Rock and Roll Songs for the May Concert

Broadway Rocks: Everything Old is New Again!

Excerpts from Rock and Roll from Broadway musicals, tentatively including:

All Shook Up: The Elvis Musical

C'Mon Everybody

Love Me Tender

Proud Mary

Let It Be: The Beatles Musical

An A Cappella Medley

Yesterday

Ob La Di, Ob La Da

Good Vibrations : The Beach Boys Musical

Fun, Fun, Fun

Catch A Wave

I Get Around

Beautiful: The Carol King Musical 

It's Too Late 

Jersey Boys: The Four Seasons Musical

Can't Take MY Eyes Off of You

December, 1963

Let's Hang On

Stay

Who Loves You Pretty Baby

Working My Way Back to You

Motown: The Musical

(4 medleys comprising 17 songs)


Saturday, May 2, 2015 (7 pm)
Sunday, May 3, 2015 (3 pm)

Spring Concert Rehearsals Begin January 12th!

Broadway Rocks!  Everything Old Is New Again!

The concert will focus on the current spate of "catalog" musicals on Broadway that feature retro-pop and old rock-n-roll music from the '50s, '60s and '70s.

Come join us!  Rehearsals begin on Jan 12th at St. Peter Church (see sidebar on the right for directions.)  We are a non-auditioned choral and all are invited to join us. 

Come Join us for our Spring Concert!

Rehearsals resume in January.

We are a non-auditioned community chorus and all are welcome to join regardless of where you live or what your singing experience is.  All members receive a rehearsal CD with your part as well as expert instruction from our professional musician director, Martin.

Here are a couple excerpts from our recent Christmas Concert -- two of our a cappella numbers:

Join in the fun!!

Let's Party after the Concert!

Our hostess, Barb, working in the kitchen...

Since we never get to see or hear the concert from the audience's perspective, we really relish being able to watch the DVD at our after-concert party!

Christmas Concert 2014

The Village Singers of Lake Zurich 2014 Christmas Concert was another huge success!

(click to enlarge photos)

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Behind the scenes:  Our accompanist, Tara, director Martin, and in the background, audio engineer, Jean, all contributed big time to our successful performances!

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As is our custom, audience members were invited to join us for our final number from Handel's "Messiah" -- the Hallelujah Chorus.  It's wonderful when there are so many joining us that it gets crowded up there!

NOTE: New Location for Rehearsals

We will now rehearse at St. Peter United Church of Christ in Lake Zurich.  See sidebar to the right for the new address and the map to the church.

Meet Our New Director!

Martin Pazdioch has over 20 years experience as a choir director, conductor, soloist, section leader, pianist, organist, and liturgical musician.  He was a member of the voice faculty at Dominican University, sang with the Chicago Symphony Chorus for 19 seasons, has performed on five Grammy Award-winning recordings, and has vast experience in opera, concert, recital, musical theatre, and in the recording studio.  As well as teaching voice at area high schools, colleges, and in studio settings, he maintains a standard of musical excellence while working with people of all musical abilities and uses his knowledge and skills to help volunteer choristers improve their vocal skills while having fun.  Obviously, he is well suited to work with our group and is excited about working with a non-auditioned group of men and women who love to sing, and we are delighted and excited to have him as our new director!

Rehearsals for Christmas Concert Starting Soon!

Our first rehearsal at The Chapel in Lake Zurich is on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 7 p.m.

All interested in singing with us are welcome to come and meet the group and our new director. We are a non-auditioned choir so come give us a try for a few weeks. We think you'll be impressed and have a good time, and join our group

Spring Concert 2014

 Presenting "The Lullabies of Broadway" 

--- showcasing love songs from George & Ira Gershwin;

--- a mini-version of "Guys and Dolls" so you can tap your toes to "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" and "Luck Be a Lady Tonight";  

--- a mini-version of "South Pacific" by Rodgers & Hammerstein (celebrating its 65th anniversary this summer), including the haunting "Bali Hai." 

 
The Village Singers will be  performing this marvelous concert at:

                          The Chapel in Lake Zurich  
                           330 S. Old Rand Rd
                           Lake Zurich, IL      60047

Performance Dates are:

                         Saturday, May 3rd   at 7.00 p.m.
                         Sunday,    May 4th   at 3:30 p.m.


Ticket prices:   

                        8.00 Adult/Seniors
                        Children Under 12 are Free

Spring 2014 Concert Song List

Here's the tentative list of songs for our Spring, 2014 Concert...

• "Everything's Coming Up Roses"
• "Grand Night for Singing"
• "Luck be a Lady Tonight"
• "On the Sunny side of the Street"
• "Put on a Happy Face"
• "Singing in the Rain"
• Rogers & Hammerstein (Broadway medley)
• George M. Cohan medley
• Irving Berlin's America medley
• Gershwin's  Portrait  medley
  

Come join in the fun!  We rehearse each Monday evening (7 to 9 pm) at The Chapel in Lake Zurich on Old Rand Road (see map in the sidebar on the right.)

All are welcome to join our non-auditioned community chorus.  We are sponsored by the Village of Lake Zurich Parks and Recreation Department but our members come from numerous surrounding suburbs, too.

Rehearsal canceled on 1/6/14...

...due to the Winter storm warning.  rehearsals will now begin next Monday, January 13th.  See you all then!

Rehearsals begin for our Spring concert

Our first rehearsal for our spring concert will be Monday, January 6, 2014 at 7 p.m.  We are a non-auditioned chorus and heartily invite all to come join us for our next concert which will feature Broadway tunes.

Directions to our rehearsal site are in the sidebar on the right.

 

Video of our performances at Hackney's in Lake Zurich Friday and Saturday...

Christmas 2013 Concert Highlights

Post-Concert Christmas Party

The Koldens again opened their lovely home for our semi-annual post-concert party, featuring great food, a lot of conversation because we aren't allowed to talk during rehearsal, a rule we strictly abide by (Ha!), and viewing of the concert video so we can really assess how the concert went...

See you all in January as we begin preparing for our Spring Concert!

2013 Christmas Concert

Saturday, December 7th (7 pm)

Sunday, December 8th (3 pm)

Featuring:

Happy Holiday

 Three Glimpses of Christmas

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Sleigh Ride

Jesus Born On This Day

An Evening In December

White Christmas

The First Chanukah Night

Hevenu Shalom Alechem

Christmas Lullaby (I Will Lead You Home)

Come to Bethlehem

Hallelujah Chorus (audience is invited to join choir)

(as well as several solos and small group songs)

Cookie Reception to Follow

(Location and directions in the sidebar to the right)

Introducing Our new director, Wendy Beyer

Wendy earned her degree in Music Education from UCLA with an emphasis in vocal and choral conducting and received instruction in conducting from Mehli Mehta and Roger Wagner.  Wendy has performed as a member of the UCLA Madrigal Singers as well as the Los Angeles Master Chorale, was a soloist with the Los Angeles Chamber Chorus, and has served as piano accompanist for musical theatre as well as church productions.

Over the years, Wendy has also served as a church music director, music educator, costume designer and creator, producer and director of stage productions, as well as designing lighting and sets for productions.  She also assisted in creating and directing the All Nations Women philanthropic organization and traveled with the group in the USA and Brazil, premiering worship music, singing, and speaking.

Welcome to The Village Singers of Lake Zurich!

First Rehearsal!

Thirty registered at our first rehearsal, got reacquainted after a summer apart, and then ran through several songs with our new director, Wendy.  Wonderful evening and a very successful beginning to our Fall season.

Rehearsals for Our Christmas Season Starting!

Our first get together will be this upcoming Monday, August 26, 2013. at 7 p.m.  We will register, get our music, renew our friendships and maybe look at a song or two.

 

Wendy Beyer, our new director, has chosen a number of  pieces to sing that we have sung before.

 

Please invite any of your friends that like to sing and any past members of the group that you think might like to return to sing with us.

 

Tell them that we have a great new director and our concert for the holidays WILL be exciting.

We are rehearsing and performing at The Chapel of Lake Zurich.  The address is 330 S. Old Rand Road, which is just south of the Ela Public Library.

 

For those of you who have been with the group for more than 5 years, it is where we used to rehearse and perform before we moved to Alpine Chapel.

Directions are in the sidebar on the right.

Post-Concert Party

Barb, our incomparable hostess for these semi-annual post-concert parties, once again made all feel welcome in their beautiful home, and fed us again, too!

The spring weather allows us to visit the catfish pond in the backyard...

Watching the video of the concert is always a party highlight because we never get to hear ourselves sing when rehearsing or on stage!