http://pacificmozart.org/wordpress THE PEEMERS HAVE THEIR SAY... Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:28:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_910" align="alignright" width="210" caption="Acacia Quien, Alto"][/caption] I was already a huge Beatles fan by age eleven, so when PME did a rendition of "A Day in the Life" in 1994, the choir earned major cool points in my mind. See, I have been attending the Jazz & Pop concerts since ... http://pacificmozart.org/wordpress/?p=907 http://pacificmozart.org/wordpress/?p=892 "We are here to play! Just have a good time!" - Bobby McFerrin, just before the 4/10/10 show at the Masonic Auditorium [caption id="attachment_886" align="alignright" width="300" caption="PME Rehearsing with Bobby McFerrin"][/caption] And with that, we were off! The Bobby McFerrin "ride" was amazing, frustrating, rewarding, scary, thrilling, and worth every moment of at-home practice, ... http://pacificmozart.org/wordpress/?p=883 [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Bobby McFerrin"][/caption] Bobby McFerrin?  We're going to sing with Bobby McFerrin?  It was thrilling to hear this news a few months back and now we are less a week away from the concert which will be Saturday, April 10, 8:00 pm at the Nob Hill Masonic Center ... http://pacificmozart.org/wordpress/?p=877 It was so worth it! Pacific Mozart Ensemble should feel proud and humble. Yesterday we accomplished a very rewarding and equally challenging concert program. It was the final concert of "The Little Match Girl". I took today off because I am so exhausted. Granted, I have extenuating circumstances ... http://pacificmozart.org/wordpress/?p=867 It's coming. Soon. The always-entertaining, uniquely wonderful Jazz & Pop à la PME. You loyal readers of past blogs may recall that the first step in putting the show together involves finding new and existing arrangements, finding members of the group to sing them with you, and finding ... http://pacificmozart.org/wordpress/?p=860 Change has definitely been in the air this year. The biggest, most exciting change, of course, was the election of President Barack Obama to lead this country with new energy and hope for the better. Most of us are still feeling all warm and fuzzy from that change. ... http://pacificmozart.org/wordpress/?p=848 Save the date for PME's annual fundraiser, March 14! I have saved the date all right. In the last several weeks, I have been wracking my brain and all the local libraries to find songs that will fit into the theme for the fundraiser, "Hope Springs Eternal." ... http://pacificmozart.org/wordpress/?p=830 So here PME goes with another crazy project. This time our partner in crime is our old friend Dave Brubeck. We've been working on some of his new works now for a few years. It all started in 2006 as a part of our 25th Anniversary Gala Concert. ... http://pacificmozart.org/wordpress/?p=534 There is a statistical anomaly in PME: more current members were born in 1948 than any other year. Our primary archivist, Gretchen Nicholson, who keeps copies of all our programs and promotional materials, also tracks pretty much everyone who is or has ever been in PME, including their birthdays. ... http://pacificmozart.org/wordpress/?p=203