New York Rehearsal Schedule
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- Apr 8
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Updated: Apr 18

Concert Residency Thursday, June 19-Monday, June 23, 2025
Repertoire: MOZART Requiem in D minor, K.626, Süssmayr completion
Shulamit Hoffmann, Conductor
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Arrive in New York
Friday, June 20, 2025
10:30am: optional tour of Carnegie, organized by Shulamit (not by MAP).
Carnegie will let Shulamit know 30 days in advance if a tour is possible. Stay tuned.
12:30pm: Requiem Choir arrives for rehearsal
Location: Gotham III Ballroom (InterContinental Hotel Times Square)
1:00pm- 5:00pm: Requiem Choir rehearsal
Location: Gotham III Ballroom
Saturday, June 21, 2025
8:45am: Requiem Choir arrives for rehearsal
Location: Gotham III Ballroom
9:00am - 12:00pm: Requiem Choir rehearsal
Location: Gotham III Ballroom
NOT for CHOIR
Saturday, June 21, 2025
12:00-12:45pm: Soloists rehearsal, Shu and Anna
Location: Gotham III Ballroom
Saturday, June 21, 2025
6:15-7:45pm: Orchestra Rehearsal, Shu and Anna
Location: Carroll Music Studios
Concert dress: Your normal concert dress that you have for your home concerts.
See Viva la Musica Concert Attire in previous blog post.
Scores: No iPads can be used for scores; only real paper scores in black folders.
Vivans wraps black paper around their scores — compact, light, easy to hold.
Sunday, June 22, 2025
8:30am - 8:45am: Intercontinental guests load buses
Location: InterContinental Times Square
9:00am: Requiem choir reports for dress rehearsal
Location: Carnegie Hall Stage Entrance- 161 W. 56th St.
9:45am - 10:55pm: Requiem dress rehearsal
Location: Ronald Perelman Stage
3:15pm: Requiem Choir performance call time
Location: Carnegie Hall Stage Entrance
3:55pm - 4:50pm: Mozart Requiem performance
Location: Ronald Perelman Stage
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Load buses (everyone requires a pre-purchased bus ticket)
Location: 881 7th Avenue
6:30pm - 7:00pm: Board cruise
Location: Chelsea Piers
7:00pm - 9:00pm: Sail New York Harbor
Location: New York Harbor
9:00pm - 9:30pm: Load buses for Intercontinental hotel
Participating Choruses:
Blacksburg Master Chorale, Blacksburg, VA (Dwight Bigler, Director)
Decatur Presbyterian Chancel Choir, Decatur, GA (Matthew McMahan, Director)
Great Rivers Choral Society, Godfrey, IL (Raynard Brown, Director)
Trinity United Methodist Church Chancel Choir, Denton TX (Tawny Rybowicz, Director)
Virginia Tech Choirs, Blacksburg, VA (Dwight Bigler, Director)
Viva la Musica!, San Francisco Bay Area, CA (Shulamit Hoffmann, Director)
Anna Khaydarova, accompanist
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