Friends of the Rockbridge Choral Society records

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Rockbridge Choral Society Records (WLU Coll. 0628), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Summary

Extent:
2.75 Linear Feet 4 boxes
Creator:
Rockbridge Choral Society
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Rockbridge Choral Society Records (WLU Coll. 0628), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection records the work of the Fthe Rockbridge Choral Society, which includes the following: "Alla Breve," A Newsletter for the Friends of the Rockbridge Choral Society, Fall 1999-August 2018; programs of concerts, January 12, 2014-December 1, 2018; Minutes (Mary 4, 2016, May 1 and Nov. 7, 2017); two concert posters (Nov. 8, 2015 and Jan. 28, 2018); and a letter to the Choral Society and McCorkle family from Merrily Taylor, Chair, concerning a creation of an endowed chair in memory of Evelyn Pankey McCorkle, mother of director Bill McCorkle. Collection also includes photographs and other related materials

Biographical / historical:

Formed in 1976, the Rockbridge Choral Society is a community chorus of amateur singers performing in and around the historic town of Lexington in the lower Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Its performances are frequently augmented by a professional chamber orchestra and soloists with instrumentalists and singers from across the region and the country. The Rockbridge Choral Society is the parent organization for the Rockbridge Chorus, the Rockbridge Youth Chorale and the Rockbridge Chamber Singers. Together, these groups bring to the area's audiences an eclectic repertoire of vocal literature from Renaissance to contemporary.

The Rockbridge Choral Society's mission is to present choral music at the highest level of excellence and to encourage in both singers and listeners an appreciation for the art of choral and ensemble singing through live performances, education, and the encouragement of new choral composition.

Since 1999 the musical endeavors of the Rockbridge Chorus and its offspring – have been generously underwritten by the Rockbridge Choral Society (RCS) (formerly the Friends of the Rockbridge Choral Society), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization charged with the funding and organization of all the performing groups.

Rules or conventions:
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