Recordings for Practice

Please watch/listen to these links for help in preparing Alumni Chorus Pieces before the upcoming rehearsal and concert:

Danny Boy

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Rhythm of Life & Tuimbe

The singers should follow these steps to get to these listening tracks:
  • Click on link
  • Scroll to “SATB Octavo”
  • Click on “Previews”
  • Click on “Score/Audio”

VVS Alumni Chorus Concert: 28-29 June, 2025

To sign up, complete this form

WHAT?

Join the VVS Alumni Chorus weekend, June 28-29, 2025. Vernon Verona Sherrill alumni are coming together for a weekend of joyous singing and music making conducted by VVS graduate and former teachers Kim Nethaway, Sue Tyler, and Brandie Collins and accompanied by Bernadette VanValkenberg and Bryan Snyder.

WHO?

The Alumni Chorus Weekend is open to all VVS graduates, current and past faculty and staff. Each alumni chorus member may also register one guest singer.

WHEN?

Saturday, June 28, 2025 and Sunday, June 29, 2025. Plan to arrive at 5:30 PM on Saturday. Rehearsal starts promptly at 6:00. On Sunday, arrive at 10:30 am. Rehearsal from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm followed by lunch. Concert at 3 pm on Sunday.

WHERE?

Vernon Verona Sherrill High School Auditorium, 5275 State Rt 31, Verona, NY 13478.

WHY?

To bring together generations of VVS alumni, reconnect with friends, and create music, the universal language, for our community.

HOW?

Each alumnus and guest singer must register on-line at www.vvs-music-alumni.org by May 30, 2025. Updates, practice music and listening examples of the songs we are singing will be available on our website or check our Facebook page @VVSmusicalumni.

HOW MUCH?

$10 per singer. Includes lunch on Sunday. Vegetarian and gluten free options will be available. Non-singing family and friends may join us for lunch for $10 each. VVS Music Alumni T-shirts will be available for $20 each. The concert is free and open to the public.
Donations to the VVS Performing Arts Boosters are gratefully accepted.

ATTIRE

Black pants. Wear your music alumni T-shirt or a black top.

EXTRAS…

Basket drawings and guest soloists!

QUESTIONS?

Email VVSPABOOSTERCLUB@GMAIL.COM or
knethaway@twcny.rr.com or lcarter@vvsschools.org or 67lstyler@gmail.com To sign up, complete this form Check the Facebook group or email VVSPABOOSTERCLUB@GMAIL.COM for password information to download the music.

Roster sign-up and Parts Available

Participating in the 2024 alumni concert? Go to the Parts page and do these things:
  1. Go to the Roster link there, find your instrument and preferred part/seat, and sign yourself up. We may need to make some adjustments on the day of the first rehearsal.
  2. Go to the page for each of the pieces we’ll play to download and print a copy of your part.
All these pages are password protected;  If you are on Facebook, check the VVS Music Alumni group there for the password, or email VvsPABoosterClub@gmail.com

Save The Date

Alumni Band weekend 2020 is canceled for the obvious reason.

Hoping to see everyone and make noice together….someday. Stay tuned.

The third VVS Alumni Band weekend is tentatively scheduled for

August 7-8, 2020.

Check back here or in the Facebook group in early 2020 for more details.

2018 Concert Wrap-up

Another successful alumni concert in the books!

See everyone in 2020!

Concert Videos

(Thanks to Michelle Mosack!)

VVS Alma Mater

Selections from Les Miserables

Russian Sailor’s Dance

The Fairest of the Fair

Duke Ellington in Concert

Chicago

English Folk Song Suite for Military Band

Imagine

The Maelstrom