Volume 1 April 24 2020
Chorister BiWeekly News & Updates!
We would like you to know what our choristers are doing behind the scenes!
Mid-March our choristers and directors had to pivot and learn new ways to rehearse together! It has been a rewarding and sometimes stressful experience, but they have met this crisis with grace, creativity, and flexibility!
Angel Training Choirs
"Most importantly, it's fun to get together on Zoom- to see each other, to work on our curriculum, to share what's going on. (Ella Barrett is expecting a baby sister and she told us today that her name is Amelia!) It is precious. It is wonderful to have communication. It is different but it is working and it is good. I am thankful. " 
~Karen Sovak Angels in Training Artistic Director



 " He loves it! He is still practicing his singing even without the rehearsals. He is driving his little brother nuts with it!! :) I am so appreciative that you are able to still have the Zoom meetings because he is learning a lot and is proud to share what he is learning." 

Pamela Clarke (Jackson Bialas' mom)
Jackson Bialas: Training Choir Chorister
Junior Choir
Mr. Skinner has been working hard putting together our virtual choir videos. Did you see the Non Nobis Domine virtual choir video? The kids have been checking the Google Classroom daily and practicing their parts for the virtual choir. GuineaPigs, Parakeets, Silkie Chicks, Dogs, Cats, Plants, and Acne have made appearances at the biweekly Zoom Meetings where they go over repertoire and ask questions and drive Mr. Skinner crazy until he mutes them. They are enjoying themselves and learning at the same time!
Photos: River Lee and Molly the Money Tree
Stay tuned for our next virtual choir video!!!!
Clip of Senior Zoom Meeting
Senior Choir

"The Senior Choristers of Chorus Angelicus are presently conducting their rehearsals through Zoom sessions. While a Zoom rehearsal doesn’t allow for synchronized choral singing, it does, however, encourage lecture-style presentations, which in the choral rehearsal setting, translates as a call-and-response style of learning. Surprisingly, the results are quite positive and the level of engagement is high.  "
Gabriel Löfvall
Senior and Gaudeamus Artistic Director
Check out this wonderful NPR story by Ray Hardman about our virtual choir and the way choral conductors, like our own Gabriel Löfvall, Andrew Skinner, and Karen Sovak, are getting creative with technologies like Zoom to continue rehearsing with our eager choristers.