It’s September. Ordinarily we would be meeting at 7:30 on Monday evenings to rehearse for our holiday concert. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, rehearsals and concerts for the Rockbridge Chorus have been suspended according to guidance for group singing activities issued by the Virginia Department of Health and the CDC. This decision by our board of directors and our artistic director was not easy, and while we are all sad and miss singing together and for our audiences, this was the prudent thing to do to protect our singers and the community. In a chorus of 70 plus members, the space to adequately physical distance is just simply not available to us. To keep up with developments please subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter, Alla Breve On-Line and check us out on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=rockbridge%20choral%20society%20-%20rockbridge%20chorus

On the upside, the Rockbridge Youth Choruses are getting together to rehearse outside, weather permitting. Virtual rehearsals began on August 25. via Zoom so that the singers could get familiar with the music they would be learning for the fall semester. In addition to virtual rehearsals outdoor rehearsals are planned biweekly in September and October. These in-person rehearsals pull together the music the kids have been learning virtually. At the end of each semester the youth choruses will record their program and share it via a Zoom watch party. We are grateful to our youth artistic director, Lacey Lynch, and her cadre of technically savvy interns for making it possible to bring the youth from our community together to sing and learn about music in spite of the pandemic. Keep up with the Rockbridge Youth Chorale happenings here

Until we are all able to be together again in person, we hope you will remember us in your annual charitable giving. It’s easy to donate by going to our website and hitting the donate button. We welcome all support and thank you for keeping us singing!