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Hi All

The zoom call experiments with Lillian and Chris were a great success. We had a few teething problems sending people to the wrong rooms all of us learning how to mute and unmute.  And I think Eric has mastered how to get cohosts so I am sure it will work for when we go back in September.  I enjoyed going to the breakout room for the tea break (must bring a drink next time)  nice to be able to have a chat with a small group.  Thanks  Chris, Lillian and Eric.

This weeks zoom we have some treats in store for you.  As long as Roy can master it and sort out the backing track he will sing ‘From a Distance’ for us.

And Louise is going to be playing us music clips and we have to work out which Advert they come from.  Here’s a tip ‘Gold’ is ‘Bold’.!!!  Don’t tell Louise I told you.  That sounds like something I might even know some of the answers to.

Here is the link to the zoom Meeting Note the time 7.30 pm

Topic: NMM Zoom Meeting
Time: Jul 23, 2020 07:30 PM London

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Lillian has finished laying the tracks for Music of the Night with a Bonus warm up track.
Hi All,


I’ve finished laying down the tracks for each part for the Music of the Night! 

Here is the playlist for ALL the Music of the Night videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvjwwNZmolrKHrmsIsRbsYYfhn1IJwJL7

Music of the Night Rehearsal: https://youtu.be/qdmdq7fFkxg
Music of the Night Performance Backing Track: https://youtu.be/QkDAQ1L_v1c
Just Soprano & Alto: https://youtu.be/rMnYfBh6PWk
Just Tenor & Bass: https://youtu.be/_I-i1CGBXKk

Bonus! Warm-up video: https://youtu.be/dcZ1-wnK4sU

Happy Singing,
Lillian


Hopefully see you on Thursday on Zoom.

Lin



Fwd: [Opportunities] The next Virtual Concert is almost here! FYI if you are interested.

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FYI if you are interested.  

 
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FROM A DISTANCE (Words by Roy Hogben)

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Hi All
Roy has been busy again, this one is even better in my opinion. The link is to the piano version that Roy suggested,  Thanks Roy.  

FROM A DISTANCE

if you wish to sing along go to youtube:

Bette Midler – From a Distance (piano solo) 2015

(not the 2010 version)

                                          https://youtu.be/a48ySQP422M

Social distance, the way that we must go

if we want to sing again…

Keep your distance,

go wash your germ filled hands

and always san-itize. (wear a mask).

Ye..s, persistence, we..e must all obey

for the choir to sur-vive.

We’ll sing songs of hope,

we’ll sing song of joy,

we’ll sing LOVE, to e-ve-ryone.

piano

From a distance, we… shall see the past,

they were great and glorious days.

But the fu-ture,

it will be better still

we’ll have a real, exciting time.

From a distance, wee-ll sing virtual songs

through zoom meetings every we-ek

singing soprano parts

singing the alto parts

we’ll sing me-n’s parts everyone.

Lillian’s watching us,

sheee is gui-ding us,

she’s conducting us

through social media.

piano

From a distance, we… shall see the past,

they were great and glorious days.

But the fu-ture,

it will be better still

we’ll have a real, exciting time.

From a distance, wee-ll sing virtual songs

through zoom meetings every we-ek

singing soprano parts

singing the alto parts

we’ll sing me-n’s parts everyone.

we shall use our phones,

send our video’d parts,

to be formed…. into a virtual choir.

Lillian’s mixing it

yes, she’s fixing it

she’s creating it……

Our Virtual Choir.

We shall be back again

be.. together again…

We’ll be winners ………

AT A DISTANCE.

Fwd: BBC Proms 2020,

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Hi All

Sending on from Louise.  Some of them look really interesting..

Subject: FW: BBC Proms 2020, The Kingdom Choir, new Eric Clapton prints, rescheduled gigs, Nashville Meets London

 

Thought choir members may be interested in this – I see there are over 40 free streaming sessions available on the attached ‘What’s On’ info sent to me.

 

 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

 

From: Royal Albert Hall
Sent: 17 July 2020 10:11
To: lstaniforth@outlook.com
Subject: BBC Proms 2020, The Kingdom Choir, new Eric Clapton prints, rescheduled gigs, Nashville Meets London

 

Royal Albert Home, bringing the best of the Royal Albert Hall into your home

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This week scroll through to see what artists have joined our series of events to enjoy from home, book tickets to newly rescheduled gigs, learn more about the BBC Proms 2020 and browse our print shop (it has some exciting new additions!)

 

Royal Albert Home: what’s coming up next

 

Royal Albert Home

 

Royal Albert Home

There’s over 40 exclusive sessions to stream for free now, and lots more still to come.

 

Nashville meets London

 

Nashville Meets London

Saturday 18 July | 19:30 BST
With The Cadillac Three, Michael Ray, Tenille Townes and Twinnie.

 

Classical for Kids

 

Classical for Kids

Saturday 25 July | 14:00 BST
Introducing little ears to the sounds of the piano.

 

 

New online artist sessions just announced

 

The Kingdom Choir

 

The Kingdom Choir

Friday 17 July | 19:30 BST
A special at-home performance and classic clips from the gospel choir. 

 

Ksenija Sidorova

 

Ksenija Sidorova

Wednesday 29 July | 19:30 BST
Stream a session by the classical accordion star.

 

Becca Stevens

 

Becca Stevens

Thursday 30 July | 19:30 BST
The singer-songwriter presents a set from her home in Brooklyn. 

 

 

Can you support us?

This extended closure has put the Royal Albert Hall, like many other venues, in a perilous situation.

These sessions will be available to stream for free but, if you can, please donate to the Hall in place of a ticket.

If you can, please consider supporting the Hall during this crisis by donating online, by joining us as a Friend, or by texting 70490 with the following:

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Visit the shop

Eric Clapton prints available for the first time

We’ve just updated our online shop with new prints by photographer Christie Goodwin, including images of Eric Clapton, Heart and Rodrigo y Gabriela.

Prices start at £30 and every purchase will support the Hall though this hard time. 

 

 

 

News and updates from the Hall

 

Support us, enjoy later

 

Support us now, enjoy later

Credit vouchers can be used to buy tickets from our website so you enjoy our building when we’re open again.

 

BBC Proms

 

BBC Proms 2020 starts today

As the 2020 season begins, find out all the latest Proms updates, including news on the live performances. 

 

 

Rescheduled events – a second chance to book tickets 

 

Auditorium

James Blunt

Friday 21 May 2021

The Planets

Saturday 18 September 2021

Beethoven’s Ninth

Saturday 18 September 2021

Black Stone Cherry

Wednesday 29 September 2021

Cliff Richard

Saturday 23 – Wednesday 27 October 2021

Michael Bolton

Monday 25 October 2021

Level 42

Thursday 28 October 2021

OMD

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All I Ask Of You

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Hi All

For those not on zoom last night the closing date for recordings has been extended until midnight on the 23rd July 2020.  
If you have already sent in a recording and were not happy with it and would like to do it again that is fine.  Also if you have done the whole song and then mess up a bit at the end you can send it in two halves.  Start from before you went wrong and just rerecord.   Let Lillian know what bar number you are restarting from.  
Some people have had problems sending the files to Lillian and have had more success with the following:-
After you’ve recorded yourself, you can send them to me (lillian.sediles@gmail.com) using the website: wetransfer.com



Here is the New Music Makers’ Playlist of videos I’ve made: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvjwwNZmolrKDoWtL_5Mb6nthhBoe2ONe

All I Ask of You Rehearsal: https://youtu.be/Lzkgb2AppGM
All I Ask of You Performance Backing Track: https://youtu.be/Tcpjok9Jqyo
Just Soprano & Alto: https://youtu.be/8UHHnb_tRbo
Just Tenor & Bass: https://youtu.be/0bNoIfRdZNE


After you’ve recorded yourself, you can send them to me (lillian.sediles@gmail.com) using the website: wetransfer.com

Some tips for creating your own video:
  • Please set your camera running before you press play on the music and sing along to it.
  • Please wear earphones with video in so that your microphone just picks up you. (Ideally earphones – not massive headphones)
  • Please stand still for a few seconds after Chris has finished before stopping the tape, rather than as soon as you have stopped singing.

  1. Which room should I film in? Please be in a room with soft furnishings (i.e. living room rather than kitchen), as this helps with sound recording. It helps if your background is at least slightly different to your skin tone. Please consider whether there is anything distracting in your backdrop, eg flags, reflective surfaces, personal pictures, posters etc (a blank background may be your best, safe option – having said that, a few homely touches are nice!). There are too many issues with noise outside so please stay inside. 

  2. What should I film with? Use a mobile phone, rather than a webcam, as the cameras are generally superior. A DSLR or camcorder will generally be even better.

  3. Which way round? Generally please shoot landscape.

  4. What about lighting? You probably need more light than you think you need. Natural light is good! Ideally make sure natural light is coming from behind the camera roughly 45 degrees to the line between you and the camera (ie not behind you). One tip: try having the camera on the window sill and face the window. If you have to just use artificial light, try to use whiter lights rather than warmer (orange) lights. 

  5. Where should I put the camera? Please make sure you are not holding the camera – either use a tripod, or try putting it on some books / a steady surface. If you visualise the screen as three vertical sections, your eye-line should be approximately a third of the way down the image. If you are standing (as you normally will be) please shoot from approximately the waist up. Have the camera horizontal to your eyes – don’t peer down into it. You may find this video helpful.

  6. Where do I send it? This link. To my email address (lillian.sediles@gmail.com) Please give the files names which describe them eg. the name of the song and your name.

Please remember this is not mandatory and is just a bit of fun!!!
Lin

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Week 18 Topic: NMM Zoom Meeting Time: Jul 16, 2020 07:15 PM London Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88538556343?pwd=ZUt3QmxZdzhNUjNQTzBuN29wcTRwdz09 Meeting ID: 885 3855 6343 Password: 776048

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Hi Everyone

Week 18 officially our last week of the Summer Term.  This Saturday the 18th would have been our Golden Summer Spectacular.  We would all be baking cakes and this year we were going to do sandwiches, and scones.  We would be putting up the gold bunting (still not made!).  Flower decorations, Ironing the table cloths washing the beautiful china cups and saucers. And perfecting our songs from the shows.  What are we doing instead?  Not a lot!  This time next year, fingers crossed. 🤞

As I said in my last email, no surprises this time, no songs from the show video, but we could all make ourselves an afternoon tea, you could even have some sparkle with it and ask Alexa (other devices are available) to play some songs from the shows for you.

I have been checking up on my paperwork and realised that I didn’t have a birthday for David Jupp who joined the choir in September 2019 as a Bass, so having got in touch with him found out that I had just missed it. It was on the 24th June, but more importantly, his lovely wife Julia who helps Monica make the tea for us in tea breaks, her birthday was this week on the 14th July.  That led me to find out when Monica’s birthday is and it was at the beginning of all this lock down stuff on the 9th March, I think we may have sung happy birthday to her but luck has it that I have a lovely photograph of the two most important people in the choir at our Golden Dinner. Oh and I found one of David 😊 
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Happy Belated Birthday wishes to you all.
AGM – a reminder that our AGM is on the 30th July.  We will be sending out last years Minutes, Treasurer, Chairman, MD reports before the Zoom Committee Meeting.
Please let me know if you have anything that you would like brought up at the meeting, or any questions regarding the AGM.
We are still looking for people for the Committee so please send Eric your nominations, by the 23rd July. If you can’t find anyone to nominate you and are interested in joining the team let me know and we will happily nominate you.  

Election of New Music Maker’s Committee – AGM 30th July 2020


Officers and committee members standing for re-election:

Chairperson –         Lin Kellaway

Vice Chairperson – Eric Gerrey   Now standing as Secretary so position vacant

Treasurer –               Sharon Thomas

Secretary – Vacant. Potentially filled by Eric Gerrey

Committee members:

Sarah Turl

Margaret Ballard.

– Vacant. Potentially Filled by Louise Staniforth

– Vacant. Potentially Filled by Jerry Gamble 

– Vacant


Music Librarian –  Vacant. Potentially filled by Tony Jardine


Committee members stepping down and not standing for re-election:

Sandra Farnell, Marg Dunne, Rebecca Williams, Steve Swan

If you nominate someone to go on the committee please make sure they are in agreement, and get them to email to confirm that they are willing to stand, and also an email from the proposer , to the following email address:  ericgerrey@aol.com, and one of the Committee will second the nomination.


Candidate&Position

Proposer

Seconder

Eric Gerrey -Secretary

Lin Kellaway

Sarah Turl

Louise Staniforth –

Committee Member

Sarah Turl

Lin Kellaway

Jerry Gamble – 

Committee Member

Steve Swan

Eric Gerrey

Tony Jardine –

Music Librarian

Hilary Green

Lin Kellaway
















This weeks zoom call is at 7.15.  Similar to last week with a warm up with Lillian and then to the break out rooms for the men and the ladies.  Hoping that Percy makes it to the right room this week.  After we have finished singing if people would like to stay on for a tea break we can go to smaller break out rooms and have chats with whoever you end up with.  This is not compulsory if want to leave before that you have the option to leave the meeting.  It is just for those that might want to have a chat in a smaller group.
I believe some of you have submitted your video to Lillian but we will go through ‘All I ask of you’ for those that have not attempted it yet or indeed anyone who may like to have another go if you were not happy with your first go.  Again this is not compulsory it is just a bit of fun something different for us to attempt.  So it may be that we have a few more days to get it right and send in our recordings.  We may get a chance to do ‘The Music of the Night’ not all of the voices have been recorded yet but the rehearsal video is on the playlist.
So hope to see you all tomorrow night at 7.15pm. 



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Fwd: [Campaigns] How can we bring back music groups?

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Hi All FYI

Lin

From: “Making Music” <info@makingmusic.org.uk>
Date: 14 July 2020 at 19:25:20 BST
To: Lin Kellaway <lin.j.kellaway@ntlworld.com>
Subject: [Campaigns] How can we bring back music groups?
Reply-To: “Making Music” <info@makingmusic.org.uk>

 
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How can we bring back music groups?

The UK government has now issued guidance on reopening the performing arts.

The guidance prohibits amateur groups or groups with amateur participants – unlike professionals – to play or sing together, except in the numbers of people currently allowed to meet in public. 

It goes further to say that singing and playing wind and brass instruments isn’t even allowed in those numbers.

The guidance (England only) will only be reviewed when the results of just commissioned research into droplet and aerosol transmission of Covid-19 are available. The devolved administrations are expected to issue similar guidance shortly (Wales: this week, Scotland: next two weeks, NI: n/a).

This is disappointing, as many of us were looking forward to meeting again, even with strict risk management measures, and were already hard at work creating a new normal, just as pubs, hairdressers and gyms are doing.

It is also surprising that there is no explanation why amateurs are being treated differently to professionals in this guidance.

What can you do?

Write to your MP

Ask the government to allow leisure-time music groups to be subject to the same rules as the professionals by writing to your MP.

In the devolved nations no guidance has yet been issued, so you may be able to influence what it looks like. Write to your MSP, MS or AM.

We have put together some statistics and arguments to help you write your own letter, which is more effective than using a standard template.

Join the campaign

Join the campaign: #BringBackMyChoir #BringBackMyBand and share this video on social media, in emails, on your websites.

You can also take a photo of yourself with the hashtag (see above!) and post it on social media, tagging your MP, MSP, MS, AM and Making Music.

An important note!

It is entirely up to you if you get involved. We hope we are giving you the right tools to make your voice heard, if you wish to do so.

Safety is paramount, for your group members, for the population. This campaign is not suggesting groups should get back together, if they don’t feel it is for them or when it isn’t safe.

But it is about:

  • opening up that possibility for those who can and want to
  • allowing you to risk assess your own group’s situation and taking decisions based on that, something you are all used to doing.

Please share this email with anyone you think may wish to join in.

Best of luck

Barbara Eifler
Chief Executive, Making Music

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All I Ask of You

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Hi All
How you getting on with you video? I have to be honest I haven’t done mine yet.
I think some people are getting a bit worried about this, it is not compulsory and is just for your own enjoyment if you want to join in.
So if you are having any problems with any of it, the singing, the recording, needing to have you hair done before people can see you on film, the sending it on, or just the time. Please don’t worry it is just a bit of fun for those that want to participate.
Do have a look at it though and learn your parts, one day WE WILL sing it but not unfortunately this week-end, which would have been our Golden Summer Spectacular. By the way don’t expect another concert video sent to you this week end, I suggest you all make yourselves afternoon tea and put on the radio!!
Lin

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Week 17 ZOOM Call this week. SAME DAY THURSDAY 9th JULY DIFFERENT TIME 8.00 PM DIFFERENT LINK. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81112693618?pwd=K09KbjV0dUVocFRiTW1ZTEFkZFFudz09

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Hi All

Week 17 and who would believe it I haven’t got much to say!!!  No Birthdays so no pictures.  Just the excitement of the zoom call tomorrow which I told you all about on Tuesday.  But have repeated at the bottom.  Please note it is a DIFFERENT log in 
We are still looking for people for the Committee so please send Eric your nominations, if you can’t find anyone to nominate you and are interested in joining the team let me know and we will happily nominate you.  

Election of New Music Maker’s Committee – AGM 30th July 2020


Officers and committee members standing for re-election:

Chairperson –         Lin Kellaway

Vice Chairperson – Eric Gerrey   Now standing as Secretary so position vacant

Treasurer –               Sharon Thomas

Secretary – Vacant

Committee members:

Sarah Turl

Margaret Ballard.

– Vacant

– Vacant

– Vacant


Music Librarian –  Vacant


Committee members stepping down and not standing for re-election:

Sandra Farnell, Marg Dunne, Rebecca Williams, Steve Swan

If you nominate someone to go on the committee please make sure they are in agreement, and get them to email to confirm that they are willing to stand, and also an email from the proposer , to the following email address:  ericgerrey@aol.com, and one of the Committee will second the nomination.


Candidate&Position

Proposer

Seconder

Eric Gerrey -Secretary

Lin Kellaway

Sarah Turl

Louise Staniforth –

Committee Member

Sarah Turl

Lin Kellaway

Jerry Gamble – 

Committee Member

Steve Swan

Eric Gerrey

Tony Jardine –

Music Librarian

Hilary Green

Lin Kellaway
















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DIFFERENT TIME 8.00 PM

DIFFERENT LINK.             
DIFFERENT TIMINGS APPROX 45MIN

DIFFERENT FORMAT :-

This is an experiment we are going to rehearse ‘ALL I ASK OF YOU’.

We are going to try to get all of the men in one breakout room and the ladies in another.  Chris will run through the men’s parts and Lillian will run through the ladies parts.

Before then could you try out  the links. Try the rehearsal one and your part Alto, Bass etc.  If you have any specific problems let me know before hand and Lillian/Chris can go through them for you.

All I Ask of You Rehearsal: https://youtu.be/Lzkgb2AppGM
All I Ask of You Performance Backing Track: https://youtu.be/Tcpjok9Jqyo
Just Soprano & Alto: https://youtu.be/8UHHnb_tRbo
Just Tenor & Bass: https://youtu.be/0bNoIfRdZNE

It would be great to see as many of you as possible.  Can’t wait to see you all.

As I said in my letter last week if anyone is having problems with Zoom let me know and Eric will do a one to one practise with you.

Keeeeeep Singing that’s all I ask of you!!!!

Lin