com/catalog/.

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Good Friday

As Betsy announced previously, Madrigal Chorale singers are invited to join Rochester St. Paul's UMC in their Good Friday performance on the Rutter Requiem with orchestra. The Requiem will be performed as part of a 7:30pm Tenebrae service, with readings interspersed between the movements. The choir rehearses on Wednesdays from 7-8:30, but the crucial rehearsals will be March 25th, and April 1st. They will also rehearse on Saturday, March 29th from 10-12 (and anyone who wants to sing the Sanctus from the Requiem on Palm Sunday at the 11am service is welcome to join as well!). Interested singers should contact Betsy by text message at (248) 840-5410

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Open Rehearsals

January may be over, but we still will welcome new singers with open arms! Please contact Margee with anyone who might be interested and she can take it from there. We welcome singers of all voice parts! 

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Google Classroom

Great news! 🎶 The Madrigal Chorale Google Classroom for Winter & Spring 2026 is officially up and running! Materials are organized by voice part and by concert (Pops and Spring Concert), and include sample videos and recordings, solo tracks, full choir tracks, and accompaniment tracks. We strongly encourage all chorale members to make this amazing resource part of your regular practice between rehearsals and to start digging into the music as soon as possible. 

The new classroom code is lgm2drud, and you can join directly using this invite link: https://classroom.google.com/c/ODM5MzYzNzAzMDQ4?cjc=lgm2drud.

Happy practicing!! 

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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Madrigal Chorale Tour 2026

Madrigal Chorale has a long history of touring and is fresh off a tour along the Danube River in the summer of 2024. Sarah has worked with AMA Waterways to plan a trip in summer 2026 along the Rhone river in France. We still welcome more singers, friends, and family to join! For information see the linked Google Doc. As of last check (2/4/26) there are a few cabins left starting at the CB level.

For those going please be aware that final payments are due by April 10th (review your invoice to confirm). If making payments along the way please contact Danielle at AMA directly to work that out.

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Member News

Thank you to everyone that was available to sing for Marilynn at her funeral.  Her family was incredibly appreciative of the way we showed up to celebrate her.  It was a truly beautiful sendoff for someone who meant so much to us. 

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