Concert Singers of
Minutes of Combined Board of Directors and
Chorus Committee Meeting
July 17, 2007, 7 PM
All
Directors and members of the Chorus Committee had received advance notice of
the meeting. These Board of Directors and Chorus Committee Members
were present:
Board of
Directors
Karen Davis: Board President
Artistic Director: Larry Speakman
Executive Director: David Lindquist
Treasurer: Don Cariss
Members at Large: Donna Parker, Joe
Ferguson, David Lee, Ellen Schloemer
These Board of Director members were
absent: Brian Wong (Secretary), Judy Fourie (member at large), Daphne Ashworth (Honorary Member)
Chorus
Committee
Chair: Geiselle Thompson
Soprano Section: Barb Klimala (also,
temporary Recording Secretary)
Alto Section: Terri Ring
Tenor Section: John Picha
At Large: Eleni Steadman, Amber
Farrelly, Liz Cummings
These committee members were absent:
At Large:
Librarian: Emiko Kuroda
House Chair: Greg Tarsa
Volunteer Chair: Cherie Spehar
Bass Section: David Britt (Recording
Secretary)
Introduction:
Karen called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm. Everyone enjoyed snacks provided by Geiselle and Karen, and
Karen had everyone introduce themselves around the room.
Approval of
previous minutes:
The minutes of the June 19, 2007 Board of
Directors meeting were approved as written.
BUSINESS
REPORTS
Treasurer’s
Report:
Don Cariss presented the June end of season
report, which had a few discrepancies which needed to be resolved by David and
Don. This was taken offline. These need to be resolved before the books go into
audit.
Role Review:
Karen Davis did a review of the Role of the
Board of Directors for the combined meeting audience. In short, the role of the
Board is to generate income for Concert Singers and spearhead the grant writing
process for the organization. The role of the Chorus Committee is to handle the
“nuts and bolts” of the day-to-day operations with regard to auditions, rehearsal,
concerts, etc.
Geiselle Thompson added that the mission of the
Chorus Committee mission is to help people get involved in Concert Singers. Some
ideas were discussed to increase member involvement.
Executive
Director’s Report:
David Lindquist’s Executive Director’s Report is
published in electronic format on the CSC website. David presented a
preliminary schedule for Major Events and Activities for FY 2008 for Concert
Singers and C-Four. The next most pressing issues are getting Larry’s summer letter
and other information out to the singers in July. He was anticipating getting a
notice out for volunteers for a mailing party for this important communication.
Next major effort will be for auditions in August, a request for volunteers for
the Latin-American event in early August, and then at Lazy Daze the last weekend
in August. Ad sales (spearheaded by Eleni Steadman) are going on, but this year
we have a little extra time with no Fall concert
scheduled (discussed later). Liz is beginning to handle scheduling for
auditions. We have a scheduled Voice Care event with specialists from
Artistic
Director’s Report:
Larry had indicated that his summer
was actually the busiest time of his year, because so much effort was involved
in arranging inexpensive musicians, collaborations, and working out details for
venues for the upcoming season. He is very excited about this coming year’s
schedule. Much of the scheduling was influenced by the availability of the
Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, with whom we will be collaborating on two events:
Voices of Light (about Joan of Arc) on January 12th at the Unitarian
Universalist church in Raleigh and Alexander Nevski on April 26th at Koka Booth
Amphitheatre. Both of these events are performed with a film being shown and
will generate a great deal of press interest. CSC will be collaborating with
Triangle Wind Ensemble in May for the Memorial Day Weekend special, where we
will dust of the Frostiana pieces in addition to some patriotic favorites. We
will also reprise the Jefferson Testimonial piece (and maybe get a second
chance to record it for a record company demo album). The Christmas program
will be the second weekend of December at St. Paul’s where we will reprise the
Kyrie along with the other pieces from the McClure Mass of the Americas,
accompanied by steel drum—and traditional Christmas favorites as well.
There was some discussion about the
cost of dues being influenced by a need to charge singers with a “non-refundable
rental” rather than a purchase fee for the Voices of Light concert. The music
is not for sale and is only available for rental. This effort is similar to
performing a Broadway production with real scores. Per Larry, the composer may
be coming to the performance (details not finalized).
NEW BUSINESS
The
following business was finalized at the meeting.
David
Britt was officially nominated as Recording Secretary for the Chorus Committee
by Barb, seconded by Liz, and unanimously approved by the membership present. Geiselle
was nominated by Amber Farrelly as President for the Chorus Committee, seconded
by Terri Ring, and approved unanimously.
Likewise,
for the Board of Directors, Karen Davis was named as President of the Board,
Brian Wong as Secretary, and Don Cariss as Treasurer. These positions were
approved unanimously.
Karen
provided a handout and asked everyone who was able to participate in helping
the Musicales get off to a good start this year. It is not too soon to get
started.
Next
meetings:
The next
meeting of the Chorus Committee is scheduled for August 7, 2007, location TBA. Next
Board of Directors is August 21, at Page Walker.
The meeting
closed at 8:43pm
Respectfully
Submitted,
Barb Klimala
Acting Secretary
CSC Chorus Committee