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Advanced Choir

The Advanced Choir is the highest level choir (typically 9th through 12th grades) at the Tucson Girls Chorus. Members of the Advanced Choir have all participated in another choir within the Tucson Girls Chorus for a minimum of one full year.

Marcela Molina, Director
Chris Fresolone, Assistant Conductor and Accompanist

Rehearsals: Thursdays, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm







Musical concepts include (but not limited to):
  • Identification and sight-singing of all intervals using all twelve pitches

  • Identification of all qualities of triads and seventh chords
  • Singing of 2-8 part music
  • Identification and analysis of harmonic progressions
  • Continued development of vocal technique, breath control, and effective rehearsal techniques





Responsibilties
                • Members of the Advanced Choir assume more individual responsibilities within the Tucson Girls Chorus including:
                  • Mentoring younger singers at TGC through a variety of activities, such as regularly attending and participating in the younger choir rehearsals 
                  • Maintaining the TGC music library and cataloging new music as it is purchased
                  • Hosting open houses for TGC
                  • Representing TGC and performing at our Spring Fundraiser, "Duets and Dinner"
                  • Being Ambassadors of Tucson while on concert tours.
                  • Taking part of the yearly strategic planning of the Tucson Girls Chorus

ADVANCED CHOIR CD RECORDING PROJECT 


During one week in June 2012, the Advanced Choir spent 30 hours at Holsclaw Hall at the University of Arizona and at Casas Adobes UCC Church recording music for a CD to be released in the Fall of 2012. On this CD is a work composed specifically for the Tucson Girls Chorus by composer Frank LaRocca. 




Composer Frank LaRocca at the Advanced Choir Recording Project

Concert Tours
The Advanced Choir participates in tours lasting 10-20 days each year in the late spring. The choir has traveled both nationally and internationally. 
The Advanced Choir has visited 
  • 2007 Boston
  • 2008 Austria, the Czech Republic, and Germany
  • 2009 Philadelphia, New Jersey, and New York City (performing at Carnegie Hall)
  • 2010 Alaska, Seattle and Vancouver CA
  • 2011 Midwest: St. Louis, Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago
  • 2012 Argentina: Buenos Aries, Mar del Plata
In June 2013 the choir with visit the San Francisco area.
On tour, the girls assume responsibilities such as managing their own time and finances, navigating (always in groups) around unfamiliar towns and cities, and being respectful guests while staying with host families.

FROM THE 2012 ARGENTINA TOUR

  
Performing at Gaudalupe Church, Buenos Aries  

At the Palermo Flower, Buenos Aries 
 		 
 At an authentic Tango show in Buenos AriesThe choir was able to ride horses at a ranch outside of Buenos Aries 

 
Students at the St. Hilda's School in Buenos Aries were asking members of the choir for autographs after we performed for them! We made new friends with a choir from Mar del Plata

Recordings of The Advanced Choir


From the June 2009 tour


A Gaelic Blessing, John Rutter

From the Holiday Card to Tucson concert, December, 2011

Nada de Turbe, Joan Szymko

 		From the Holiday Card to Tucson concert, December, 2012
Soloists: Gabi Martinez and Samantha Feldman

Magnificat, Frank La Rocca