SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CHORUS DIRECTORY

Questionnaire for 4th Edition*

[We are no longer maintaining a page for Corrections and Changes on the website, but do list new choruses in "Choruses of Northern California" with links to their websites. We will be revising the questionnaire in 2005, and communicating with choruses once again in order to provide a revised and up-to-date version of the Directory, but any information you send us is being added to our master database.]

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:

Helene Whitson
1824 Arch Street
Berkeley, CA 94709-1310

1. Name of group:____________________________________________________________

2.. Mailing address/Contact information for chorus:

__________________________________________________
(street address)
__________________________________________________
(city) (zip)
(___)______________________________________________
(Chorus phone number)
(___)______________________________________________
(Chorus FAX number)
__________________________________________________
(Chorus e-mail address)
__________________________________________________
(Web page address)
 

3.. Mailing address/Contact information for key personnel

Name of Conductor____________________________________

(____)_______________________________________________
(phone number)
(____)_______________________________________________
(Fax number)
___________________________________________________
(email address)
 

Administrative contact person no. 1______________________________________

(___)______________________________________________
(phone number)
(___)________________________________________________
(Fax number)
___________________________________________________
(email address)
 
Administrative contact person no. 2______________________________________
(___)______________________________________________
(phone numbers)
(___)_______________________________________________
(Fax number)
________________________________________________________
(email address)

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:

Day(s)_______________________________________________________________
Time: from_____________________________to____________________________
Place:_______________________________________________________________
(name)
____________________________________________________________________
(street address)
____________________________________________________________________
(city)

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:_____________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

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:

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

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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___________________________________________________________________________

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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:

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

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:

 

 

 

 

 

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