
P.O. Box 762 Amherst, NH 03031
5th Rehearsal Spring Semester
Tuesday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Milford High School
Riversong
Oklahoma, p. 28-end
Lullaby
Old Irish Blessing
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
You'll Never Walk Alone
Videos of
the Christmas concert.
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Souhegan Valley Chorus, now in its 30th season, is a community chorus in the Milford-Amherst (New Hampshire) area performing a variety of choral music from pops to light classics under the direction of Jennifer K. Erdody. Membership is open, without audition, to singers from high school age through seniors who enjoy choral music. Fifty people come from towns in and around the Souhegan Valley for the weekly rehearsals which are held on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. usually in the Milford High School (see map below) music room. Two concerts are presented each season—one in December and one in May— as well as participating in the Milford Holiday Stroll which takes place the first Sunday in December.

Milford Middle School,
33 Osgood Rd (red
star)
Milford High School, 100 West St (yellow
star)
Unitarian Universalist Church, 20 Elm St,
Milford, NH (green
star)
Milford First Congregational Church, 10
Union St (blue
star)
Milford United Methodist Church, 327 N. River Rd (magenta
star)
see map below
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Open Rehearsals
Our first rehearsal for the Spring 2010 Season begins on Tuesday,
January 12th in the Milford High School. The first three
rehearsalsJanuary 12, 19 and 26are for prospective members who want to
"test the waters" before joining.
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Membership Dues
Dues are per semester and are as follows:
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2010 Spring Concert
May 8 at 7:30 in the Souhegan High School
A 30th-Anniversary Celebration
Lullaby (Billy Joel)
Fiddle On the Roof Medley
Canon in D
You'll Never Walk Alone
If Music be the Food of Love
Oklahoma! Medley
Sound of Music Medley
Rhythm of Life
Big Band Favorites Medley
Over the Rainbow
West Side Story Medley
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Cancellation Policy
Our rehearsal cancellation policy is that if there is no school,
or if school
is let out early in Milford, we have no rehearsal
that evening.
Rehearsal cancellation will be posted at the top of this Website.
If in doubt, call or email your Section Leader:
Sopranos - Judith Silverman 673-2720
Altos - Jonatha Bianchi 673-7302
Tenors - Kent Johnson 345-1268
Basses - Dan Wolaver 566-0685
Spring 2010 Rehearsal Schedule (7:30 unless otherwise noted)
|
Place (see map) |
Special Events |
Notes |
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| Jan 12 | Milford High School | open rehearsal | Board mtg. 6:00 |
| Jan 19 | Milford High School | open rehearsal | Valleyaires 6:30 |
| Jan 26 | Milford High School | open rehearsal | Board mtg. 6:30 |
| Feb 2 | Milford High School | Valleyaires 6:30 | |
| Feb 9 | Milford High School | Board mtg. 6:30 | |
| Feb 16 | Milford High School | Valleyaires 6:30 | |
| Feb 23 | Milford High School | ||
| Mar 2 | Milford High School | Valleyaires 6:30 | |
| Mar 5 | Amato Center | Irish Show rehearsal | time TBA |
| Mar 6 | Amato Center | Irish Show | curtain 7:15 pm |
| Mar 9 | Milford High School | Board mtg. 6:30 | |
| Mar 16 | Milford High School | Valleyaires 6:30 | |
| Mar 23 | Milford High School | ||
| Mar 30 | Milford High School | Valleyaires 6:30 | |
| Apr 6 | Milford High School | Board mtg. 6:30 | |
| Apr 13 | Milford High School | Valleyaires 6:30 | |
| Apr 20 | Milford High School | ||
| Apr 27 | Milford High School | Board mtg. 6:30 | |
| May 7 | Souhegan High School | Friday tech rehearsal | 6:00 p.m. |
| May 8 | Souhegan High School | Saturday concert | 6:00 p.m. |
| May 11 | Granite Square | Singout / Party | Singout 6:45 |
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The Director and the Accompanist
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Jennifer K. Erdody,
director, is the choral director at Milford High School in Milford,
NH, where she directs the concert choir and "West Street Beat", the school's |
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Laura Kennedy, accompanist, has distinguished herself across the nation as a solo performer, accompanist and chamber musician. She has performed with the Lyric Trio and the Wiedemann Trio, in collaborations with the Florida Symphony Chamber Players and the Fairmount String Quartet, at the Mostly Mozart Festival, and Chamber Music at the Barn, and on Chicagos classical radio station WFMT and National Public Radios Performance Today. Laura has played in recitals with David Perry, Donald McInnes, Lazlo Varga, Brian Lewis, and with oboist, Joseph Robinson, principal oboe of the New York Philharmonic. She also enjoys presenting concerts with her brother, violinist Joseph Scheer, with whom she has recorded two CDs. Laura resides in Milford with her family. Her daughter, Clara, a cellist, is in her second year at the Julliard School. |
Click here to hear a live recording of Laura playing Rachmaninov's Etudes Tableaux op.39 no.1
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President: Mike Jeynes Here are the job descriptions
for each office. 1/8 Page Ad (2-1/4 × 1-7/8): $40 1/4 Page Ad (2-1/4 ×
3-3/4): $60 1/4 Page Ad (4-1/2 × 1-7/8): $60 1/2 Page Ad (4-1/2 ×
3-3/4): $90 Full Page Ad (4-1/2 × 7-1/2): $135 Inside Front Cover (4-1/2 × 7-1/2): $175 Inside Back Cover (4-1/2 × 7-1/2): $175 Back Cover (4-1/2 × 7-1/2): $240 Donations: Maestro: $1,000 and up Solo: $999 - $500 Quartet: $499 - $250 Chorus: $249 - $100 Star: $99 - $75 Friend: $74 and under 2007 Spring Concert - "Pioneers and
Prairies" Click here to see pictures from the show. Concerts recorded by DB
Systems. Any questions, comments, or
suggestions concerning this Web site should be forwarded to
Vice President: John Potelle
Treasurer: Dan Wolaver
Secretary: Jonatha Bianchi
Music Librarian: Cyndy Wood
Music Librarian: Jean Wolf
Concert/Rehearsal Manager: Brant Wilson
Publicist: Judy Aunio
Fund Raiser: Heidi Elgart
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SVC is supported chiefly by member dues and by donations and
advertisements in our concert programs. Also, SVC is a 501-C-3
Not-for-Profit Organization. Listed below are our advertisement
prices. (Size is given in width
×
height
in inches.) Here is the ad letter,
and here is the ad order form.
Submit ads in e-copy (.doc, .pdf, .jpg, or .gif) to Dan Wolaver (
), or in hard
copy to Souhegan Valley Chorus, P.O. Box 762, Amherst, NH 03031.
Make checks payable to Souhegan Valley Chorus.
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The theme for this concert was the westward expansion of the United States
and the various cultures that contribute to our music and language.
Listen to "Red River Valley"
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