We’re so excited to make music together again this season! We’ve made a couple of changes to our registration process this year, and we wanted to share the details with you.
 

• Please register before our first rehearsal on Monday, November 2nd, using one of the two membership links below. Registering early really helps us plan choir size and rehearsal seating, and it means we can spend more of our time together making music rather than handling paperwork.
   

• We have five weekly rehearsals scheduled in November (2, 9, 16, 23, 30), plus a dress rehearsal on December 7th. These rehearsals matter — even for our most experienced Messiah singers — because they’re where we blend our sound as a group, get comfortable with the director’s style, and come together as one chorus. We know schedules get busy, so we simply ask that everyone aim to attend at least 4 of the 5 November rehearsals, along with the December dress rehearsal. We’ll be taking attendance each week just so we can keep track of where everyone is.
   

• The first rehearsal on November 2nd is especially helpful to us for you to attend, since that’s when we begin building the seating chart. We do ask that everyone make every effort to be at the December 7th dress rehearsal, since there is no later opportunity to pull the group together before the performance.
   

• If you know in advance that you’ll need to miss a rehearsal (including the dress rehearsal), just reach out to our director, Kari Hamada, ahead of time — she’s happy to work with you.

We know life happens and schedules don’t always cooperate. If you have concerns about being able to meet these rehearsal expectations this season, we’d love for you to reach out and talk it through with us — we’d much rather find a way to make it work together than have you sit this one out. Thank you for being part of this choir, and we can’t wait to make beautiful music with you!