Chorus Information
Normanna Glee Club
VACANT , Director
Information last updated: 2016-05-10
Status:
Current
Basic Information
| Description: | This is an amateur, community, recreational, special interest, male chorus, open to the general public. While this chorus is comprised of men over the age of 30, younger voices above the age of 18 are needed and encouraged. |
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| Web Address: | http://www.nsaaonline.org/members.html |
| Year Estab: | 1913 |
| Mission: | To provide opportunity for male singers to learn popular and folk melodies from America and Scandinavia, with an emphasis on the Norwegian heritage. |
| Emphasis: | Patriotic and traditional music with inspirational tone and sung in four-part voices using the appropriate language (either English or one of the Scandinavian tongues.) Some sacred music is included, as well as modern, gospel, and folk songs. |
| Size: | Around 6 |
| Concerts/Year: | One main event, Annual Sangerfest of the Pacific Coast Norwegian Singers Association, to be held in Everett, WA, in 1916, and San Diego in 1917. |
| Skills Required : | Basic musicianship and elemental sight-reading skills. |
| Auditions: | No |
| Dues: | Approximately $30 per year annual dues. |
| Dress: | Navy blue dress jackets with PCNSA emblem on the left breast pocket, and grey slacks with white shirt and red neckties. |
| Rehearsals: | To be arranged. |
Categories
| Type of Music: | Church/Sacred Contemporary Ethnic/Folk Gospel |
Type of Chorus: | Men's Ethnic |
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| Rehearse City: | Oakland | ||
| Region: | Alameda County West | ||
| Audition Req'd: | N | ||
Chorus Contact Information
| Mailing Address: | 1321 Holman Road, Oakland, CA 94610 |
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| Phone: | (510) 272-9219 |
| Email: | qubedude@aol.com |
Other Information
| Related Groups: | Other member choruses belonging to the PCNSA are located in San Diego, Seattle, Everett, Tacoma,Bellingham,Salem, Eugene, and Mount Vernon. |
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| Discography: | After each Sangerfest, copies of audio tapes are available for about $10.00. After the 1981 Norway tour, a double album of 33 1/3 rpm records was made. A few of these are still available. After the 1990 Norway tour, both an audio tape and a video tape were made. These may still be available, but were purchased only by member singers at the time. Some videos now also are available for about $20.00. There was a 1997 tour to Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia, and tapes and videos may be available. |
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