Week of DEC 1

4:30
auditions for Kalanta and Still
4:45-5:00
assemble and warm-up. Brianne hear auditions for Kalanta and Still
5:00-5:30
Polar Express with Jere Flint
5:35-5:55
Finish Polar
5:55-6:20
Shepherd's Pipe
Christmas Time is Here
Tomorrow Shall Be
Common Carols?
6:20-6:25
Announcements

Housekeeping: pass out carol sheets. Distribute uniform tops. Reminders for DEC 6/7

Week of NOV 24

4:45-4:55
warm-up. doo-bee-doo and Zing.
4:55-5:35
Work memory on following:
Tomorrow
Shepherd's Pipe Carol
Kalanta--hear soloists, work language and memory, expression
Wren--memory, alto part brush up
5:35-5:40 BREAK
5:40-6:10
Oseh Shalom--tone, diction, dynamics
Nativity Carol--mix up. Work square A-B
Still, Still--parts bottom of 3, letter C
6:10-6:25
Polar cues from memory

Housekeeping: Recognize Light Up Dunwoody team. Take up tops, envelopes. Announce Holy Trinity for Next week. Happy Thanksgiving!

Week of NOV 17

4:45-5:00
Warm-up. Pass out scrap paper. Singers write words from memory to one of the songs and turn it in.
5:00-5:20
Polar Express--run with accomp. Kids work from word sheets.
5:20-5:35

S'Vivon

Oseh Shalom

Shepherd's Pipe Carol

Wren Song

5:40-6:20

Sweet was the Song--Run with accomp
Kalanta--work Greek.
Nativity--run
Still, Still, Still--run Collect names of solo contenders
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

Housekeeping: Bring formal uniform tops, Practice Sheets turned in DEC 1. Light up Dunwoody perf team--know what you're singing?

Week of NOV 10

4:45-4:55
Warm-up. Drill rhythm on the overhead and diction drill.

4:55-5:20
Polar Express--Work section 4 ~ run parts, run with accom, memory; run incidentals and sections 1-3

5:20
Shepherd's Pipe Carol--memory v. 1-2
Wren Song--alto part work

5:35 Break

5:40-6:15
Sweet was the Song--Run with accomp
S'Vivon
Oseh Shalom
Kalanta--work Greek. run parts at end
Nativity--run to review from last week


Housekeeping--Singathon announcements, sign up for your act (need 12 from TCC), Yes Virginia will be returning this year.

Week of NOV 3

4:45-4:55
Warm-up: tone focusing in each voice part, intonation with descending/ascending 3-part chords. D-R-D solfeg exercise. Steady beat is still a challenge with this exercise.
4:55-5:30
Polar Express. First major three sections and 'incidentals" ran voice parts, practiced entrances and accompaniments, then memory on each passage. Ran section 4 and incidentals--vc pts only.
5:30-5:40
Nativity Carol--voice parts count-singing. Cleaned up part work struggles in each section--alto section A, sop 2 section B, sop 1 section D
5:50-6:15
Ran the following with Billy and Madonna Brownlee (wedding accomp)
Ave Verum
Be Thou My Vision
Sound the Trumpet
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
6:15-6:25
Wedding team on Jesu Joy and Lift Thine Eyes

Housekeeping: reminders about Singathon and Program Ads

Week of OCT 27

4:45 Warm-up and Kalanta review
5:00-5:25 Polar Express, Tour make-up auditions

5:25-5:40 Oseh Shalom, Tomorrow, Shepherd's Pipe--memorize v.1
5:35-5:40 Wedding Choir only BREAK

5:40 S'Vivon, BeThou My Vision, Sweet Was the Song
6:10 Dismiss everyone but Wedding Choir Lift Thine Eyes

Housekeeping: Happy Halloween treats

Week of OCT 20

Shepherd's Pipe Carol--yikes. Haven't done much with this one since camp. Reviewed both parts. Focus on diction and S,L, D, M, S intonation. Also legato v. stacatto passages.

Polar Express--Hit 4 major sections: piano and parts, parts alone, parts w/accomp.

Wedding Team--Lift Thine Eyes

Tour auditions during break and Wedding Team rehearsal

Kalanta of the New Year--language for sop on top of p.5; solfege for other parts. All parts together p. 5 to the end
The Wren Song--ran with accompaniment

Housekeeping: Holiday folder distribution for absentees. Uniforms, Program ads, Singathon materials. Instruction on soliciting money for these fundraisers. Announcement Workbook and Tour Choir Workshop 10/25

Week of OCT 13

Still, Still, Still--C to the end
Sweet Was the Song--count-sing all the way through
Nativity Carol-solfege for intonation, then text. Sopranos descending line M, R, D, T, L, S repaired

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day--Billy ran this with the kids and went over the descant--pods 7,8 on descant + selected singers who learned it in TR

Sound the Trumpet--began at end and worked forward to section 2

Housekeeping: Distributed Holiday Folders. Highland Games tickets and info

Week of OCT 6

4:55-5:30 Polar Express--woodshed
short responses: p. 3, p.9, p. 20, p. 39, p. 41, p. 44, p. 53
Train-p. 5-8
Journey--p.15-17
Elves/First Gift--p. 23-28
Reindeer/Santa-- p. 30-31, 34, 37-38

Sound the Trumpet--10 minutes; end to beginning

International Dinner Program10/12
Kompira Fune Fune from memory
SASA
Oye

Housekeeping: take up auction donation forms, uniform orders, go over logistical details for Int'l Dinner

Week of SEPT 29

5:00-5:30
Split group
2008 Pac Rim Team to practice for Int'l Dinner
Daybreak -- good; need more S2
Da Hai -- reminders on language, intonation 1st sop
Tutira Mai -movements were rough at first

During split, Brianne work with TCC on Pupu Hinuhinu and review part work on Look to this Day -- spent more time on parts and rhythm

5:40-6:15
Polar Express first 1/2
B section of Ave Verum
Sound the Trumpet time permitting

6:15-6:25
Housekeeping: uniform orders, pass out dessert auction forms, section leaders

Week of SEPT 22

Preparation for 2 upcoming concerts--Japanfest and International Dinner

Japanfest 9/27

Million Clouds Away

Kompira

Frog Song

Hotaru Koi

• Takana Miyamoto will be in rehearsal at some point during the rehearsal. We need to run all the Japanese Music today and work on memorizing. Only those who are singing Saturday should sing Hotaru Koi. 30 minutes
• B Section of Ave Verum 10 minutes
• Oye from score and overhead. 10 minutes
• Complete teaching SASA with Phoebe at the helm. 15 minutes

International Dinner 10/12

All TCC

Kompira Fune Fune
SASA
Oye

Got through the rehearsal plan with good progress. Takana did not come. Hotaru Koi crashed. Spend plenty of warm-up time on that one Saturday! Added Look to this Day to the rehearsal, drilling part work and reading through other melodic material.

Housekeeping-unform measuring, Singers writing their choir numbers on music. Carrie also took up uniform orders and checks. Distributed tickets for Japanfest and had kids initial by their names on the list.