Rehearsal Plan APR-MAY 2013

Rehearsal Plan
April 1-May 30

Week Apr. 1-4

Training Choir and IMM-- Solfege Tango, Ombra, Jazz Man, Jai Ho, E Te Iwi E

Week Apr. 8-11 NO REHEARSALS Spring Break

Week Apr. 15-21

Training Choir and IMM—prep for TOUR to Reinhardt College (Waleska) and Gainesville, GA. Staff needs: Paige, Brianne, Caroline, Meaghan, Bill. Millie unavailable to play. Final staffing dependent on enrollment

Week Apr. 22-27

Training Choir and IMM—Millie and Michele at Callanwolde, Paige at Temple Emanuel 4-24. Solfege Tango choreography, Jai Ho, 3 Country Dances, E Te Iwi E

Workbook session Apr 27 ALL Choirs—last at Emory Presbyterian. Bill/Paige, other staff welcome to volunteer. Auditions for new TCC/YC, includes Tour Choir auditions for “move-ups”.

Week Apr. 29-May 2

Training Choir and IMM-- Solfege Tango, Jai Ho choreography, 3 Country Dances, E Te Iwi E, Ah Si Mon Moine with dance

Week May 6-9

Training Choir and IMM-- Solfege Tango, Ombra, Jai Ho choreography, 3 Country Dances, E Te Iwi E, Ah Si Mon Moine with dance, The Fox

Toast the Future May 9 (Thurs) SAVE the DATE

Key Fundraiser for AYS. Wine tasting and auction 5:30-ish-8:00 pm

YC small ensemble a cappella. Reprise 80’s and and preview Dance. As many staff as possible should make an appearance to talk up the program and schmooze donors. This is not a paid call for staff, but you won’t have to pay to attend either. Other arrangements will be made for rehearsal so that staff can attend.

Week May 13-19

Training Choir and IMM—Regular Tues, Wed, Thurs rehearsals. Run program from memory. Take up music. Evals.

Dress Rehearsal May 17 - Druid Hills UMC

• 6:30-8:00 Training Choir and IMM
• 6:30 riser placement and tech
• 7:00 joint rep: 3 Country dances, Te Iwi, Jai Ho
• 7:30 TR/IMM set

CONCERT May 18 - Druid Hills UMC

• 1:30 call for 3:00 pm concert (Caroline out--school musical)
• 7:00 pm call for 8:00 pm concert 

May 19 -- Visit of Ulmer Spatzen Chor from Ulm, Germany

AYS cooperating with Druid Hills Presbyterian and Georgia Young Men’s Ensemble to present this choir and host them.

Performance Team of TCC/YC girls and Young Men’s Power Sing (YMPS) participants to sing on May 19 concert with German choir

YMPS boys:

3:00 pm rehearsal; 5:00 pm concert 

Week May 20-22

Training Choir and IMM—Final Auditions for TCC. ALL Training and IMM come Wednesday, May 22 to Callanwolde.

LOOKING AHEAD

Training Choir Tour Update

4-20            Depart 8:30 am from Callanwolde

10:30 workshop at Reinhardt College with Martha Shaw and student conductor

2:00 Dahlonega mine tour and panning for gold/gems, Bear on the Square Festival

Overnight in Dahlonega

4-21      Lunch and afternoon performance at Lanier Village Estate

Camp Update

Settled on June 28-July 5.

We will need a minimum teaching staff of 5—need to get availability from teaching staff.

Major Tours 2014—World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia July 9-19. Children’s Choir, SSAA, and Young Male choirs all happen in the first week. Folklore categoriy happens in the second week, but Scenic Folklore happens in first week. Pre-festival and post-festival touring is yet to be determined.

Rehearsal Plan FEB-MAR 2013

Rehearsal Plan Master

Feb 25-May 30

Week Feb 25-Mar 2

Training Choir and IMM—Last week of regular rehearsal before the Recital. Millie will be at Temple Emanuel this week on Wednesday.

            Final Program

            Hinei Ma Tov

            The Fox

            Lucky Little Cricket

Children’s Prayer from Hansel and Gretel

Scorpio and Orion

            Victory Chorus from Brundibar           

When I Rise Up

Turn the World Around—form: Verses 1-3 all, instr break, “Wo-ho” all, instr break, “Do you Know” all, instr break, Verses 4-6 all, Repeat of 1-2 then break into partners (A=fire/water, B/C=Wo-ho, D=Do you know)

Week Mar 4-9

Training Choir and IMM—All choirs at Callanwolde this week for Tuesday and Wednesday rehearsals 4:45-6:15 pm,

                                                Saturday at Holy Trinity Episcopal in Decatur

                                                Staff call 1:00 pm, kids call 1:30 pm

                                                Recital 3:00

Week Mar 11-14

Training Choir and IMM—continue work on May program and Tour program: Solfege Tango, Ombra, Jazz Man, Jai Ho. Music collection and distribution in envelopes. Evals.

Week Mar 18-23

Training Choir and IMM—Paige at Temple Emanuel, Millie at Callanwolde Wed 3/20. Solfege Tango, Ombra, Jazz Man, Jai Ho

Week Mar 25-28

Training Choir and IMM—Review 3 Country Dances, E Te Iwi E, Ah Si Mon Moine, The Fox

Week Apr. 1-4

Training Choir and IMM-- Solfege Tango, Ombra, Jazz Man, Jai Ho, E Te Iwi E

Week Apr. 8-11 NO REHEARSALS Spring Break

Week Apr. 15-21

Training Choir and IMM—prep for TOUR to Reinhardt College (Waleska) and Gainesville, GA. Staff needs: Paige, Brianne, Caroline, Meaghan, Bill. Millie unavailable to play. Final staffing dependent on enrollment

Week Apr. 22-27

Training Choir and IMM—Millie at Callanwolde, Paige at Temple Emanuel 4-24. Solfege Tango, Ombra, Jai Ho, 3 Country Dances, E Te Iwi E

Workbook session Apr 27 ALL Choirs—last at Emory Presbyterian. Bill/Paige, other staff welcome to volunteer. Auditions for new TCC/YC, includes Tour Choir auditions for “move-ups”.

Week Apr. 29-May 2

Training Choir and IMM-- Solfege Tango, Ombra, Jai Ho choreography, 3 Country Dances, E Te Iwi E, Ah Si Mon Moine with dance

Week May 6-9

Training Choir and IMM-- Solfege Tango, Ombra, Jai Ho choreography, 3 Country Dances, E Te Iwi E, Ah Si Mon Moine with dance, The Fox

Toast the Future May 8 or 9 (Wed or Thurs) SAVE the DATE

Key Fundraiser for AYS. Wine tasting and auction 5:30-ish-8:00 pm

YC small ensemble a cappella. Reprise 80’s and and preview Dance. As many staff as possible should make an appearance to talk up the program and schmooze donors. This is not a paid call for staff, but you won’t have to pay to attend either. Other arrangements will be made for rehearsal so that staff can attend.

Week May 13-19

Training Choir and IMM—Regular Tues, Wed, Thurs rehearsals. Run program from memory. Take up music. Evals.

Dress Rehearsal May 17 - Druid Hills UMC

• 6:30-8:00 Training Choir and IMM
• 6:30 riser placement and tech
• 7:00 joint rep: 3 Country dances, Te Iwi, Jai Ho
• 7:30 TR/IMM set

CONCERT May 18 - Druid Hills UMC

• 1:00 call for 3:00 pm concert
• 7:00 pm call for 8:00 pm concert 

May 19 -- Visit of Ulmer Spatzen Chor from Ulm, Germany

AYS cooperating with Druid Hills Presbyterian and Georgia Young Men’s Ensemble to present this choir and host them.

Performance Team of TCC/YC girls and Young Men’s Power Sing (YMPS) participants to sing on May 19 concert with German choir

YMPS boys:

3:00 pm rehearsal; 5:00 pm concert 

Week May 20-22

Training Choir and IMM—Final Auditions for TCC. ALL Training and IMM come Wednesday, May 22 to Callanwolde.

LOOKING AHEAD

Training Choir Tour Update

4-20            Depart 8:30 am from Callanwolde

10:30 workshop at Reinhardt College with Martha Shaw and student conductor

2:00 Dahlonega mine tour and panning for gold/gems, Bear on the Square Festival

Overnight in Dahlonega

4-21      Lunch and afternoon performance at Lanier Village Estate

Camp Update

Settled on June 28-July 5.

We will need a minimum teaching staff of 5—need to get availability from teaching staff.

Major Tours 2014—World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia July 9-19. Children’s Choir, SSAA, and Young Male choirs all happen in the first week. Folklore categoriy happens in the second week, but Scenic Folklore happens in first week. Pre-festival and post-festival touring is yet to be determined.

Fall Update 2012

Off and running this season! All of the groups are settled in, rosters set, music issued. In the Callanwolde and West groups, we've been through all of the music (except for Holiday) at least once. The pieces in yellow should be memorized already and the ones in orange should be learned before the end of October. 

Holiday music will be ready to be distributed the week of Oct 16, which will give us 7 weeks of preparation before the Holiday Recital.

International Dinner

Oct 14, 2012

TR/IMM feature set--Ayele, Lucky Little Cricket

w/TCC--Scorpio and Orion

Holiday Recital

Dec 8, 2012

S’Vivon                 3  = D (mel) C/B (1st counter mel) A (2nd counter mel)

Ocho Kandelikas       2  = A/B--C/D 

Hanerot Halalu      2 =  C/D--A/B

Ayele 

Come In!

On to Bethlehem Town

Cuckoo Carol

Infant Holy         3 = A  B/C  D

A New Year’s Toast/Hoppin’ John

Round of 3 Country Dances    3 =  D (Sing After...) C/B (Robin Hood)   A(Tom)

Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song

March, 2013

Hine Ma Tov: A Story of Two Brothers   2  = C/D--A/B

Victory Chorus from Brundibar – with book by Maurice Sendak

Devil and Bailiff McGlynn   divisi @ end

The Jazz Man – Britten

Children's Prayer from Hansel and Gretel   2 =  A/B--C/D 

The Fox   2 = C/D--A/B

Scorpio and Orion

Lucky Little Cricket      2 = A/B--C/D

Ombra Mai Fu 

A Time to Dance

May 11 or 18, 2013

ALL

3 Country Dances  3 = D (Sing After...) C/B (Robin Hood)   A(Tom)

Jai Ho 

E Te Iwi E    3 = A  B/C  D

TR/IMM

Ah Si Mon Moine

Lucky Little Cricket    2 =  A/B--C/D 

The Fox 2 = C/D--A/B

Tango from Solfege Suite  2 = C/D--A/B

Training-IMM Part assignments - Repertoire

PIECE	SOPRANO		ALTO
	1	2	1	2
Dove and Maple Tree	A/B		C/D
Hamisha Asar	D	C/B	A
Hussar	C/D		A/B
Little Birch Tree	A/B		C/D
*Ton The	C	D	A	B
Sesere Eeye	A	B/C	A
Wanderer	A	B	C	D
Sound the Trumpet	A/B		C/D

January Report

January started with some new choristers, so playing some get-t0-know-you games was in the line up for the first couple of weeks.

Concepts

Posture, breathing reinforced constantly. Feet 10 inches apart, shoulders back and down. Keeping the rhythm in the body was a big focus this month. Steady beat in the feet and hands, then subdivision practice to prepare for sections in Birch Tree and Hamisha Asar where 2 + 3 utilized. Audiation with do-la descending was a crucial step this month. Some choristers still singing Do-la and Do-sol descending the same. Explore idea of songcatching: context of songs tell stories about people and their lives. Songs create rallying points for groups of people, instruct children, etc.

Repertoire

Birch Tree--solfege, reinforcing minor scale and Do-la skip. Meaning of song. FAQ--what's a balalaika!? Notes and rhythms are solid. Moving ahead with shaping phrases on the breath, dynamics, diction.

Wanderer--rhythm/diction lesson. How do we know where to put the final consonant? Working from p. 6 to the end with "land" on whole note and "light" on half note. Strong rhythmic pulse reinforced to get the canon going and call/response on "wamara"

Hamisha Asar--put the beat in the hands and feet and listening to the melody. Worked with diction right away--what words do you recognize? what language? What's the story? First verse memorized. Starting 2nd verse pronunciation.

Dove and Maple--Analyzing from listening to AYS-North at Holiday recital. Other sections of choir learned quite a bit from not performing it in December. They basically had it memorized by the first rehearsal in January. Worked on security of starting pitches, form, diction. Started Czech language.

Sound the Trumpet--continued where we left off in December. Worked cross-voicing sections and melismas at end of piece.

Ton The--started with language (the piece is a tongue-twister after all) and all melody sections by rote. Taught alto part with solfege to reinforce the Sol-Mi-Sol-Do relationship.

Saman--1st movement section and 1st chant are underway. Several kids learned at camp and are helping move the process along.

MISC REP News:

West Choir has the most number of new students, so Brianne re-visited the pieces from the fall--Sally, Kitty, etc.

HOUSEKEEPING: music folders distributed to new students, new agendas for JAN-MAR to everyone.

Back-to-Rehearsal Update-- North and East

Caroline and Meaghan have had a really great first two rehearsals back! I know it's early, but we are really feeling like the remainder of this season's training performances have the potential to be really spectacular. The repertoire is already coming along so smoothly, and the tone of rehearsals has been set at a higher level from the start of last week's rehearsal. We have high hopes that the singers will continue to meet and exceed our expectations as Young Singers.

We've used solfege to teach most of Birch Tree, and even did it in two part canon on our first sing-through.

We were also able to use solfege to learn Ton The. First they learned the "catchy ending" of the melody, and the entire melody fell into place soon after. Last week we learned the harmony that starts on p. 9, and we heard no complaints, only beautiful high notes :)

Only one of our singers was at summer camp, so Hamisha is pretty new to most of them. So we started with the meter, then jumped right into the text, using the monotone treble I part in the last verse to practice. Then it was no problem for them to go back and put the same text with the melody.

We've learned the melody and some of the harmony to the Wanderer. Our biggest challenge on that one will be making those phrases musical!

We're working on rhythms with IMMs, and using the syncopation the Hussar to practice.

We are continuing work on Sound the Trumpet and Dove and the Maple Tree, of course. We have introduced the concept of Songcatching. We talked about Ton The and Birch Tree, showing the singers where they could look in the front of their octavos to find out information about the song and why it fits the theme of songcatching. They seem to grasp the concept of songcatching, but don't seem to have many ideas so far of what that means for them.

On an informal note... We ended rehearsal with a runthrough of Kitty Alone. They were basically shouting, and after stopping and re-starting one or two times, we continued on. They immediately changed into the most beautiful, pure tone, and I turned to Caroline and said "I could listen to this all day." So we are glad to be working with these singers, and looking forward to seeing where they go musically over the next 4 months or so.

November Report

Things are crashing right along for Callanwolde and West groups. I will have to say that our Wednesday group is the furthest along in terms of memorization of the program. However, as you know, we need to cut bait with these groups on Dove and the Maple Tree. New plan--feature AYS-N and East on Dove since they have it learned, and feature AYS-C and West on Sound the Trumpet. Along those same lines, we have also spent very little time on the Brahms Lullaby. First verse will be solo or small group, and second verse will be everyone. Sorry for over-programming! Doggone Polar Express...

Last week, we did a "No Paper" week just to see where we were with memorization. Wed and Thurs groups seemed to do OK, but Tuesday group seemed behind.

Our biggest trouble spots memorization-wise were:
Tomorrow Shall Be, Deck the Hall (words)
Sound the Trumpet and S'Vivon (melodic/harmonic material)
Fum Fum Fum (Only Tuesday had major difficulty) - Do verse 1, 2, and repeat v. 1. No verse 3 for the Recital

The new plan is below, same concert order as before:

Sound the Trumpet Henry Purcell AYS-C and W; sit after singing

Dove and the Maple Tree Antonin Dvorak AYS-N and E enter and perform in front of seated singers

Lullaby Johannes Brahms soloists come down front

Fum, Fum, Fum Spanish Traditional

Ocho Kandelikas arr. Joshua Jacobson

S’Vivon Betty Bertaux

Deck the Hall arr. Stephen J. Ortlip

Wassail Song from Folksongs of the Four Seasons Ralph Vaughan Williams

Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day John Gardner

Christmas Time is Here Vince Guaraldi