Cuesta Concord Chorus
A Salute to our Armed Forces
The Cuesta Concord Chorus (C3) will continue veteran outreach by recording music that can be shared with veterans and veteran homes in the USA and overseas.
The Fall portion of the 2020-2021 season rehearsals will be held via Zoom*. Rehearsals will be held on Tuesday nights, beginning September 8 at 7pm.
“C3” will record five pieces that will be compiled into videos and uploaded to our YouTube Channel. The five pieces are:
- America The Beautiful, Katherine Lee Bates, Samuel Augustus Ward
- Salute to the Armed Forces Medley, Arr. Dennis Allen
- Lift Every Voice and Sing, James Weldon Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson
- California Dreamin’, John Phillips & Michelle Phillips, Arr., R. Emerson
- I Dream a World, Langston Hughes, David L. Brunner
The first rehearsal on September 8 at 7pm will go over in detail:
- Introduction C3 Support members
- Board of Directors, aka Cowgirls
- Section Leaders
- Accompanist and Recording technicians
- The repertoire
- Rehearsal and Recording Calendar
- How the rehearsal and recording process will proceed.
- The majority of video recordings will be in slideshow format.
- Only one song will be a personal video recording.
- How the rehearsal and recording process will proceed.
The Cuesta Concord Chorus welcomes singers who love to share their voices with each other and with their community. Previous choral singing experienced is encouraged, but not required.
New singers will go through a voicing process over Zoom with Cassandra Tarantino.
The Zoom appointments will be made after the first rehearsal and will include:
- Estimating the singer’s range and voice type
- Ability to read music (not required)
- Ask Ms. Tarantino any questions you may have about the ensemble.
*Interested in attending the first meeting before registering? Contact Cassandra at ctaranti@cuesta.edu or communityprograms@cuesta.edu for the Zoom link.
Register Online
DATES: 11 Meetings: Tuesday, September 8 - November 24, 2020 (no class Nov 3)
TIME: 7:00 - 8:30pm
FEE: $40
LOCATION: Online
MODE OF INSTRUCTION: Live Remote - Zoom
INSTRUCTOR: Cassandra Tarantino
QUESTIONS: Contact instructor at ctaranti@cuesta.edu
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Cassandra Tarantino has her Bachelor’s Degrees in Church Music and English Literature from Westmont College, Santa Barbara. She holds Master’s Degrees in Performance Flute from CSU, Northridge, and in Choral Conducting from SJSU. Ms. Tarantino has taught at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo since 2006 where she conducts the Concert Choir, teaches private voice and flute, and Musicianship and Classical Music Appreciation. In 2006 Cassandra founded the Cuesta Concord Chorus and has enjoyed touring the world with them singing with fellow choirs and for veterans. Ms. Tarantino was hired in 2017 as the Music Director for St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Folk music and dance are a passion for Cassandra, and you will often find her playing and dancing traditional Irish, English Country and Contra Dance music. |
