Happy Easter to those who celebrated on the weekend.
I'm sure we are all mourning the death of Pope Francis yesterday. I am reminded of his important work for social justice, poverty, climate change, inclusivity and open dialogue, mercy and compassion, and unity. We will remember his unique legacy as we continue with our Big Sing for a Big Cause advocacy efforts, this year supporting mental health and wellbeing while creating more inclusion and access for people with a disability.
Our performances are coming up in just TWO MONTHS! We will soon be finalising our beneficiaries and making tickets available. Stay tuned!
SCHEDULE
Reminder: no rehearsals this week (University Vacation Week). Instead, there is an online Co-Design meeting at 1PM on Tues 22 April. If you wish to participate on the Co-Design team, please contact Lisa.Lavey@acu.edu.au.Our upcoming schedule (links are below with more details).
- (no rehearsal Tues 22 April -- Co-Design meeting at 1PM instead, online)
- Intensive rehearsal, Monday 28 April -- 5:00-6:30PM, Staff Hub (421.7), followed by a light supper and socialising.
- Tuesday 29 April - 1PM (Recital Hall)
- Tuesday 29 April - 5PM (Zoom)
RESOURCES
There are resources available to help you learn your music. On our website, go to the RESOURCES menu and select MUSIC 2025. From there, you can find song lyrics, sample videos, and links to rehearsal tracks in SoundCloud and YouTube. We're now more than half-way through semester 1, so it's time to start consilidate what we've learned so far and finish learning the remaining music!Additions:
Individual (sung) parts have been recorded and will be added soon on SoundCloud for:
Janger
and...
You Are Enough : A Mental Health Suite
- Inside a Storm (mvt I)
- A Thought Storm (mvt II). NOTE: ACU Choir is doing Choir I.
- You Are Enough (mvt III)
I will also upload annotated music (PDFs) and some lyric sheets.
Music distribution (choir)
Music has been distributed for you to take home. Free for ACU students. Nominal fee for others (which you can pay when you join the BIG SING in ACU Life). When you receive music in a folder, please remove it, place it in your own black folder, and return Kathleen's folder to her.
Orchestra music
Will be available and distributed soon.If you'd like to play in the orchestra but have not yet heard from Will, please email: will.wray@acu.edu.au
Can't decide? There will be opportunities to do BOTH sing and play because some of our music is choir-only and some is instruments-only.
RECRUITMENT
We have excellent BIG SING signage on the campus TV screens and physical signs in a couple of places, and we've been mentioned in Student Life bulletins, but we REALLY need to get some posters put up. Please take some flyers at rehearsal and add them to noticeboards around campus. Our project IS APPROVED by Student Life.
POSSIBLE MASS APPEARANCE, TUES 13 MAY, 12PM
Save the date! Details are being discussed. We will most likely meet at 11:45AM to get warmed up. Regular rehearsal will continue after the Mass.See you soon,
Kathleen