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> **Welcome to Bristol A Cappella!** | > **Welcome to Bristol A Cappella!** | ||
- | Here’s some important information for potential new members. If you’ve got any questions after reading this summary, please speak to the membership coordinator | + | BAC is an award-winning mixed chorus that sings **contemporary songs** from a range of genres in the **barbershop style**. Apart from our tune-up pitch, all our sound comes from the human voice. We don't have beatboxing |
+ | We love to entertain at **gigs** and **competitions**; | ||
- | ===== First rehearsals ===== | + | We look forward to harmonising with you and creating unforgettable musical moments! |
- | <block important> | + | ===== Key contacts ===== |
- | Please remember to observe our guidelines for [[/COVID rehearsals]]! | + | |
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- | Your **first two weekly rehearsals are free**. In your first week or so, we'll check your **vocal range** to suggest which voice part best suits your voice and ask you to **sing a line back** to someone from the music team. Our membership team will take **contact details** from you including an email address so we can send you more information about joining. | + | {| |
+ | !Membership||Freya||[[membership@bristolacappella.co.uk]] | ||
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+ | !Treasurer||Mark||[[treasurer@bristolacappella.co.uk]] | ||
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+ | !Welfare||Lacey||[[welfare@bristolacappella.co.uk]] | ||
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+ | !Register||Lacey||[[register@bristolacappella.co.uk]] / 07492 882449 | ||
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+ | |Altos||Suewon | ||
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+ | |Tenors||Danny and Robin | ||
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+ | |Basses||Michael and Stuart | ||
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- | After your first or second rehearsal, we’ll make an account for you on our website and ask you to sign a **copyright agreement**. Then we can give you access to our web site’s singer pages to download **sheet music and audio teach tracks** to help you to learn songs. You don’t have to read music to sing with us, but we do give you a copy of the songs we’re singing during the rehearsal until you can access the web site. This also makes a Bristol A Cappella email address you can use to log into **Slack**, our chat platform. | + | ===== What do we do? ===== |
- | **Come along to the pub** at the end of the evening and have a chat with the other singers! | + | **Weekly rehearsals** (Tuesdays 7:30–10 pm): we rehearse all year round at Victoria Methodist Church, BS8 1NU, with a two-week break around Christmas. We understand you’ll need to miss a rehearsal sometimes, but please let the register contact know ASAP so we can plan ahead. |
- | ===== Induction stages ===== | + | **Coaching** (weekends, usually 4–6 days spaced throughout the year): we invite an external coach to help us improve our techniques and performance, |
- | <block twothirds column> | + | **Competitions** (usually once a year on a weekend): |
- | We want you to enjoy making high-quality performances, | + | |
- | We try to make our induction as natural as possible, so you have **eight weeks to memorise a song** (singing along to our audio teach tracks helps) and sing it within the chorus and a few lines in our rolling quartets without using the score. In the next five weeks we'll check how you're getting on and whether you're ready to join Bristol A Cappella. Your section leader will let you know more about the process as you start. | + | **Gigs**: we perform at various types of events, from busking |
- | Once you’ve passed the process, you’ll become a full member of the chorus and we’ll present you with a certificate, a shiny name badge, and lend out your uniform. | + | **Socialising**: |
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- | ===== Learning songs ===== | + | **Chorus members are encouraged to take part in as many of these activities as they can.** |
- | We learn around six to eight new songs each year. Although we work on the musicality of songs in rehearsal, **you’re expected to learn the notes in your own time** and put in some practice at home during the week. We also have a back catalogue of around 25 songs that will take longer to learn; we think you can get up to speed over a couple of years with the chorus and you won't need to be able to sing these all to start with! Our repertoire songs are labelled "year 1" or "year 2" in the recommended learning order and when we send out lists of the songs to be practised in rehearsal. | + | ===== How much does it cost? ===== |
- | ===== Performing ===== | + | Your **first two rehearsals are free**! Our standard rate is then **£# |
- | Every year we try to take part in a **major competition** | + | If you can’t make our weekly rehearsals but still want to join for coaching |
- | **Chorus | + | ===== Joining ===== |
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+ | ==== First rehearsals ==== | ||
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+ | In your first week our membership team will take **contact details** from you including an email address so we can send information about joining (using the [[/signup]] form). | ||
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+ | Then, or in your second week, we’ll check your **vocal range** to suggest a voice section and ask you to **sing a line back** to someone from the music team. **You don’t have to read music to sing with us**, but we’ll lend you a copy during rehearsals until you can access | ||
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+ | After this, we’ll make an account for you on our web site and ask you to virtually sign our **copyright agreement**; | ||
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+ | ==== Induction ==== | ||
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+ | We try to make our induction as natural as possible, so you have **two full calendar months to memorise a song** (singing along to our audio teach tracks helps) and sing it within the chorus, and a few lines in **quartet with other members**. In the next month we'll check you’re making progress on learning more of our repertoire and whether you're ready to join Bristol A Cappella. Your section leaders will walk you through the process at all stages to let you know what’s next. | ||
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+ | Once you’re through the process, you’ll become a full member of the chorus and we’ll present you with a certificate, | ||
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+ | ===== Learning songs ===== | ||
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+ | We learn around six to eight new songs each year. Although we work on the musicality of songs in rehearsal, **you’re expected to learn the notes in your own time** and put in some practice at home each week. We also have a repertoire of around 25 songs that will likely take a couple of years to learn, but you won't need to be able to sing these all to start with! | ||
===== Special requirements ===== | ===== Special requirements ===== | ||
- | If you've got any **special requirements or medical conditions** that you think we should be aware of, please [[welfare@bristolacappella.co.uk|contact the welfare coordinator]] or membership coordinator in confidence. They' | + | If you've got any **special requirements or medical conditions** that you think we should be aware of, please |
===== More information ===== | ===== More information ===== | ||
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+ | **Weekly notices** are given in rehearsal, | ||
===== Have fun! ===== | ===== Have fun! ===== | ||
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