Week of DEC 2

Recital Week!!
4:45 Dismiss IMMs with Brianne

Work part combinations 4:45-5:15
Tutira Mai--TR alone
Al Shlosha
Kalanta of the New Year
Oseh Shalom

Dismiss altos for Polar Express (20 minutes) Billy 5:20-5:40
Suo Gan
On to Bethlehem Town
Shepherd's Pipe

Dismiss Sopranos for Polar Express (20 minutes) Billy 5:40-6:00
Christmas Time is Here
Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day

Run all unison, no stopping! 6:00-6:15

Housekeeping: Polar Schedule. Take up practice sheets! Reminders for Saturday

Week of NOV 25

Run program from memory in order
Tutira Mai--TR alone
Al Shlosha
Kalanta of the New Year
Suo Gan
S'Vivon
On to Bethlehem Town
Shepherd's Pipe
Oseh Shalom
Christmas Time is Here
Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day

Excuse IMMs
Polar Express--run all cues

Housekeeping: Schedule for next week, Polar Schedule. Take up practice sheets!

Week of NOV 18

TR-E Please post update on progress ;-)
TR-C/N/W
Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day--expression
Shepherd's Pipe
Oseh Shalom
Al Shlosha
Kalanta of the New Year
Polar Express--run 1,2, 3 and 4 major cues

Housekeeping: Turn in Practice Sheets next week!

Week of NOV 11

TR-E
Please post update on progress ;-)

TR-C/N/W
Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day--memorize v.3
Suo Gan--Review Welsh so far + last line of language
Oseh Shalom
Shepherd's Pipe

IMM break-out
Kalanta of the New Year--do canon section involving IMMs + Brianne lesson

TR alone
Polar Express--sections 3 and 4; distribute CD; make sure everyone has complete worksheet to practice at home
Al Shlosha--memory on part
Kalanta of the New Year--assign Greek solos

Housekeeping: Singathon at greenforest. Collect acts. Need 10 for TR, have 1 so far. Pass out cards. remind about Light up Dunwoody (mostly TR-N)

Week of NOV 4

TR-E
Please post update on progress ;-)
TR-C/N/W
Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day--memorize v.1 and v. 2
Suo Gan--review solfege, 2 lines of language
Christmas Time is Here--sing through
S'Vivon--part work
IMM break-out
Kalanta of the New Year--do canon section involving IMMs + Brianne lesson
TR alone
Polar Express--sections 1 and 2
Tutira Mai--all language + movement
Kalanta of the New Year--part in section 2

Housekeeping: Announce Singathon at Greenforest; remind about Program ad sales; check with Singers about uniforms--everything fit? Anybody missing a piece?

Part divisions for TR music

Starting with most divisi to least amt. of divisi:

S'Vivon
Sop. 1 - TRC (Tues) Sop. 2 - TREast + TRWest Alto 1 - TRNorth Alto 2 - TRC (Wed)

Kalanta
All IMMs - S2
TRC (Tues) - Alto
TREast - Alto
TRNorth - S2
TRC (Wed) - S1
TRWest - S2

2-part pieces Tutira Mai and Al Shlosha
TRC (Tues) - Alto
TREast - Alto
TRNorth - Sop
TRC (Wed) - Sop
TRWest - Alto

Oseh Shalom
All IMMs on Alto
TRC (Tues) - Sop
TREast - Sop
TRNorth - Alto
TRC (Wed) - Alto
TRWest - Sop

Week of OCT 28

TR--all sections
Oseh Shalom--review Hebrew (alto line) with tall vowels. Teach English part using arpeggios in solfege
S'Vivon--Teach on solfege using parallel minor on attached worksheet
Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day--memorize v. 1
On to Bethlehem Town (TR-tues only)

TR alone:
Al Shlosha--review
Tutira Mai -- TR-C (Wed)
Polar Express--all TUES singers on soprano, WED and THURS on alto

IMM:

Housekeeping: Remind about Singathon! Collect any registration materials, uniforms.

Week of OCT 20

TR-E
Please Post or comment

TR
Review On to Bethlehem Town diction
Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day--listening to the vocal line. Underline stressed syllables or words. Predictable or not? Line seems to surprise--intervals and accents.
Suo Gan--teach with solfege, 1 line of language
Christmas Time is Here--sing through. Most know it already. Focus on dotted half note held full value
Kalanta of the New Year--IMMs learn bottom of p.5 to the end
Review movement of Tutira Mai (North/West) add first 2 lines of language

IMM: please post or comment

Housekeeping: Distribute any remaining folders or uniforms. Some North have used uniforms to try on. Distribute and explain Sing-a-thon materials and program ad materials. Collect North registration and checks.

Week of OCT 14

TR-E
Had substitute. Please comment or edit post.
TR-C/TR-W/TR-N
Vowel and diction study. Tall vowels, especially [A] when it's spelled a different way (e.g Town, Down, Mild, Child, etc.)
On to Bethlehem Town
Oseh Shalom--tall vowels in Hebrew. Singers should notice that the two pieces are in the same key and share the same mood.
Shepherd's Pipe Carol--memorize verse 2
Tutira Mai (Tues/Thurs)
Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day (Wed)
IMM--solfege review and games, 59th Street Canon

Housekeeping: Distribute holiday folders, distribute uniforms

Week of OCT 6

TR-C, TR-W
Performance review and riser placement. Sing Shake the Papaya Down.
Shepherd's Pipe Carol--memory on v. 1
59th St. canon--memory on round
Million Clouds Away--verses

Intro Tutira Mai
Review Ombra Mai Fu

TR-E
TR-N
Shake the Papaya Down, Al Shlosha, Siyahamba, Pupu Hinuhinu

Week of SEPT 30

TR-E has a sub this week (Rebecca Blouin). Name game, breathing exercises (kept it a game, balloon imagery), stretching, blend vowel, lip fluttering, lion's face, staccatto/legato, vocal production basics. Pupu Hinuhinu--expression and gesture. Shake the Papaya--did part 1/part 2 divisi.
TR-C and TR-W

Frog Song as a warm up

Run Papaya for form and memory. Know who's singing what. They should have A,B, or C written above title on their music.

Run Pupu Hinuhinu

SASA

TR alone--

Start Ombra Mai Fu. Teach with solfege. Tone and intonation are the big teaching challeges in the piece. Drill Italian vowels

Alto part on Hey Diddle Diddle

Second melody of Al Shlosha --"al ha' emet"

TR-north

First rehearsal! Read-through of folder with assistance of experienced singers. Scale and arpeggio routines.

Week of SEPT 23

TR only
Hey Diddle Diddle--Part I all the way through on text. Focus on initial consonants "h", "d", "F" and "c"
Shepherd's Pipe Carol--run through with text. At F, teach descant.

Wednesday singers also did 1st verse of Oye
IMM

ALL
Rehearse parts for Shake the Papaya Down (International Dinner)
Part assignments
TR-East Assign about 2/3 of the kids to the "A" part (Mama says no play...) and 1/3 to "B" (Shake them down...)
TR-Callan-TUES Assign about 2/3 of the kids to "A" and 1/3 to "B"
Tr-Callan-WED Assign about 1/2 to "B" and 1/2 to "C"
TR-West Assign 1/3 to "B" and 2/3 to "C"

A=23 B=27 C=22

Start 59th Street Canon

Run Siyahamba

Wednesday singers also did Tallis Canon

Week of SEPT 15

TR-Callanwolde and West
Kompira Fune Fune-memory
Shepherd's Pipe Carol-text
Shake the Papaya Down-parts
Pupu Hinuhinu-text and movement together, whole song
Siyahamba--No IMM--part work
Al Shlosha--No IMM--B melody, m. 21
TR-East
From PM
Solfege “name-that-tune”
Tallis Canon in solfege
Frog song in solfege and Japanese
Siyahamba in all three parts (Cierra led S, Jaylen and Chantz led S2, and I sang alto with 2 newly auditioned kids)
Pupu Hinuhinu.

rehearsals--week of AUG 26-28

This week we did ...
Solfege drills and simple name that tune

Name game song
Got to almost everyone each day. Last year's kids introduced themselves, new kids needded staff to introduce.

Tallis Canon
Solfege hand signals. No canon yet

Frog Song
Solfege hand signals

Million Clouds Away
Into to chorus. Rote.

Siyahamba
Unison for TR/IMM work

TR break out--Siyahamba, stamp on beat one and clap on beat two. Part work using student leaders
then Shake the Papaya Down