We are continuing to update the database used to produce the 4th edition of the San Francisco Bay Area Chorus Directory, so welcome additional questionnaires at any time, if your group is not included in the 4th edition and you would like to be added. We also ask choruses to send us updates and corrections to the information about them printed in the 4th edition. All corrections and changes will be added to the Corrections and Changes page on the website.
To be added to the Directory, print out this questionnaire, complete it and mail it to:
1. Name of group:____________________________________________________________
2.. Mailing address/Contact information for chorus:
3.. Mailing address/Contact information for key personnel
Name of Conductor____________________________________
Administrative contact person no. 1______________________________________
4. Date group began:__________________________________________________________
5. Purpose of group:___________________________________________________________
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6. What is your group's musical emphasis (e.g., 19th century classical music, modern American
vocal music, small works, gospel, a cappella only, etc.):
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7. Any fees? Yes____ No____ If yes, how much $______per __________________________
8. Criteria for joining (e.g., background, training,skills, other): __________________________
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9. Is this group open to the general public? Yes______ No______ Comments:_____________
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10. Auditions required? Yes____ No____ If yes, where: _____________________________
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when (usual times(s) of year):___________________________________________________
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What is required in an audition?________________________________________________
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11. Number of chorus members:_________________________________________________
12. Rehearsals:
13. Average number of concert performance activities per year:
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14. Any other choral groups within your organization (e.g., chamber chorus, octet, quartet, etc.):
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15. Check all that apply. This group is:
amateur____; community____; professional____:recreational____; special interest____;
other:______________________________________________________________________
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16. Standard concert dress:_____________________________________________________
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17. Discography. Please list recordings which you have made for sale/distribution to the public by title/description, date, and format ("LP" for phonorecord, "C" for audio cassette, "CD" for compact disk):
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Other information concerning recordings:
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18. Bibliography. Please list all feature articles about your group. Include author of article, title,
name of magazine or newspaper, date, and page. For reviews of concerts, please list name of
newspaper, date of article, and page, if possible:
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19. Does your chorus have sing-along programs, such as Messiah-sings? Please describe:
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20. Does your chorus participate in any local chorus festivals (or other festivals), or do you know
of such festivals?
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21. Outstanding musical events in the history of your chorus:
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22. We have been asked about suitable local performance sites and also are hoping to include a list
of such acoustically good halls with a reasonable number of audience seats, etc. We would be most
grateful for such information, including name, address, city, contact person, and phone number:
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23. We also have been asked about suitable local rehearsal sites and would appreciate any
information you would care to share:
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24. Would you be interested in a San Francisco Bay Area Chorus Listserv or composite WEB page?
Yes____ No____ Comments: __________________________________________________
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25. Does your chorus have a logo? Yes____ No____ We will be happy to include an image of your logo in the Directory. [Please enclose a scannable copy.]
26. As a separate long-term project, we have for some years been accumulating materials for a San Francisco Bay Area Choral Archive. We are collecting recordings, tapes, compact disks, videotapes, programs, flyers & other announcements, and any other items which Bay Area choruses create, along with copies of newspaper and magazine articles and reviews. We welcome copies of such materials if you would care to share them. We also would like to be added to your mailing list.
27. Additional information/comments. Please feel free to write on the back of this sheet or add additional sheets: