Saturday - October 1st, 2022
8:30am – 5:00pm
Calling all singing basses and tenors! – Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of something BIG, The Sing on UConn! – Bass/Tenor Choir Festival.On Saturday, October 1, 2022, don’t miss the chance to be part of something BIG;The Sing On UConn! Tenor/Bass Choir Festival. Bass and tenor singers from throughout the Northeast will come to UConn’s von der Mehden Recital Hall to join together with singers from the UConn Glee Club and Concert Choir, The Silk City
Chorus and UConn’s talented a cappella groups for a day of singing and sharing.
This event was created to celebrate basses and tenors singing together and to
help reinforce the joy of singing and recruiting these singers into high school as
well as church and community choral programs. There will be performances by the
UConn Glee Club, UConn’s outstanding male a cappella groups CDN and Conn
Men, The Silk City Chorus, and the UConn Sing On UConn! Festival Choir as well
as a Voice Masterclass with David Small and Rod Nelman. This is an event not to
miss! Please find the link to more information and the registration page on the
UConn Choirs webpage.
Schedule of the Day
Sing On UConn! Bass/Tenor Choir Festival Saturday, October 1, 2022. –
- You will need to purchase the music on your own prior to the festival (except for the UConn Alma Mater) and please look at the music prior to arrival.
- Cost? $15.00 per singer - includes Sing On UConn! t-shirt
- Registration is in von der Mehden Recital Hall 875 Coventry Rd. Storrs, CT 4. Family and friends are encouraged to attend the 4:00pm concert.
- Register using this link: click here!
8:30-9:00am | Registration in VDM - Participants change into Sing On UConn! T-Shirts |
9:00-10:00am
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Joint Rehearsal in VDM
Combined Sections: Brothers, Sing On! – Edvard Grieg - CPP Belwin - 00-FEC06927 JW Pepper #965842 Crossing the Bar – Matthew and Shelley Armstrong JW Pepper #11394737 Galaxy Music# L3649 For My Brother – Andrea Ramsey www.MusicSpoke.com TTBB or JW Pepper - # 10778293 UConn Alma Mater - Old Connecticut - Davis (sent to directors) |
10:15-11:20am
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Sectionals
T1 - MusB 109 T2 - ML 103 B1 - vdM B2 - MusB 102 |
11:30am | On risers in von der Mehden Recital Hall |
12:00-1:15pm | Lunch on your own - Storrs Center (see list below) |
1:30-2:15pm | Sectionals (same rooms as before) |
2:15-3:00pm Rehearse on VDM stage - Final run-through
3:00-3:30pm | Voice Master Class with Jean Anderson hosted by Rod Nelman in MusB102 (sound check for Glee Club) |
4:00pm
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Grand Finale Concert
Prof. David Small and Prof. Rod Nelman – Bass-Baritones
Silk City Barbershop Chorus - Todd Lamson, Director UConn Glee Club – Meredith Neumann, Director UConn Conn Men CDN - A Completely Different Note Sing On UConn! Tenor/Bass Festival Chorus Finale –Dr. Jamie Spillane, Director |
Nearby Restaurants
Nearby restaurants listed from the north to south
Moe’s Southwest Grill – This is like Chipotle
Daddy’s Noodle Bar
Dog Lane Café – organic, interesting, salads to sandwiches to burgers Subway
Insomnia Cookies
Moo-yah Burger – (like Five Guys)
Jefferson Fry Company (fries and burgers coming this fall)
Eat Joy – Sushi bowls and bubble tea
Blaze – Fast Fired pizza (very popular - like Subway for pizza – gluten free pizza available) Brooklyn Dumpling Shop
Tea & More Café – Asian- rice bowls etc…
Katmandu Kitchen – Indian $10 lunch buffet
The Whale Tea – bubble teas
Dunkin Donuts
Gansett Wraps – wraps, pizza, & more
Chang’s Garden – Chinese
Domino’s Pizza
Starbuck’s
Oriental Café – Chinese & Sushi
Pho Asian Restaurant - Chinese
DP Dough - Calzones
Tokyo Ramen – Asian cuisine
Little Alladin – Mediterranean food
Bagel Zone
Fresh Fork Café
Price Chopper - Grocery Store with many prepared foods (Sushi, Pizza, Subs, Chicken, and a dining area)