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\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nMondays, November 12 and 26,\u00a02018 <\/strong><\/p>\n7 pm<\/strong><\/p>\nLocation:\u00a0<\/strong>Drew School, 2901 California Street (at Broderick), San Francisco
\nPlease come to the MAIN ENTRANCE on California Street. Doors will open at 6:00.\nWhat to bring:<\/strong>\u00a0Your music!<\/p>\nAttire:<\/strong>\u00a0Dress code is casual\/comfortable. Please refrain from wearing scented products such as perfume or hair spray.<\/p>\nParking: <\/strong>Parking is difficult in this residential neighborhood. We highly recommend public transit: the 1-California and the 24-Divisadero lines both stop just a block away at California and Divisadero. If you must drive, please allow plenty of time to find parking.<\/p>\n\tA Message from workshop leader David Xiques<\/h2>\n\t
Messiah<\/strong>\u00a0<\/i>is one of the most performed, if not the<\/em> most performed, choral works since its premier in 1742.\u00a0 G.F. Handel gifted the ages with an oratorio that is timeless and stunning in its beauty to audiences and singers alike.\u00a0 Singers know that it is not easy to sing.\u00a0 Its virtuosity requires a lot from the performers: fast coloraturas; difficult polyphonic textures; Baroque style performance style; and wide ranges of dynamics. And I am so looking forward to spending time with each of you in our workshops to look at some of these challenges to dispel them so that the choruses become a solid part of your repertoire for your life-long enjoyment!<\/p>\n\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/amateurmusic.org\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/notes-300x300.jpg\")
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\n\t\tYour Workshop Mentors\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\tDavid Xiques, Workshop Leader and Tenor Mentor<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tDavid J. Xiques<\/strong>\u00a0is professor of music in the School of Music at San Francisco State University where he teaches ear training and musicianship classes and directs the University Chorus and oversees the choral program.\u00a0 His teaching experience includes 15 years in K-12 choral, junior and high school band, choral, and general music classes.\u00a0\u00a0A Kod\u00e1ly specialist, he is a former instructor at the Kod\u00e1ly Summer Certification Program at New York University in New York City.\u00a0 He is also a professional singer, tenor, with the SF Symphony Chorus where he also serves as assistant chorus director.\u00a0 Mr. Xiques is a frequent choral clinician and presenter at professional music conferences.<\/p>\nAs assistant chorus director of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, he prepared the Grammy Award winning ensemble for performances of Mozart\u2019s\u00a0Mass in C Minor\u00a0<\/em>for Ingo Metzmacher, conductor. He also prepared the Chorus for the North American premier of John Adams\u2019\u00a0A Flowering Tree\u00a0<\/em>for Maestro Adams who conducted the performances.<\/p>\nMr. Xiques is author of\u00a0Solfege and Sonority: Teaching Music Reading to Choral Singers<\/em>, published by Oxford University Press. He also has several choral arrangements published by Alliance Music Publications.<\/p>\nMr. Xiques earned his MM in Music Education with Kod\u00e1ly Emphasis degree from Holy Names University in Oakland, CA where he was also a member of the faculty, and BS in Music Education from Millersville University in Millersville, PA.\u00a0\u00a0He has studied ear training and musicianship extensively with Erzs\u00e9bet Hegyi of the Liszt Academy in Budapest, and conducting with Vance George of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, as well as members of the 1995 Chorus America faculty at Saranac Lake, NY.<\/p>\n\t\t\tElizabeth Susskind, Soprano Mentor<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tHaving completed her degree in vocal performance at Trinity College of Music in London, Elizabeth Susskind<\/strong> continued her studies at the St. Louis Conservatory of Music and worked as a professional singer with both the St. Louis Symphony and Opera Theatre of St. Louis.\u00a0 She and her family moved to the Bay Area in 1989, and since then she has been an active member of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus for well over 20 years, working with such luminaries at Vance George and Ragnar Bohlin. Elizabeth has also sung with smaller groups such as Bay Choral Guild and Sine Nomine, as well as Midsummer Mozart under Bay Area favorite, the late George Cleve.<\/p>\n\t\t\tKaren Carle Irwin, Alto Mentor<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tMezzo-soprano Karen Carle Irwin<\/strong> grew up in Stockton, California, and graduated from Pacific Union College with a degree in Music Education, and obtained a Master’s Degree from San Francisco Conservatory of Music in Vocal Performance. Karen has sung leading and supporting roles with many Bay Area opera companies. Currently Karen is a professional member of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus and is Music Director at St. John’s Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. She teaches privately in her home where she lives with her husband, Jim.<\/p>\n\t\t\tWill Skaff, Bass Mentor<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tWill Skaff<\/strong> is a Bay Area music educator, singer, composer and clinician. He currently teaches general music and chorus at The Hamlin School in San Francisco and is also one of the directors at the Peninsula Girls Chorus in Burlingame. He enjoys being a featured soloist and section leader with the Lesbian Gay Chorus of San Francisco, and still sings on\u00a0occasion\u00a0with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus. He has degrees in Music Education and Choral Conducting and earned his certification in the Kod\u00e1ly method from New York University. He currently serves on the board of the Northern California Association of Kod\u00e1ly Educators.<\/p>\n\tDownload your music<\/h3>\n
please print and bring with you to the workshop.<\/p>\n
\n\t\tSession 1: November 12\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\tSession 2: November 26\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd the glory of the Lord\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor unto us a Child is born\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGlory to God\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHis yoke is easy\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHallelujah\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBehold the Lamb of God\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSurely, He hath borne our griefs\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd with His stripes\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAll we like sheep\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWorthy is the Lamb\/Amen\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\tYou may bring and use your own score!<\/strong> However, please be sure the measures are numbered and that you have added rehearsal letters that match the downloads. For your convenience, here are the locations of the rehearsal letters.<\/p>\n\t\t\tAnd the glory of the Lord<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tA = 33<\/p>\n
B = 51<\/p>\n
C = 68<\/p>\n
D = 84<\/p>\n
E = 102<\/p>\n
F = 124<\/p>\n\t\t\tFor unto us a child is born<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tA = 7<\/p>\n
B = 18<\/p>\n
C = 26<\/p>\n
D = 33<\/p>\n
E = 49<\/p>\n
F = 68<\/p>\n
G = 85<\/p>\n\t\t\tGlory to God<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tA = 10<\/p>\n
B = 18<\/p>\n
C = 26<\/p>\n
D = 35<\/p>\n\t\t\tHis yoke is easy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tA = 11<\/p>\n
B = 23<\/p>\n
C = 31<\/p>\n
D = 41<\/p>\n\t\t\tHallelujah<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tA = 14<\/p>\n
B = 22<\/p>\n
C = 34<\/p>\n
D = 41<\/p>\n
E = 51<\/p>\n
F = 67<\/p>\n
G = 81<\/p>\n\t\t\tBehold the Lamb of God<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tA = 10<\/p>\n
B = 16<\/p>\n
C = 23<\/p>\n\t\t\tSurely, He hath borne our griefs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tA = 13<\/p>\n\t\t\tAnd with His stripes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tA = 12<\/p>\n
B = 25<\/p>\n
C = 37<\/p>\n
D = 55<\/p>\n
E = 67<\/p>\n
F = 79<\/p>\n\t\t\tAll we like sheep<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tA = 11<\/p>\n
B = 23<\/p>\n
C = 29<\/p>\n
D = 41<\/p>\n
E = 52<\/p>\n
F = 65<\/p>\n
G = 76<\/p>\n\t\t\tWorthy is the Lamb\/Amen<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tA = 12<\/p>\n
B = 24<\/p>\n
C = 39<\/p>\n
D = 53<\/p>\n
E = 61<\/p>\n
F = Amen m. 1<\/p>\n
G = 31<\/p>\n
H = 42<\/p>\n
K = 63<\/p>\n
L = 72<\/p>\n\t
Listen to the repertoire: <\/strong><\/h3>\n\t
7 pm<\/strong><\/p>\nLocation:\u00a0<\/strong>Drew School, 2901 California Street (at Broderick), San Francisco What to bring:<\/strong>\u00a0Your music!<\/p>\n Attire:<\/strong>\u00a0Dress code is casual\/comfortable. Please refrain from wearing scented products such as perfume or hair spray.<\/p>\n Parking: <\/strong>Parking is difficult in this residential neighborhood. We highly recommend public transit: the 1-California and the 24-Divisadero lines both stop just a block away at California and Divisadero. If you must drive, please allow plenty of time to find parking.<\/p>\n\t Messiah<\/strong>\u00a0<\/i>is one of the most performed, if not the<\/em> most performed, choral works since its premier in 1742.\u00a0 G.F. Handel gifted the ages with an oratorio that is timeless and stunning in its beauty to audiences and singers alike.\u00a0 Singers know that it is not easy to sing.\u00a0 Its virtuosity requires a lot from the performers: fast coloraturas; difficult polyphonic textures; Baroque style performance style; and wide ranges of dynamics. And I am so looking forward to spending time with each of you in our workshops to look at some of these challenges to dispel them so that the choruses become a solid part of your repertoire for your life-long enjoyment!<\/p>\n\t David J. Xiques<\/strong>\u00a0is professor of music in the School of Music at San Francisco State University where he teaches ear training and musicianship classes and directs the University Chorus and oversees the choral program.\u00a0 His teaching experience includes 15 years in K-12 choral, junior and high school band, choral, and general music classes.\u00a0\u00a0A Kod\u00e1ly specialist, he is a former instructor at the Kod\u00e1ly Summer Certification Program at New York University in New York City.\u00a0 He is also a professional singer, tenor, with the SF Symphony Chorus where he also serves as assistant chorus director.\u00a0 Mr. Xiques is a frequent choral clinician and presenter at professional music conferences.<\/p>\n As assistant chorus director of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, he prepared the Grammy Award winning ensemble for performances of Mozart\u2019s\u00a0Mass in C Minor\u00a0<\/em>for Ingo Metzmacher, conductor. He also prepared the Chorus for the North American premier of John Adams\u2019\u00a0A Flowering Tree\u00a0<\/em>for Maestro Adams who conducted the performances.<\/p>\n Mr. Xiques is author of\u00a0Solfege and Sonority: Teaching Music Reading to Choral Singers<\/em>, published by Oxford University Press. He also has several choral arrangements published by Alliance Music Publications.<\/p>\n Mr. Xiques earned his MM in Music Education with Kod\u00e1ly Emphasis degree from Holy Names University in Oakland, CA where he was also a member of the faculty, and BS in Music Education from Millersville University in Millersville, PA.\u00a0\u00a0He has studied ear training and musicianship extensively with Erzs\u00e9bet Hegyi of the Liszt Academy in Budapest, and conducting with Vance George of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, as well as members of the 1995 Chorus America faculty at Saranac Lake, NY.<\/p>\n\t\t\tElizabeth Susskind, Soprano Mentor<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t Having completed her degree in vocal performance at Trinity College of Music in London, Elizabeth Susskind<\/strong> continued her studies at the St. Louis Conservatory of Music and worked as a professional singer with both the St. Louis Symphony and Opera Theatre of St. Louis.\u00a0 She and her family moved to the Bay Area in 1989, and since then she has been an active member of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus for well over 20 years, working with such luminaries at Vance George and Ragnar Bohlin. Elizabeth has also sung with smaller groups such as Bay Choral Guild and Sine Nomine, as well as Midsummer Mozart under Bay Area favorite, the late George Cleve.<\/p>\n\t\t\tKaren Carle Irwin, Alto Mentor<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t Mezzo-soprano Karen Carle Irwin<\/strong> grew up in Stockton, California, and graduated from Pacific Union College with a degree in Music Education, and obtained a Master’s Degree from San Francisco Conservatory of Music in Vocal Performance. Karen has sung leading and supporting roles with many Bay Area opera companies. Currently Karen is a professional member of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus and is Music Director at St. John’s Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. She teaches privately in her home where she lives with her husband, Jim.<\/p>\n\t\t\tWill Skaff, Bass Mentor<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t Will Skaff<\/strong> is a Bay Area music educator, singer, composer and clinician. He currently teaches general music and chorus at The Hamlin School in San Francisco and is also one of the directors at the Peninsula Girls Chorus in Burlingame. He enjoys being a featured soloist and section leader with the Lesbian Gay Chorus of San Francisco, and still sings on\u00a0occasion\u00a0with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus. He has degrees in Music Education and Choral Conducting and earned his certification in the Kod\u00e1ly method from New York University. He currently serves on the board of the Northern California Association of Kod\u00e1ly Educators.<\/p>\n\t please print and bring with you to the workshop.<\/p>\n You may bring and use your own score!<\/strong> However, please be sure the measures are numbered and that you have added rehearsal letters that match the downloads. For your convenience, here are the locations of the rehearsal letters.<\/p>\n\t\t\tAnd the glory of the Lord<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t A = 33<\/p>\n B = 51<\/p>\n C = 68<\/p>\n D = 84<\/p>\n E = 102<\/p>\n F = 124<\/p>\n\t\t\tFor unto us a child is born<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t A = 7<\/p>\n B = 18<\/p>\n C = 26<\/p>\n D = 33<\/p>\n E = 49<\/p>\n F = 68<\/p>\n G = 85<\/p>\n\t\t\tGlory to God<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t A = 10<\/p>\n B = 18<\/p>\n C = 26<\/p>\n D = 35<\/p>\n\t\t\tHis yoke is easy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t A = 11<\/p>\n B = 23<\/p>\n C = 31<\/p>\n D = 41<\/p>\n\t\t\tHallelujah<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t A = 14<\/p>\n B = 22<\/p>\n C = 34<\/p>\n D = 41<\/p>\n E = 51<\/p>\n F = 67<\/p>\n G = 81<\/p>\n\t\t\tBehold the Lamb of God<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t A = 10<\/p>\n B = 16<\/p>\n C = 23<\/p>\n\t\t\tSurely, He hath borne our griefs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t A = 13<\/p>\n\t\t\tAnd with His stripes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t A = 12<\/p>\n B = 25<\/p>\n C = 37<\/p>\n D = 55<\/p>\n E = 67<\/p>\n F = 79<\/p>\n\t\t\tAll we like sheep<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t A = 11<\/p>\n B = 23<\/p>\n C = 29<\/p>\n D = 41<\/p>\n E = 52<\/p>\n F = 65<\/p>\n G = 76<\/p>\n\t\t\tWorthy is the Lamb\/Amen<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t A = 12<\/p>\n B = 24<\/p>\n C = 39<\/p>\n D = 53<\/p>\n E = 61<\/p>\n F = Amen m. 1<\/p>\n G = 31<\/p>\n H = 42<\/p>\n K = 63<\/p>\n L = 72<\/p>\n\t
\nPlease come to the MAIN ENTRANCE on California Street. Doors will open at 6:00.\nA Message from workshop leader David Xiques<\/h2>\n\t
<\/p>\n\n\t\tYour Workshop Mentors\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\tDavid Xiques, Workshop Leader and Tenor Mentor<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t
Download your music<\/h3>\n
\n\t\tSession 1: November 12\n\t<\/h3>\n
\n\t\tSession 2: November 26\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd the glory of the Lord\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor unto us a Child is born\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGlory to God\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHis yoke is easy\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHallelujah\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBehold the Lamb of God\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSurely, He hath borne our griefs\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd with His stripes\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAll we like sheep\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWorthy is the Lamb\/Amen\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t
Listen to the repertoire: <\/strong><\/h3>\n\t