The Mosaic Harmony website URL is www.mosaicharmony.org. You should be familiar with the public pages—they contain information that is useful to choir members and to their friends and family. The public pages change periodically, so browse through them often. Suggestions for changes are welcome.
The Members-only section is password-protected. The “username” is either your email address or your name (firstnamelastname, no caps, no spaces), and the password is probably “1humankind!.” You will need to access it often. Important features of the Members-only section include the Members’ Calendar, the Member Directory, the Bulletin Board, Learn the Songs, Pay Member Dues/Donate, and Sign-up Genius links.
To request help with or suggest changes to the Mosaic Harmony website, always send messages to webmasters@mosaicharmony.org. This address delivers email messages to all the people who act as MoHa technical supporters, which greatly increases your chances of getting a prompt response.
Members’ Calendar
The Members’ Calendar and the public Concerts/Events page are two arrangements of the same information, but private events are visible only on the Members’ Calendar. In both the private Members’ Calendar and the public Concerts/Events page, clicking on the title of the event takes you to a separate Event page with detailed information about the event. If you are logged in as a choir member, you may see additional details, such as choir arrival times, parking instructions, where to gather before the performance starts, and planned song list. The Members’ Schedule may also provide links to Sign-up Genius.
Member Directory
The Member Directory provides a full listing of our members – who they are, how to contact them, what they do in their life outside Mosaic Harmony, and what they like to do with their spare time. Shortly after your dues are paid, your own listing will be added. Ask your section leader about having your photo taken. You can update your listing as often as you like by emailing changes to webmaster@mosaicharmony.org.
The Member Directory is a handy reference – it’s useful to bookmark it on your cellphone or print out a hardcopy. It’s helpful to have it accessible at rehearsals so you can associate faces with names. You can sort the Member Directory alphabetically by members’ last names, by zip code (to see who lives near you for carpooling), or by section (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass). You can also display a list of people who have particular roles in MoHa, such as officers or musician accompanists.
Bulletin Board
The Members’ Bulletin Board has four subsections: Notices (e.g., choir notes), General information (e.g. choir member guide), MoHa Board of Directors Documents (e.g., minutes of Board meetings), and an Archive. You never know what you’ll find on the Members’ Bulletin Board. Check it often!
Learn the Songs
MoHa only rehearses for only two hours every other week, so we depend on choir members to practice independently between rehearsals. One of the best tools for doing this is Learn the Songs. Learn the Songs has five subsections: Current Songs, Rehearsals, Performances, All Songs (Archive), and Scores & Lyric Sheets.
You are welcome to download or print for your personal instructional purposes any files you find on Learn the Songs. File names include a date (mostly in YEAR, MONTH, DAY sequence) so you can easily tell whether any that you already have are current. Editable versions of the files may be available on request (write to webmaster@mosaicharmony.org ).
Current Songs displays the songs we’re focusing on for upcoming performances. All Songs (Archive) displays most of the songs we’ve ever rehearsed. Be sure to check the All Songs (Archive) page to review songs marked with “(P).” These are “Perennial Favorites,” which we should prepare to perform on short notice.
Each song segment might include—
- The song’s title, writer, arranger;
- A link to the song being performed by Mosaic Harmony and/or other choirs;
- Instructional audio recordings for each singing section (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) prepared by MoHa choir directors;
- Edited excerpts of audio recordings made at rehearsal for each singing section;
- Excerpts of video recordings of rehearsals on Zoom;
- Lyric sheets, vocal scores, song maps.
You are welcome to download or print for your personal instructional purposes any files you find on Learn the Songs.
The Rehearsals page contains segments for each of the last 75 (about) choir rehearsals. Each rehearsal segment might contain—
- The date of the rehearsal;
- The purpose, plan, or agenda of the rehearsal;
- Video recordings, divided into manageable pieces;
- Audio recordings, mostly unedited, for each song for each singing section;
- Choir Notes;
- Comments, instructions, etc.
The Performances page contains the programs and expertly-produced (thank you, Neil Romstedt!) audio recordings of most of our major concerts going back to 2003.
The Scores & Lyric Sheets page contains text material for every song we’ve ever sung and many we only thought about singing. If the titles do not include dates, they’re really, really old.
See Appendix III for more information about Learn the Songs.
Pay Member Dues/Donate
From this page, you can pay annual membership dues or make donations by credit card. Secure processing is provided by PayPal.