The dates and times for the 2023 Messiah Sing-Along chorale rehearsals are now set - see details below

Does singing the Messiah only once per year as a member of our audience leave you wanting more? If so, join us in the chorale. You can sing Messiah in our weekly practices, as well as in all three of our December performances.

The chorale provides a core of singing support to the audience during our December performances.
The chorale is open and non-auditioned. All are welcome to join, regardless of ability.
Practices are fun! Perhaps you need some fun to relieve the hustle-bustle and stress that the holidays can bring on. You'll leave each practice humming some tunes and with a smile on your face :-)
Newcomers are welcome to join the chorale through mid-October, while singers with prior Messiah singing experience may be able to join later.
Chorale dues are $20 for the season.
For 2023, rehearsals...

Will start on Tuesday, September 5th
Location: upstairs choir room at First United Methodist Church (downtown Boulder)
Will occur every Tuesday, 7:00PM -- 9:00PM

No rehearsal the week of Thanksgiving

The last regular rehearsal at FUMC will occur Tuesday December 5th
Tuesday December 12th - rehearsal with full orchestra 7:00pm...9:00pm at St. John's Episcopal (Parish Hall - located on east end of complex)

Questions...? Please send an e-mail.

Chorale mailing list sign-up

Even remotely interested in joining the chorale? Already a chorale die-hard? In either case (or anywhere inbetween), please join our mailing list. We'll send you a reminder e-mail about rehearsal start-up (early September), weather cancellations, and (very occasionally) other things that we feel worth communicating. Sign up under as many e-mail addresses as you like (e.g. maybe you would like to receive Chorale e-mails both at your work and personal e-mail accounts).

We would really like to know your first and last name unless it's evident from your e-mail (jane.smith@gmail.com probably belongs to "Jane Smith", but TofuLover@gmail.com, well... that could belong to almost anybody in Boulder).

Resources

A library of MP3 practice pieces is available for those who would like additional practice.
How do we manage to sing the Messiah, or anything at all for that matter? Scientific American dissects the physics of singing in its article "The Human Instrument".

Choir fun...

Photos from the 12/6/2011 practice (only one more practice until the December performances)

Bob tells the choir one of his many stories accumulated from almost 30 years of Messiah sing-along performances

A full house

Mid-practice tea and cookies time is popular with all