R e h e a r s a l s

Rehearsal Venue:              

St. Columbs Anglican Church

5 St. Columbs St, Hawthorn

Off-street parking at the rear of church via Patterson St.

Rehearsal Dates and times - 2024

All rehearsals at St. Columbs

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• Tuesday nights: 

  • 7:15 - 7:25pm check-in

  • 7:30pm rehearsal start

  • 9:30pm rehearsal finish

• Occasionally Saturday mornings (10:30am - 12 noon)

• Friday dress rehearsal December 13th at St. Paul's Cathedral

• Concert 5pm Sat Dec 14, St. Paul's Cathedral, Swanston St.

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​Repertoire:  Charpentier's Messe de minuit pour Noël

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Summary of key Covid-Safe Arrangements

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1. Victoria Chorale follows the recommendations of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI). This risk management helps protect both choristers and our accompanists and minimises the risk of Covid related absences disrupting our concerts.  ATAGI released its 2024 advice on Covid boosters on 1 March 2024.  ATAGI is recommending that:

• persons aged 75 and over should have a booster every 6 months

• persons aged 65 to 74 have a booster every 12 months (with a more frequent booster every 6 months based on risk/benefit assessment with your doctor)

• persons aged under 65, consider a booster every 12 months.

Based on this advice, our expectation is that every chorister should have had at least one booster vaccination during 2023 and that for the relevant age group above, have a further booster (or boosters) during 2024 within the time frames listed since your last 2023 booster shot.  This is, of course, always subject to the advice of your GP/treating clinician.  Link to ATAGI diagram.

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2. Wearing of masks while singing at rehearsals is optional. Choristers who prefer not wearing a mask are entitled to do so, as this unquestionably makes it easier to sing.  Other choristers still wish to wear masks and they are also entitled to do so.  As we get close to the concert, Mario will advise when wearing a mask during singing is no longer appropriate due to the impact masks have on the quality of our singing. 

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3. You must not attend if you have any respiratory or other Covid symptoms such as fever, runny nose, sore throat, cough, chills, shortness of breath or loss of sense of smell.

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4. If you test Covid positive or are a close contact (household, workplace or social setting) of someone with Covid, you must not attend rehearsals until you are out of your infectious period (generally the later of cessation of symptoms or 5 days after testing +ve).