{"id":32959,"date":"2013-01-24T21:57:59","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T01:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=32959"},"modified":"2013-01-24T21:57:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T01:57:59","slug":"mint-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/mint-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Mint City Singers welcome new Artistic Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/13jan\/bretth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" \/>Meet the director party January 28<!--more--><br \/>\nA local community choir that has performed in several venues the past couple of years recently came under the direction of a new leader, a music education major who has already brought innovation to the weekly rehearsals.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/13jan\/brett.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"alignright size-full\" \/>Brett Yzquierdo will be greeted during a Meet the Director party, Monday Jan. 28, 2013 during regular 7:30 p.m. Monday rehearsal at St. Johns Lutheran Church.<br \/>\nChoir President Carol Malewska issued a public invitation, welcoming anyone interested in meeting Mr. Yzquierdo or considering joining a singing group. \u201cWe\u2019re always looking for new members,\u201d she said, \u201cand we enjoy having a little fun along with singing. It\u2019s with song and pleasure that we welcome Brett!\u201d<br \/>\nThe Mint City Singers have most recently completed a busy holiday season, performing at festive gatherings throughout the St. Johns area, and already the group has calendar dates for the new year.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Mr. Yzquierdo, who is native of Holland, MI, &#8211; now living in DeWitt &#8211; holds a bachelors degree in music from Alma College where he studied piano, voice and percussion. During his time at Alma College, he participated in several instrumental and vocal ensembles and has the pleasure of leading a number of acapella choruses including Off-Kilter Chamber Choir, Phi Mu Alpha Men\u2019s Chorus, Men of Music and Scots on the Rocks acapella group. \u201cI am very pleased to be working with a passionate community choral group such as the Mint City Singers and look forward to our time together.\u201d<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/13jan\/mintcity.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\nThe Mint City Singers is a group of men and women who rehearse a varied agenda of music each week and accept invitations for complimentary performances throughout the St. Johns area. While the group meets at the Lutheran Church, Mint City Singers is non-denominational and graciously accepts the hospitality of the church in providing space for weekly sessions.<br \/>\nOfficers include President Carol Malewska, Treasurer Susan Mahoney and board members Jeff Markham, Cindy Laich and Dave Fitzpatrick. Toni Zimmerman serves as librarian.<br \/>\nAnyone interested in information regarding membership or appearances may contact Ms. Mahoney, 989 224 436l.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the director party January 28<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}