Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir 2017-18 Season Schedule
This calendar is accurate only as of the revised date, and subject to change. The PEBCC office will notify choirs of additional events as soon as they are approved by the staff.The most up to date and detailed calendar information is always available at your convenience.
Date / Time / Event / Groups Involved / LocationJuly 25 – July 30, 2017 / Ecco Camp / Ecco / Walker Creek Ranch
*July 25 – August 5, 2017 / PD Camp / Ensemble & Concert Choir / Walker Creek Ranch
July 30 – August 5, 2017 / Camp Joyful Voices / All TD Students invited / Walker Creek Ranch
*August 5, 2017 / 10:00 – 11:00am / PD Parent Orientation at Camp / Season Ens & CC Parents / Walker Creek Ranch
*August 16, 2017 / Call Time 3:15pm; Pick Up Time 8:30pm / Elijah Music Rehearsal / Ensemble / Davies Symphony Hall; Drop off and Pick Up Location: Piedmont Community Hall Parking Lot
*August 17, 2017 / Call Time 3:15pm; Pick Up Time 9:30pm / Elijah Dress Rehearsal / Ensemble / Davies Symphony Hall; Drop off and Pick Up Location: Piedmont Community Hall Parking Lot
*August 18, 2017 / Call Time 6pm; Pick Up Time 10pm / Elijah Performance #1 / Ensemble / Davies Symphony Hall
*August 19, 2017 / Call Time 6pm; Pick Up Time 10pm / Elijah Performance #2 / Ensemble / Davies Symphony Hall
August 26, 2017 / 9:30am-12pm (by appointment) / Fall TD Auditions / Prospective New Students (1st Graders and below need not audition) / Piedmont Veterans' Memorial Building
August 26, 2017 / 10 – 10:45am / GT1 and BT1 Open House / Prospective GT1 and BT1 students. This is an opportunity to try out a class before the start of the semester. / Piedmont Community Church; GT1 in the Kettlewell Room, BT1 in the Youth Chapel (NOT confirmed)
August 28, 2017 / Regular Rehearsal Time / TD and KD Rehearsals begin / All TD and KD Students / Regular Rehearsal Location
August 28 - 31, 2017 / Last 30mins (TD) or last 15mins (KD) of Regular Rehearsal / TD & KD Parent Meetings / All TD and KD Parents / Regular Rehearsal Venue
September 4, 2017 / Labor Day Holiday (observed, office closed) / All Students (except Ecco)
September 4, 2017 / 6:30 - 8:45pm / First Ecco Rehearsal / Ecco / Kehilla Community Synagogue
September 5, 2017 / Regular Rehearsal Time / PD Rehearsals begin / All PD Students / Regular Rehearsal Location
*September 9, 2017 / 1:05pm Game; Call Time 10:00am / A's Game / All Camp Students (except Ecco Camp) / O.co Coliseum
September 18, 2017 / Regular Rehearsal Time / Monday groups combined rehearsal / All TD Monday groups / Drop Off: Piedmont Community Church, Kettlewell Room; Pick Up: Regular Rehearsal Locations
September 19, 2017 / Regular Rehearsal Time / Tuesday groups combined rehearsal / All TD Tuesday groups / Drop Off: Piedmont Veterans' Memorial Building; Pick Up: Regular Rehearsal Locations
*September 29 - October 1, 2017 / Drop Off (9/29 in Piedmont): ~3:30pm - check Gig Sheet; Pick Up (10/1 at CYO): 12:00pm / Ecco Choral Institute / Ecco / CYO Retreat Center
*October 6, 2017 / Drop Off 4pm at Rockridge BART; Pick Up 10pm at Rockridge BART / Ecco Opera Night / Ecco / War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
*October 7, 2017 / Drop Off (in Piedmont): ~7:45am; Pick Up (in Piedmont): ~6:00pm - check Gig Sheet / Fall Retreat / CC, BT2, GT4 / Walker Creek Ranch
October 9 - 13, 2017 / TD & KD Fall Break / All TD and KD Students
*October 11, 2017 / 6-8:00pm; Call Time TBD / Bereavement Dept of Oakland Kaiser Memorial Service / Concert Choir / Chapel of the Chimes
*October 13 - 15, 2017 / TBD / Ancora Retreat / Ancora / Bob and Sue's House in Anchor Bay
*October 21, 2017 / 7:00pm; Call Time TBD / Choral Institute Concert / Ecco / First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Fransisco
October 23, 2017 / Regular Rehearsal Time / Monday groups combined rehearsal / All TD Monday groups / Drop Off: Piedmont Community Church, Kettlewell Room; Pick Up: Regular Rehearsal Locations
October 24, 2017 / Regular Rehearsal Time / Tuesday groups combined rehearsal / All TD Tuesday groups / Drop Off: Piedmont Veterans' Memorial Building; Pick Up: Regular Rehearsal Locations
*October 28, 2017 / Drop Off: 8:45am; Pick Up (at Haven’s Elementary School): 12:00pm / TD Workshop / All TD Students / Piedmont Veterans' Memorial Building
October 28, 2017 / 12:00pm – 2:00pm / TD Potluck / All TD Students and their Parents / Haven’s Elementary School
November 4, 2017 / 6:00-10:00pm / Choir Gala / All Parents Invited! / The Bellevue Club
November 10, 2017 / Veteran's Day (observed, office closed) / All Students
November 20 - 24, 2017 / Thanksgiving Break / All Students
November 24, 2017 / Office Closed / All Students
*November 28, 2017 / TBD (evening) / SF Candlelight Dress Rehearsal / Ensemble, EccoAncora / Old First Church, SF
*December 2, 2017 / 7:00pm; For Call Times, See Gig Sheet or Google Calendar / East Bay Candlelight Concert / All PD Students / First Congregational Church, Berkeley
*December 3, 2017 / Call Time 8:30am; Service 10:00am-11:00am / FCCB Church Service / Ancora / First Congregational Church, Berkeley
*December 3, 2017 / 4:00pm; See Gig Sheet or Google Calendar for Call Times / SF Candlelight Concert / All PD Students / Old First Church, SF
December 11, 2017 / Regular Rehearsal Time / Monday groups combined rehearsal / All TD Monday groups / Drop Off: Piedmont Community Church, Kettlewell Room; Pick Up: Regular Rehearsal Locations
December 12, 2017 / Regular Rehearsal Time / Tuesday groups combined rehearsal with PD (to be confirmed for Ens and CC) / All TD Tuesday groups + CC / Drop Off: Piedmont Veterans' Memorial Building; Pick Up: Regular Rehearsal Locations
*December 13, 2017 / 6:30 – 8pm / Hard Nut Rehearsal / Team Drosselmeyer / Chorus Rehearsal Hall, Cesar Chavez Student Center, UC Berkeley
*December 14, 2017 / 7:30 – 9pm / Hard Nut Dress Rehearsal / Team Mausekönig / Zellerbach Hall
*December 15, 2017 / 8 – 9pm / Hard Nut Performance / Team Drosselmeyer / Zellerbach Hall
*December 16, 2017 / 2 – 3pm / Hard Nut Performance / Team Mausekönig / Zellerbach Hall
*December 16, 2017 / 8 – 9pm / Hard Nut Performance / Team Drosselmeyer / Zellerbach Hall
*December 16, 2017 / GT1, BT2, GT4: 2pm - Call Times TBD; GT3, GT2, BT1: 5pm –See Gig Sheet for Call Times / TD Fall Recitals / All TD Students / Park Blvd Presbyterian Church
*December 17, 2017 / 3 – 4pm / Hard Nut Performance / Team Mausekönig / Zellerbach Hall
*December 21, 2017 / 8 – 9pm / Hard Nut Performance / Team Drosselmeyer / Zellerbach Hall
*December 22, 2017 / 9:15am – 12pm / OBC Nutcracker Dress Rehearsal / CC / 485 21st St, Oakland – Paramount Stage Door
*December 22, 2017 / 8 – 9pm / Hard Nut Performance / Team Mausekönig / Zellerbach Hall
*December 23, 2017 / 12:15pm – 3pm / OBC Nutcracker Performance / CC / 485 21st St, Oakland – Paramount Stage Door
*December 23, 2017 / 2 – 3pm / Hard Nut Performance / Team Drosselmeyer / Zellerbach Hall
*December 23, 2017 / 4:15 – 6pm / OBC Nutcracker / CC / 485 21st St, Oakland – Paramount Stage Door
*December 23, 2017 / 8 – 9pm / Hard Nut Performance / Team Mausekönig / Zellerbach Hall
*December 24, 2017 / 12:15 – 2pm / OBC Nutcracker / CC / 485 21st St, Oakland – Paramount Stage Door
*December 24, 2017 / 3 – 4pm / Hard Nut Performance / Team Mausekönig / Zellerbach Hall
December 18, 2017 - January 5, 2018 / Winter Break / All Students, except CC and Ens Xmas Gigs
January 8, 2017 / Regular Rehearsals Resume / All Students
January 15, 2018 / MLK Day - No Regular Monday Rehearsals (observed, office closed) / All Monday groups
*January 15, 2018 / Concert 12:00-2:30pm; Call Time 10:30am / Ecco Performance at Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Committee MLK Day Celebration / Ecco / Piedmont Veterans' Memorial Building
*January 16, 2018 / Call Times TBD / Winter Concert Dress Rehearsal / All TD Students + Ens & CC / First Presbyterian Church of Oakland
*January 20, 2018 / 3:00pm; Call Times TBD / Winter Concert / All TD Students + Ens & CC / First Presbyterian Church of Oakland
January 22, 2017 / Regular Rehearsal Time / BT2 to CC Early Acceptance Auditions / BT2 / Regular Rehearsal Location
January 23, 2017 / Regular Rehearsal Time / GT4 to CC Early Acceptance Auditions / GT4 / Regular Rehearsal Location
January 23, 2018 / 6:00pm – 6:30pm / BT2, GT4, CC Pizza Party & Parent Question Session / GT4, BT2, CC / PMS, Big Band Room
*January 24, 2018 / Regular Rehearsal Time / PreKaKCa Sharing Sessions / PreKaKCa / Regular Rehearsal Location
*January 25, 2018 / Regular Rehearsal Time / PreKbKCb Sharing Sessions / PreKbKCb / Regular Rehearsal Location
*January 25, 2017 / Regular Rehearsal Time / CC to Ens Auditions / CC / Regular Rehearsal Location
*January 27, 2018 / All Day / Ancora Intensive / Ancora / TBD
January 27, 2018 / 8:30 – 10:00am (by appointment) / TD Spring Auditions / Prospective New Students (1st Graders and below need not audition) / Piedmont Veterans' Memorial Building
January 29, 2018 / Second Semester begins / All Students
February 12, 2018 / Regular Rehearsal Time / Monday groups combined rehearsal / All TD Monday groups / Drop Off: Piedmont Community Church, Kettlewell Room; Pick Up: Regular Rehearsal Locations
February 13, 2018 / Regular Rehearsal Time / Tuesday groups combined rehearsal / All TD Tuesday groups / Drop Off: Piedmont Veterans' Memorial Building; Pick Up: Regular Rehearsal Locations
February 19 - 23, 2018 / TD & KD Presidents' Week Break / All TD and KD Students
February 19, 2018 / Presidents' Day (observed, office closed) / All Students (except Ecco)
February 19, 2018 / 6:30-8:45pm / Regular Ecco Rehearsal / Ecco / Kehilla Community Synagogue
*March 5, 2018 / Regular Rehearsal Time / BT2 to CC Second Auditions / BT2 / Regular Rehearsal Location
*March 6, 2018 / Regular Rehearsal Time / GT4 to CC Second Auditions / GT4 / Regular Rehearsal Location
*March 10, 2018 / Concert begins at 4pm; Call Time 10:45am / New Music for Treble Voices Concert + Morning Workshop with Juliet Adolph (composer) / Ancora / Trianon Theater, San Jose
March 12, 2018 / Regular Rehearsal Time / Monday groups combined rehearsal / All TD Monday groups / Drop Off: Piedmont Community Church, Kettlewell Room; Pick Up: Regular Rehearsal Locations
March 13, 2018 / Regular Rehearsal Time / Tuesday groups combined rehearsal / All TD Tuesday groups / Drop Off: Piedmont Veterans' Memorial Building; Pick Up: Regular Rehearsal Locations
*March 17, 2018 / #1 SF:
10am Rehearsal;
2-3 Concert; / SF Chamber Orchestra Family Concert #1 / Selected members of GT2, GT3, GT4 & BT2 / Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco
*March 18, 2018 / #2 OAK: Noon-1;
#3 BUR: 3:30-4:30 / SF Chamber Orchestra Family Concert #2 & #3 / Selected members of GT2, GT3, GT4 & BT2 / OAK: Asian Cultural Center, Oakland
BUR: Burlingame High School
*March 22, 2018 / SEE Gig Sheet / Historical Concert Dress Rehearsal / All PD Students / First Congregation Church of Berkeley
*March 24, 2018 / 7:00pm; SEE Gig Sheet / Historical Concert / All PD Students / First Congregation Church of Berkeley
April 2 - 6, 2018 / Spring Break / All Students
*April 29, 2018 / TBD (morning service) / FCCB Church Service / Ancora / First Congregational Church, Berkeley
April 30, 2018 / Regular Rehearsal Time / Monday groups combined rehearsal / All TD Monday groups / Drop Off: Piedmont Community Church, Kettlewell Room; Pick Up: Regular Rehearsal Locations
May 1, 2018 / Regular Rehearsal Time / Tuesday groups combined rehearsal with PD (to be confirmed for Ens & CC) / All TD Tuesday groups + Ens & CC / Drop Off: Piedmont Veterans' Memorial Building; Pick Up: Regular Rehearsal Locations
*Saturday, May 5 / 8:30am Call-time; 9:00-12:30 Workshops, etc. / Holy Names University Children’s Choral Fest. / GT4 / HNU Valley Center for Performing Arts
*May 17, 2018 / SEE Gig Sheet / Jazz & Beyond Dress Rehearsal / EccoAncora / Regular Rehearsal Loca.: PMS Band Rm 503
May 19, 2018 / 2pm:GT3, BT2, BT1: Call Times SEE Gig Sh.;
5pm:GT1, GT2, GT4: Call Times SEE Gig Sh. / TD Spring Recitals / All TD Students / Park Blvd Presbyterian Church
*May 21, 2018 / 8pm Showtime; SEE Gig Sheet for Call-times / Jazz & Beyond / EccoAncora / Yoshi's @ Jack London
May 28, 2018 / Memorial Day - No Monday Rehearsals (observed, office closed) / All Students except Ecco
*May 28, 2018 / 6:30 – 8:45pm / Ecco Rehearsal / Ecco / Kehilla Community Synagogue
May 29 - June 1, 2018 / Last Week of PD Rehearsals / All PD Students
*May 31, 2018 / 5:30 – 6:30pm / Ensemble Tour Parent Meeting / All Ensemble Parents (at least one parent per child required to attend) / PMS, Small Band Room 503
*May 29, 2018 / SEE Gig Sheet for Call-times / Spring Sing! Dress Rehearsal / All TD and PD Students / Oakland Interstake Center
*June 2, 2018 / 3-5:30: SEE Gig Sheet for Call-times / Spring Sing! / All TD and PD Students / Oakland Interstake Center
June 4 - 8, 2018 / Last Week of TD & KD Rehearsals / All TD and KD Students / Regular Rehearsal Location
*June 5 & 7, 2018 / 4-6pm / CC and Ensemble Tour Rehearsals / CC & Ensemble / Regular Rehearsal Spaces
*June 6, 2018 / Regular Rehearsal Time / PreKaKCa Sharing Sessions / PreKaKCa / Regular Rehearsal Location
*June 7, 2018 / Regular Rehearsal Time / PreKbKCb Sharing Sessions / PreKbKCb / Regular Rehearsal Location
*June 7, 2018 / 7-9pm / Ancora Auditions / 2017-18 Ancora members wishing to continue with Ancora & students interested in joining Ancora / PMS, Choir Room
*June 10, 2018 / TBD / Ancora Recital - Tentative / Ancora / TBD
* June 11 – 15, 2018 / 4-7pm / Ensemble Tour Rehearsals / Ensemble / PMS, Choir Room
*June 12 & 14, 2018 / 4-6pm / CC Tour Rehearsals / CC / PMS Big Band Room 501
*June 16, 2018 / 9am-12pm / CC Tour Rehearsal / CC / Kettlewell-Piedmont Comm. Church
*June 16, 2018 / 11:30am-12pm / CC Parent Tour Meeting / CC Parents – one parent per singer required to attend / Ditto
*June 16 – 30, 2018 / Ensemble Tour / Ensemble / Germany
*June 18 - 22, 2018 / CC Tour / CC / Florida: Tampa, DisneyW
*July 7, 2018 / TBD / Ancora & Ensemble Rehearsal for GGF / Ancora & Ensemble / TBD
*July 8 - 14, 2018 / Golden Gate International Children and Youth Choral Festival (GGF) / PD Students expected to host international singers and will perform at the festival; TD Students are encouraged to host international singers and attend concerts
*July 24 - August 4, 2018 / PD Camp / 2018-19 Season Ens & CC / Walker Creek Ranch
*August 4, 2018 / 10:00 – 11:00am / PD Parent Orientation at Camp / 2018-19 Season Ens & CC Parents / Walker Creek Ranch
July 24 - 29, 2018 / Ecco Camp / 2018-19 Season Ecco / Walker Creek Ranch
July 29 - August 4, 2018 / Camp Joyful Voices / All TD Students invited / Walker Creek Ranch
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Revised February 1, 2018
Key: TD = Training Department; PD = Performing Department; KD = Kinder Department; GT = Girls Training; BT = Boys Training; Events marked with a (*) are MANDATORY Events for the choirs involved; Shaded events are events TD groups are involved in