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MUSIC AND CHOIR DIRECTOR:
Ali Giedraitis
2007-
Mona
Frantzke(Kakoschke)
Thank you to Mona Frantzke, our
Choir Director for 23
years September 1983- June 2006
Susan
Skinner (Weigelin),
was conducting from ? to June 1983 ( married Paul Skinner and
moved to Ottawa)
Birgit
Finnigan (Weigelin,
was conducting from ?to 1980?
( married Jim Finnigan and moved to Timmins )
Georg Wienecke
Otto Zirke
Ernst Wilhelm Wienecke
Singing Tips:
1.
Breathing: Breathe at commas only, practice this during
regular service hymns.
Carry
through to the next word and phrase.
Give
each note it's full value of air support.
Breathe
deeply before each phrase and only short quick ones in between, if
necessary.
2.
Phrasing: Crescendo in the middle and decrescendo at the end
of a phrase.
Sing
into each next note without breaking your voice. No chopping or
hacking
off word endings from note to note, word to word.
3.
Smile and look at me (not the congregation). Show enthusiasm for
singing each song, with a happy,
relaxed facial expression. Sing with good diction so that the congregation
can understand the words.
4.
Move your head up and down with high notes and low notes.
Look
ahead at the notes to come. Remember points I told you during the practices.
Concentrate.
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"Make a joyful noise unto the Lord.......come into his presence with singing."
Our choir certainly tries to do just that, even if we are sometimes more noisy than melodious. But we are sure that
our Lord appreciates our efforts. We keep to a regular rehearsal schedule at 7:30
p.m. Fridays to practice for the larger church celebrations: Advent, Christmas, Easter,
Pentecost, Day of Remembering the Dead,
etc.. and for other church happenings, e.g. a funeral service, anniversaries, when we meet as called. Our membership averages 19 persons. We extend a warm, ongoing invitation to anyone that likes to sing, to
come and join us. Our choir performs a ministry: to beautify the church service and to offer up our voices to "sing
praises to the Lord."
Church Choir, Pentecost,
May 15, 2005
Choir Director Mona Frantzke,
with Pastor Stefan Wolf
 Join us! We need new choir members!
POSITIONS OPEN: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass -- no others need apply.
PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS: Must be able to carry light musical notes part way
across the church. Must have sufficient vision to see director twenty feet away.
EXPERIENCE: No application accepted from persons who have not sung, hummed or
whistled in the tub or shower.
WAGES: Satisfaction and joy in God's service.
FRINGE BENEFITS: Social Security -- we promise you the security of social
fellowship with other members of the choir.
HOURS: Sunday mornings with occasional opportunities for overtime (at above
mentioned wages).
VACATION: Missed rehearsals and church services are primarily a matter of
conscience and ability to return the glares and pointed remarks of the director
and other choir members.
RETIREMENT: No particular age, but it is generally determined by prayer, printed
notes getting too small, notes too high, church too hot (or cold), or organist
unable to play the notes you sing.
REHEARSALS: Once a week except in the summer
APPLY: By attending next rehearsal.
WHY SING IN THE CHOIR?
No matter what your age, you may
discover the process of finding your voice to be one of the most enjoyable
experiences of your life.
What can you expect to accomplish? Over time you should notice the following
developments in your voice: expanded range (more notes), improved quality
(better sounding notes), increased strength (louder notes) and greater vocal
security (more of the right notes where when you want them). People who sing
regularly tend to breathe well, have good posture and resonant speaking voices
that stay youthful longer than average. Singers who perform choir ministry to
beautify the church service develop poise and confidence. The greatest reward of
this art however, is the pure joy that one experiences when the body, mind and
spirit work in harmony to create that most unique and expressive of all instruments -- the singing voice! SO offer up your voice to "sing praises
to the Lord"!
Choir Members in Memoriam
Karl Ernst Kriese
*12.
April 1928 Niedewitz, Germany
†23.
Juni 2006 Toronto (78)
Lotte Arndt
*13.
Nov. 1930
†11. Jan. 2005
Toronto (75)
Hans
Schnick
*8. März
1930 †16. Feb 2004 Toronto (73)
Otto Ottner
*28. Febr 1913 -
†28. Dez 2003
Toronto (90)
Gerhard Vetter
*30.
April 1925 - †2003 Toronto (78)
Georg
Wienecke
*17.
Mai 1949
- †16. April 2003 (53)
Willi
Scheibelt
4. Febr
1915 - †21. März 2003 Mississauga (88)
Herta
Schmidt
16. Aug
1941 -
† 2002 (Age )
Anneliese Ottner
28.
April 1931 - †26. März 2001 Toronto
(69)
Erika
Schmidt
*†
Martha Grammenz
23. April 1941
- †15. März 2002
(60)
Marion Schwantes
5.
April 1929
- †16. Jan 2000
Toronto (70)
Hartmut Sator
*
†2001
New Market, Ontario (Age )
Hans
Jonuschies
1927 - †14. Jan 1998 Bala (71)
Elli
Rinas
* - †1990? (Age )
Wolfgang Hechtenberg
*
†1985
(Age
)
Otto
Zirke
*
† 1972
Toronto (Age )
Ernst Wilhelm Wienecke
*29. Dez 1912 †4. Nov 1984 (71) |
