Friday, November 20, 2009

Week of NOV 23

Set up in Concert Formation
Christmas Time is Here for warm-up -- 5 min
Dixit Dominus with soloists out front -- 15 min
Tomorrow Shall Be with new group of descant -- 10 min
Break out Wassail descant, others drill words and form -- 15 min

BREAK
Break out boys for Psallite -- 15 min
Practice German pronunciation Still, Still, Still -- 10 min
Memory work on Mater Ora -- 10 min
This Little Babe -- run 5 min
God Bless the Master run through 5 min

Housekeeping: Music memorized next week. Performance teams. Give Angels We Have Heard to PT for Heiskell. Ticket sales and postcards.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Week of NOV 16

SATURDAY TOUR REHEARSAL
10-12 Workbook
Lunch
1:00-2:00
Miniwanka warm-up
Stabat Mater
Maria Matrem

2:45 Sectional
Baidin Fheilimi
Soran Bushi

3:15
Pupu Hinuhinu
The Wave


Dixit Dominus--break out alto soloist group with Billy 15 minutes
Wassail--break out pods 7-8 with Billy. SLOW work. Break down patterns. 20 minutes
During Wassail break out, run This Little Babe and Christmas Time is Here
Break--all but boys. Psallite with Paige--parts
Break--boys
Maoz Tzur--run parts and words 15 minutes
Still Still Still--trying German this week...ja...pass out german sheets with pronunciation guide. 15 minutes
Mater Ora--hear 2 soloists this week. 5 minutes


Not today: Oseh and Tomorrow Shall Be

Housekeeping: Sing-a-thon kudos; MEMORIZE MUSIC deadline NOV 30; Holiday concert at Shrine DEC 12. Workbook and TOUR Wkshp at Emory Pres on NOV 21.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Week of NOV 9

Warm-up

Dixit Dominus-- break out potenital soloists with Billy to woodshed notes. Brianne and Paige work choral sections
Maoz Tzur--work parts on count-singing
Break out Tomorrow descant kids to work with Brianne
Oseh Shalom--Pods 1-4 on Hebrew, 5-8 on English
This Little Babe--work parts
Break out boys to work on Psallite with Brianne
Wassail--memorize first 3 v.

Housekeeping: Sing-a-thon acts lined up. Reminder of when music is to be memorized.

Week of NOV 2

Warm-up
diminished chord/major chord exercise. Move while singing warm-up. Nee-ah arpeggio exercise. Check posture and breathing.

Tomorrow Shall Be -- phrasing and articulation. Add more people on descant
Dixit Dominus -- solfege each section. Hear solo sections by instructor. Go through pronunciations and add text.
Still, Still, Still -- review all solfege and mark score. Work phrasing and diction on choral parts after review.
S'Vivon -- diction: N's, V's especially
Mater Ora Filium -- mark solo sections. Sing with text.

Housekeeping: Remind of fundraising packets. Pass out any errant music folders.

Week of OCT 27

Pass out Holiday Folders, Inventory sheets, check out sheets.
Wassail Song--solfege through. descant assigned to pods 7&8. 20 min
Work Dixit Dominus solfege, just choral parts. 35 min
Tomorrow Shall Be-- run through 10 min
Run Oseh Shalom Hebrew section
Sing through Maoz Tzur 10 min
S'Vivon--get divisi and balance ironed out. 10 min
This Little Babe--didn't get to this week
Christmas time is Here--didn't get to this week

Housekeeping: Fundraising packets go out=sing-a-thon and ad sales