Richmond Choral Society Scholarship Opportunity

admin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:07:06 +0000

February, 2012

Dear Music Educator:

On behalf of the Richmond Choral Society, I am writing to inform you of RCS’s Scholarship Program and to ask for your assistance in recommending students for our consideration.

Our Board feels that it is important to encourage young Staten Islanders, who are already active in singing in their schools, to continue their interest in singing. To this end, we have awarded vocal scholarships, up to $1000, to high school seniors for the past fourteen years.

We invite you to recommend a candidate for consideration this year (application deadline March 16, 2012). The application requirements are as follows:

A resident of Staten Island
A senior in good academic standing who has applied to, and plans to attend, an institute of higher education in the fall of 2012
A participant in their school’s vocal music program: Chorus, soloist with an instrumental ensemble, SING, theater performance, or, realizing that some schools are not able to have these programs, a known participant in community theater or church/synagogue choir

We require that your candidate(s) complete the enclosed application form and submit a resume along with a copy of their musical selection. All further contact will be between the candidate and our selection committee. We will require an interview and an informal audition on April 21. In addition, the award winner will be offered the opportunity to perform at an RCS or RCS Youth Chorus concert.

Richmond Choral Society was founded in 1951 by Dr. Anders Emile to provide Staten Island singers an opportunity to rehearse and to perform classical choral works. In addition to presenting two concerts a year, we have performed at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and at numerous official Staten Island events.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter. To view and print a scholarship application, click here. This scholarship document can also be filled out and emailed as an attachment to teachread3@aol.com. We are looking forward to meeting with your candidates.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at 718-273-7130, or on line at teachread3@aol.com.

Sincerely,

Important Reminders: Linda Atwell Reiersen

Application deadline-March 16 Scholarship Committee Chair

Auditions–April 21

Get Ready! Get Set for RCS’s Spring Concert!

admin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:15:20 +0000

RCS and Staten Island Philharmonic fans, get set for another collaboration on Saturday, May 12, St. Peter's Church at 8 p.m. Marina Alexander's Arcadian Chorale will join us in performing Mozart's "Great" Mass in C minor, one of the great compositions of the Classical period by one of our greatest composers of all time, requiring a double chorus and orchestra of about 35. RCS works so hard from January to May to give you our best of the best in the choral repertory. So, we are happy to report that our rehearsals will be well spent preparing for two concerts this spring, not the usual single performance. The second will be in New Jersey, Arcadian Chorale's home, has been postponed from May 20 to Sunday, October 7 at 4 p.m. Holy Spirit Church is a beautiful structure in Asbury Park, which could easily be a twin to our own St. Peter's Church; and what a nice time of year to take a Sunday drive, and hear some beautiful music too! See "Venues" for directions to all our concert sites.

Please share this good news with your relatives and friends in NY and NJ.

We'll see you in May!