Dance Party Dance!

Saturday, February 10, 7pm, at Harmony School gym. Listen (and dance!) to beautiful music provided by the choir and a live band. This family-friendly event will feature choral waltzes, polkas, foxtrots, swing, Latin, Motown, rock-n-roll, and American Songbook favorites, a band, a bake sale, and guest performances by members of the IU Music Theatre BFA program.   You can enjoy this program sitting down or dancing! (Children 12 and under free.)

We are kicking off our 21st season with a program about Team Spirit! Wear your team bling, and show up for the tailgate dinner by David Cox at 6pm.

At 7pm, the choir and special guests will perform a short concert with music by David Baker, Mendelssohn, Ockeghem, Poulenc, Sister Sledge, The Wailin' Jennys, and others.

Sunday, November 5

Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington

2120 N Fee Ln, Bloomington, Indiana 47408 map >>

6pm: Optional pre-concert tailgate, includes dinner, $10 per person

7pm: Concert

Cost: We will be accepting a freewill offering after the concert

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The choir will sing at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Bloomington (first and second services) to thank them for providing a rehearsal space. In between services the board and members (the choir) will hold its annual meeting to review the year, vote on new board members, and review plans for the upcoming season.

For 20 years, Voces Novae has been changing the way we interact with choral music through engaging concerts that challenge the singers and audiences. We'd love to hear your favorite concert memory!

We're celebrating our 20th Anniversary with a program about the Art and Science of Happiness:

• Unitarian Universalist Church (2120 N. Fee Lane)
• Saturday, May 13 at Happy Hour (5pm)

The choir will sing a program of Eric Barnum, Hildegard von Bingen, Janequin, choir member Cindy Kallet, Rossini, Whitacre, and Pharrell Williams.

Afterwards, there will be a celebration with food, drink, activities to encourage scientifically-proven ways to boost happiness, and a display of programs from Voces Novae's first 20 years.

Tickets are $15, $10 for students and seniors.

February 26, 7pm:  Lew Wallace: the most interesting person you've never heard of, with songs stories, and s'mores.  Music by Steven Stucky, Jeffrey Van, Billy Joel and professional storytellers from the Bloomington Storytellers Guild.

Held at the Unitarian-Universalist Church

Voces Novae board meetings are open to the membership.

Held at the Unitarian-Universalist Church library

Voces Novae board meetings are open to the membership.

Agenda:

Acceptance of minutes
Reports
- President
- Treasurer
- Artistic director
- Standing committees
  - Merchandising
  - Web and social media
  - Fundraising and development
  - Concert support

Old business
Strategic planning

Held at the Unitarian-Universalist Church library

Voces Novae board meetings are open to the membership.

Agenda:

Acceptance of minutes
Reports
- President
- Treasurer
- Artistic director
- Standing committees
  - Merchandising
  - Web and social media
  - Fundraising and development
  - Concert support

Old business
Strategic planning
- Review of values, vision, mission
- More goal-setting

Points of Light: Krista Detor's annual holiday concert to benefit visually impaired preschool services and CD release
With special guests:
Voces Novae
Amanda Biggs
Ray Feldman
Arbutus Cunningham
and others
Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington
2120 N. Fee Lane, Bloomington
Friday, December 18
Concert at 7:30 pm
Doors open at 6:45 pm for the annual holiday market
Ticket sales and more information here >>

Meditations on Life~Death

Two performances on Sunday, Nov. 1
4pm at North Christian Church, 850 Tipton Lane, Columbus, IN (free performance)
7:30pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington
2120 N. Fee Lane, Bloomington
Admission: $15; $10 students and seniors

Meditations on Life~Death

Two performances on Sunday, Nov. 1:
4pm at North Christian Church, 850 Tipton Lane, Columbus, IN (free performance)
7:30pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington
2120 N. Fee Lane, Bloomington
Admission: $15; $10 students and seniors

This meeting is open to the membership and all interested parties.

We will hold our annual meeting for the members (the choir and the Board) at the Unitarian Universalist Church Library (Bloomington, IN). Agenda items include approving changes to our Bylaws, approving last year's meeting minutes, and voting for Board members and officers. All are welcome to attend.

Confused about the 57 gender options available on Facebook? Not sure how to use the alternate pronouns your students have requested? 

On Friday May 15, Voces Novae will present "Gender 101: A Choral Cabaret", a light-hearted look at the span of human gender possibilities, with music ranging from Victorian parlor songs to music theater tunes, pop/rock favorites and Eric Whitacre.

Shows will be at 7:30 and 9:30 PM at Rachael's Cafe, located at Third and Lincoln.

Cover charge is $5.

Held at the Unitarian-Universalist Church library

Voces Novae board meetings are open to the membership.

Voces Novae is participating in the dedication of the monuments for George Shively and his family members at Rose Hill Cemetery

"George Shively, the Negro League baseball star and Bloomingtonian consigned since 1962 to an unmarked grave at Rose Hill Cemetery, will have a monument marking his final resting place — and that of his wife, their families and other African Americans — dedicated at a 5 p.m. Rose Hill ceremony Easter Sunday.
The outdoor ceremony (weather permitting) is open to the public and features officiating minister Anthony Thompson, with fell...ow former Indiana University football great George Taliaferro, his wife Viola, and Shively family descendants expected to attend. IU professor of music (voice) and Metropolitan Opera lead Timothy Noble and Bloomington's Voces Novae chamber choir will sing.
Shively’s story – which includes seven Negro League All-Star selections and two divisional MVP awards among his baseball honors – began to surface last summer as studies evaluating the Kentucky-born Shively as a Monroe County Sports Hall of Fame candidate dovetailed with research by the Voces Novae choir and member Sally Gaskill." - Andy Graham. More on the HT website >>

Voces Novae choir explores how we know what we know with music by the Beatles, Benjamin Britten, Malcolm Dalglish, Gabriel Lubell, Giovanni Palestrina, Julian Wachner, and others. Sunday, March 8 at 5:30 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Fee Lane and the Bypass. Admission $10 regular, $5 students and seniors.

Join Voces Novae for our newest musical walking adventure: Saturday, Oct. 11, 5:30. We will begin at the corner of Dodds and the B-Line, at the new B-Line Station (235 W. Dodds). We'll stop along the way for a variety of musical numbers as we head north toward the Farmer's Market Plaza.

The Board will meet at the Unitarian-Universalist Church on Fee Lane in Bloomington. Room TBD.

We will hold our annual meeting with the membership (the choir) between morning services at the Unitarian Universalist Church.

Our next full board meeting will take place on Sunday, April 27, at the home of Susan Swaney, our artistic director. Feel free to use our contact link if you need to add a discussion item to the agenda.

Expanded meeting to discuss committee assignments and roles and generate a master list of tasks