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Official website of the Chester Studio Singers
Director: Dawn Harwood-Jones Accompanist: Barbara Tuck |
The Studio Singers, under the direction of Dawn Harwood-Jones, kept in tune (sort of) by
accompanist Barb Tuck, and kept on their toes by music arranger/assistant
conductor Peter Robson, is a ragtag bunch of people who love to sing. Variously
known as the Shower Stall Singers and the OK Chorale, the group has been singing together for
20 or 25 years (nobody can really remember). They have performed for David Sukuki (among others),
backed up Laura Smith and Pat Watson (among others), and performed at such
diverse venues as Shoreham Village, the Chester Playhouse, the Fo'c'sle Tavern, several
churches,
several Legions, the Oak Island Inn, the Halifax Jazz Festival and the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium.
They have performed with visiting choirs and the Chester Brass Band, and made their recording debut
as real studio singers on Pat Watson's award-winning CD Feeling
Good.
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We are resuming rehearsals, Wednesday, Feb. 23, Tuck Hall, 7 pm to 8:15 or 8:30 (we'll see how it goes). Please wear a mask and you should be fully vaxed and asymptomatic. See you then!
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Choristers:
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| Song | Finale* .mus file |
YouTube video or audio performance | pdf file | audio file |
| Christmas Sanctus | - | 1. video with
sheet
music (2-part)
2. Alto part 3. Tenor part 4. video performance |
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| The First Noel (Dan Forrest) | - | 1.
Univ. Utah
2. community choir | - | - |
| My Lord, He Is A Comin' Soon | - |
Audio performance Click on "Listen" | - | - |
* Download Finale Notepad (free)
Finale tip: To hear only your part: From the "Window" pull-down menu, select "Instrument List", then check the "S" column beside your part. Then close that little window, and click the play button (right-pointing arrow above music). This actually allows you to hear a staff, so if two parts (e.g. Alto & Sop) are on the staff, you'll hear both.
Reference
materials
- Choir guidelines
- Choir ManiFUNsto
- (New!) Dress Guidelines (updated September 2015)
- Music notation "cheat sheet"
- Basics of music notation (more in depth)
Also of Interest...
- Life's a Journey*
- Four Strong Winds*
- Nova Scotia for
Haiti
video
(Music director Marko Simmonds)
Westwinds Music Society, Chester, July 23, 2012
Recent pics: At the Fo'c'sle Tavern after our performance at Shoreham, May 30,
2018.
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Not so recent pics: Ted and Stephanie perform the "Spamalot" spoof of musicals at our year-end choir bash in June 2016.
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older pics
Shoreham |
Chandler's Cove |
After practice |
Dawn |
John Bird & Pat Watson |
backing Pat, Lunenburg, 2009 |
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A word from Anne: three things we need to work on (nag, nag, nag...) |
Progamming by Anne L. ()