Information for Members
Rehearsal Schedule | Camp | Dischord | Mailing lists | Downloads
PUCS performing "A Christmas from Cambridge" at St Patrick's Basilica in December 2010.
To stay up to date with PUCS events, the single most important thing you can do is to make sure you are subscribed to the pucs-announce mailing list.
Also be sure to keep an eye on the rehearsal schedule for any changes.
Rehearsal Schedule
Rehearsals are on Mondays at 7pm, in room G5 of the UWA School of Music (map). If you managed to miss earlier rehearsals, don't worry — new members are always welcome and don't forget to drag your friends along too.
If you have any queries regarding the rehearsal schedule, please contact the Concert Manager.
Camp - September 2011
Our second camp for the year will be held at the lovely Eagle's Nest, Gidgegannup on the weekend of 2nd - 4th September.
A copy of the camp form will be available soon. Please send any queries about camp organisation to Kim at camp@pucs.org.au, and any issues with payment to Dave at treasurer@pucs.org.au.
Camp will comprise of the equivalent of at least 4 weeks' rehearsals so it is compulsory for members to attend. There will also be a fantastic evening dinner with fun and frivolity to follow! For those that attended in April, it was loads of fun, so we'll see you there!
Dischord
Click here to download the latest copy of our newsletter, Dischord.
T-shirts
T-shirts will be available soon. Watch this space!
Mailing Lists
PUCS has a couple of ways for members to communicate.
Quick summary - if you're not subscribed to pucs-announce, you should be.
- pucs-announce is (as the name suggests) for official PUCS announcements. We use it to alert members to anything significant in the PUCS world, such as concerts, recordings and special rehearsals. It's a moderated, low volume list (perhaps one email every few weeks, though generall a few more in the weeks leading up to a concert), and all PUCS members are automatically subscribed unless they request otherwise.
- The PUCS Facebook group is open to anyone for discussion on topics PUCS-related (or not!). Please come and join.
To subscribe to pucs-announce, or if you have any questions about communication channels, please email our our IT officers.
AICSA-related Mailing Lists
You might also be interested in the choral-announce, choral-net, and choral-chat mailing lists that connect choristers from all over Australia. For more information see the information on the AICSA web site about choral-announce and choral-net, and there is some helpful information about choral-chat over on the Flinders University Choral Society website. These lists are run by Malcolm Herbert, and if you have any enquiries or problems with the lists they should probably be directed to him by email to Malcolm.Herbert@fulcrum.com.au.
About the Puck
The figure “Puck” is inspired from the character of the same name from Shakespeare's “Midsummer Night's Dream”. The famous bard took inspiration from Celtic and Greek/Roman mythology in creating Puck's character. This all leads back to the god of music, Hermes — who was once threatened by the god Apollo with being “thrown into the depths of Tartarus” for hiding a flock of sheep as a baby.
As Shakespeare has depicted Puck as a satyr — a pleasure seeking half human, half goat — and so have we. PUCS is musical and mischievous, which is the essence of what the “Puck” represents.
Other Downloadable Files
PUCS Audition Guidelines: download as RTF / PDF
PUCS Constitution: View online, or download as RTF / PDF