The Nora choir sings for church services approximately once a month.
We rehearse in the church sanctuary on Sunday mornings from 9:00-10:00.
Our rehearsal schedule is posted below.
Choir membership is open to anyone. No audition is required.
You do not have to be able to read music to join our group.
( You can easily learn your part by singing along to the mp3 files of our music. )
Come and enjoy our warm fellowship and great music.
You can contact the choir director by e-mail at
, or if you do not have access to e-mail you can use the
form on the comments page.
Please note that if you use this form, your comment submission will
not be published on the comments page. It will be forwarded as an e-mail to the choir director.
Rehearsal Schedule
( Please check weekly - this may change! )
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. in the church sanctuary on the dates listed below.
2011
( Performance dates are in bold. )
September
18, 25
October
9, 16, 30
November
6, 13, 20, 27
December
4, 11,
At the Mankato Fellowship:
27 (5:45-7:30 pm rehearsal)
2012
January
At the Mankato Fellowship:
3 (5:45-7:30 pm dress rehearsal) 8 (9:00 am final rehearsal)
Back at the Nora Church: 15, 22, 29
February
5, 12, 19, 26
March
4, 11, 18, 25
April
1, 8, 15, 22, 29
May
6, 13, 20, 27
June
3
- Repertory -
2011 - 2012
Title
Composer/Arranger
mp3 Practice Files
Gathering Day Program
( Performed on Aug. 21, 2011. )
Celebrating Nora UU Church's 1881 Gathering Day
With Original Music of the late 1800s
Query? Shall Women Vote? (1881)
Words by Joseph D Payne; Music by Frank Boylen
Little Mollie Brown (1881)
Words by Arthur W. French; Music by W. S. Milton
Slowly and Sadly (1881)
Words & Music by Arabella M. Root
I'll Marry the Man I Love (1897)
Words & Music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld
Hang Up the Baby's Stocking (1870)
Words by Emily Huntington Miller
Music by Hiram Murry Higgins
Lost (1881)
Words by C. B. Lewis; Music by Marion
The Old Kitchen Door (1881)
Words & Music by Eddie Fox
The Old Kitchen Clock (1898)
Words & Music by G. B. Brigham
The Nora UU Choir and the Mankato Fellowship Choir combined to honor
the Rev. Lisa Friedman on her last Sunday at the Mankato Fellowship
at a 10:30 am service on January 8, 2012.
Johannes Eccard was one of the leading Lutheran composers of the 16th century.
This song, first published in 1585, places the melody in the soprano line and then goes on to display superb polyphony,
while still retaining the energy of Martin Luther’s
Ein feste Burg of 1529.
Where Can We Find Peace?
The Nora Choir & the Mankato Fellowship Choir combined for performances on: May 22 - Nora Church
& June 5 - Mankato Fellowship
This year the Nora & Mankato Fellowship choirs will combine to sing:
Circle of Song
Words & music by Tony Turner
Arrangement by Jane Perry
This arrangement was used as the theme song
for the 2008 Annual conference and meeting
of the Canadian Unitarian Council, Ottowa, Ontario.
Tony Turner leads the ACM choir and participants in his Circle of Song,
generously offered to the CUC as the theme song for the conference.
Performed on
May 23 - Nora Church
&
June 6 - Mankato Fellowship
Morning Has Broken
( Performed on March 23, 2008 - Easter )
Please note that this version has been transposed down one step from the original.
The keyboard part has been voiced to sound like vibes and pizzicato double bass and in some
places has been simplified slightly.
The Road to The Isles
The Nora Choir & the Mankato Fellowship Choir combined for performances on:
April 6 - Mankato Fellowship
&
April 20 - Nora Church View the April 20th performance
Listen to a recording by Margaret Donaldson to hear the pronunciation of the Scottish words.
Her tempo and style are both very different from ours, but I'm sure you will enjoy her rendition.
(Click her picture to view her web site.)
The Nora UU Choir and the Mankato Fellowship Choir combined to honor
the Rev. Lisa Friedman on her last Sunday at the Mankato Fellowship
at a 10:30 am service on January 8, 2012. 
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