SNATS activity?

Saturday at 11am, Patton Creek cinemas is showing the MET broadcast of Handel's RODELINDA. Who wants to go?

Janet Hopkins

Hi folks,

As you scatter for Thanksgiving, remember that the day we return--Monday, November 28--is Janet Hopkins's master class from 3-5 pm. Your USGA dollars are at work: enjoy this wonderful class and ask any questions you may have of this wonderful woman. Also, she is available for lessons the following morning. Sign-up times are on my door.

Happy Turkey Day!

Janet Hopkins returns!

The master class with MET diva Janet Hopkins will take place Monday, November 28 from 3-5 pm. This is the day we return from Thanksgiving, and is a great opportunity to work on a jury piece. Please notify your teacher if you would like to sing for her.

Miss Hopkins is also available for private lessons at a reduced rate on Tuesday morning the 29th. You may sign up for half hour or hour slots. If the times are filled or don't work with your schedule, please email me and I'll see if she can work at additional times. She plans to arrive midday Monday.

Don't miss these events, open to all UAB students and sponsored by USGA.

Exercise for Singers

OK, y'all know how I worship my personal trainer. Now you get to meet the great Eric Agee in person, and he'll even put me through a few paces for your amusement. His presentation will focus on why exercise is important for singers, and what things to do (and avoid) to get yourself into shape. Be there: Monday, October 3 from 3-4 in the Choral Room. In the meantime, check the blog for Diction class times with Dr. Cho!

Janet Hopkins returns to UAB

Janet Hopkins, mezzo-soprano with the MET for the past 16 years, is returning to UAB for a master class on Monday November 28, 3-5pm. Read about her here or here. Like last time, she will be available for voice lessons at a reduced rate of $50, both on Monday and part of Tuesday.

Baka sale today!

Invite your friends and spread the word. Our bake sale is outside the Humanities building at UAB all day today. Mangia mangia!

Funding forms due Friday

Our funding request for the spring is due Friday. What would you like to do this spring? We're having Dr. Hiester, the tenor I mentioned, come in the spring, but have other options in addition to that. Post here with your requests so Hillary knows what you want! Thanks.

SNATS workshops for the fall

Following are the diction workshops and other activities we discussed: all will take place in the choir room from 3-4 pm.

Wednesday, September 7: Diction with Dr. Cho

Wednesday, September 14: Diction with Dr. Cho

Monday, September 19: Master class with Guest Artists (TBC)

Monday, September 26: Diction with Dr. Cho

Monday, October 3: Fitness for Singers with Eric Agee

Monday, October 10: Diction with Dr. Cho

Wednesday, October 19: Diction with Dr. Cho

Monday, October 24: Yoga with Dr. Kris (in Hulsey 312)

Wednesday, November 2: Diction with Dr. Cho

Monday, November 7: Diction with Dr. Cho

Wednesday, November 16: Diction with Dr. Cho

Monday, November 28: Diction with Dr. Cho

Yoga For Singers class

Monday, August 28 from 3-4 is our first SNATS activity...YOGA FOR SINGERS! Everyone, regardless of experience or physical fitness, is welcome to come. Poses can be adjusted to your comfort level. Bring comfortable clothes you can move and stretch in, and a yoga mat or towel (or "sticky" yoga socks). Everyone is welcome: this is not restricted to SNATS members. Bring a friend!

SNATS University Group Status

UAB Student Involvement has several requirements for our SNATS group to continue receiving funding. Each year every student organization is required to renew in order to keep their status with the university. The student organization renewal and registration process will open on August 1st, 2011. You MUST have your student organization renewed by September 30th.

In addition to renewing your profile, in order to maintain your registered status organization officers MUST attend the student organization orientation on Sunday, August 21, 2011 from 1pm until 4pm. PUT THIS IN YOUR CALENDARS NOW, PLEASE! Other officers and members of your organization are more than welcome to attend. All students that plan to attend must RSVP on BSync. (Note: You must be logged into BSync to access the event RSVP.) There will be a variety of sessions offered to fit every officer position. Having multiple members attend this training is a great resource to prepare your organization for the rest of the year. We'll talk about this in our first meeting. Advisors MUST attend the mandatory advisor information session on Monday, August 15th at 5:00 PM: I'm planning on attending this.

Finally, the Department of Student Life will host its annual Student Life Day Organization Expo on The Green on Thursday, August 25 from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Student Life Day is a fair designed to inform students about life beyond the classroom at UAB. We invite you to showcase your organization and to be available to answer questions from students about your organization. I'm happy to help with this: be thinking about who is available. We can do it in 15 or 30 minute increments, to lighten everyone's load.

This event is meant to be festive as well as educational. Please feel free to decorate your table and surrounding area. You are also encouraged to offer promotional items, candy, etc. at your table. Please limit the number of volunteers at your table to no more than three. Student Life will be serving free refreshments. To register your organization for a table please fill out the online form. Please have your confirmation completed and returned by Friday, August 19, 2011.

See you soon! First fall meeting: TBA. Stay tuned and enjoy the rest of your summer.

YouTube Viewing Monday

Our next SNATS meeting is Monday, April 11. We'll have a guided YouTube tour again: post aria requests here if you have them. Everyone in Dr. Kris's studio is REQUIRED to attend...if you cannot make it, listen to one hour of classical singing this month and journal briefly on it. You can do this with YouTube, other videos, CDs, or whatever you choose.

Changing Adolescent Voice Presentation

Thursday, March 24 at 3:30 in the Choral Room. Be there: it will be informative and wonderful! Invite friends, too...this is open to all UAB students, faculty, and staff.

The Changing Adolescent Voice

Our featured guest speaker, Dr. Jeanie Darnell, is confirmed to come to present on the changing adolescent voice on March 23-24. We'll talk specific scheduling soon.

Exercise and the Singer

My trainer has offered to do a workshop on exercise and what works best for the singer. Interested? He'll do it for a reasonable fee, and we have money in the budget for it. Post here if you want it.

SNATS Monday 2/7/11

SNATS this Monday, 2/27/11 at 3pm in the Choral Room: we'll watch THE AUDITION, which follows the 2007 Met Competition finalists. A rare backstage look! Let me know if you want me to bring food: we have money in the budget.

First Meeting

The first meeting is cancelled because UAB is cancelled due to the poor weather conditions. Next Monday, January 17, 2011 is also not a viable option since we're out for MLK day. That means our first meeting will likely have to fall on January 24, 2011 which is rather late, so the officers and Dr. Kris will talk about meeting times and we'll try to figure out if an alternative date would be better or if January 24th is just fine--Post here if you have ideas and input you want to give. More to come in the future. Everyone be safe out there!

First SNATS Meeting

Hey everybody,

It's time to get back in the swing of things! This monday, January 10, 2011, will be our first meeting of the New Year and new semester (weather permitting--no school, no meeting). The plan is to just rehash the changes we made at the very end of last semester and continue thinking about its implementation, this time with Dr. Kris present to help us. Additionally, we can discuss a new idea I have...a surprise that I think will be a good thing.

See you then! Remember, meetings are in HC308 (the choir room) after Concert Choir at 3:00PM.