Idaho-Washington Concert Chorale, Monday, April 11, 2011
A year ago I concluded my report to this meeting by writing, “We will undoubtedly continue to find success and certainly we will have challenges in the coming years. We are trying to come up with a new name for our group; we want to duplicate the kind of response we had in last December's concerts; and we need to continue to strengthen community awareness and support of the Chorale.” During the current year we have experienced all of these matters.
Because of the excellent marketing efforts of our Marketing Director, Carolyn Radakovich, as well as the quality of music evoked from our singers by our Artistic and Music Director, Dr. Michael Murphy, we have exceeded the response our community is giving to our concerts. The “Wow!” uttered by one in our audience at our December concert continues to be heard! Our community is becoming increasingly aware and supportive of our efforts.
A significant challenge during the current year has been the decision of the women to have new concert dresses. With the leadership of a committee composed of Holly McCollister (chair), Kami Cornwall, Brianne Lindsey, Jill Freuden and Carole Wells, the women have chosen a new concert dress and will be ordering the dresses to be available for the new season.
Our Board of Directors, composed of the four Officers, two Chorale Representatives and several Community Representatives, has continued to provide inspired and visionary leadership for the Chorale. Plans are being made for a collaborative concert with the Washington/Idaho Symphony next March, for the development of a Children’s Choir in conjunction with the UI, and for a season consisting of four concerts beginning in October, 2011, and concluding in June, 2012. While we have had some changes on the Board because of resignations – Barb Hayes and Bob Staab – we have found four persons within our community who are accepting community positions on our Board: Kay Youngblood, Susan Billin, Karen Knoff, and Howard Peavy. We thank Barb and Bob for their service to our Chorale.
In July fifteen persons will travel to Prague to participate in the Prague International Choral Festival.
Tonight's meeting will be the final meeting of the Idaho-Washington Concert Chorale. In July, our organization will begin functioning with the new name selected at the organization’s general meeting in September, 2010: Palouse Choral Society. This has been a wonderfully exciting and energizing season for us – the second full season with Dr. Murphy. With our new name, we look forward to a new and very exciting season in 2011-2012.
I want to thank Michael, Elena, Janice, Cheryl, Jim, Holly, Helen, Alice, Barb, Bob, Kay, Carolyn, Jill, Tom, Mark and Dave for their service as key hired, elected and appointed leaders of our Chorale. And there are many, many others – singers and non-singers – who have helped to effectuate the many activities and efforts of our organization. And mostly our singers – thank you for your excellence!
Respectfully, Jack Kelly, Chorale President
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