Warm-ups reinforce the PASTA rule: posture, air, shape, tone, articulation (thanks, Brianne!)
Continue teaching bist Du Bei Mir using solfege. Reinforce temporary leading tones Fi, Si (from Gavotte) and introduce Di. Altered tone Te for the flat 7th scale degree as well.
Wind and Amfalula Tree--check-up for each part. Working transitions is a big priority after each section proves they can sing their parts independently.
Triple Play--all singers in satellite locations will learn this song. Central kids will do "take me out to the ballgame" C material and boomwhackers.
Tues/Wed Central kids: film Schooldays!
Wed-N: 10-minute mini-concert for families
Housekeeping: Remind of schedule for March/April. Marking agendas, etc.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
FEB 16
Begin work on Bist Du Bei Mir this week. Teach via solfege hand signals for intonation. Keeping the voice free is very important in this piece, so a good pre-teaching on vocal production is essential.
Both parts together on Compere Guilleri
Carve out time for IMM Baseball feature
Review other Schooldays program pieces.
Both parts together on Compere Guilleri
Carve out time for IMM Baseball feature
Review other Schooldays program pieces.
JAN 5-FEB 9
Started rehearsals back after the holidays with a review of the Spring literature. Tasks included reviewing parts and adding in parts, both voice parts and sections of the repertoire omitted for the December performance.
In addition to repertoire review, several new students were added to the roster at the mid-year and auditions were closed as of FEB 6 to new students.
Schooldays recital program:
Schooldays--add movement for verse 2. All A/B1 singers form a row with B2/C singers directly behind them. As they make their "comments", they pop out from behind the A/B1 singers, first stepping out to the right--alternate R/L throughout the verse. If there is a second row of "comment" singers, they should pop out the opposite direction.
Wind and Amfalula Tree--A/B1 sing the alto part; B2/C sing the soprano. Callanwolde singers know both parts (PM error--sorry!)
Music Alone Shall Live--good shape; only needs a review a couple of weeks before the perofrmance
Gavotte--Added thrid section back in. Kids should be memorized on this piece. We've been working hard on getting all the endings straightened out.
Pythagorean Round--rhythm on the final section has been a problem, but is almost completely worked out now. All choirs should be OK singing in a round by now.
Compere Guilleri--part 2 solfeged and memorized.
Eli Eli--tone quality and phrasing are paramount, especially the 2nd phrase--keep the dynamic growing. experiment with louds and softs throughout.
In addition to repertoire review, several new students were added to the roster at the mid-year and auditions were closed as of FEB 6 to new students.
Schooldays recital program:
Schooldays--add movement for verse 2. All A/B1 singers form a row with B2/C singers directly behind them. As they make their "comments", they pop out from behind the A/B1 singers, first stepping out to the right--alternate R/L throughout the verse. If there is a second row of "comment" singers, they should pop out the opposite direction.
Wind and Amfalula Tree--A/B1 sing the alto part; B2/C sing the soprano. Callanwolde singers know both parts (PM error--sorry!)
Music Alone Shall Live--good shape; only needs a review a couple of weeks before the perofrmance
Gavotte--Added thrid section back in. Kids should be memorized on this piece. We've been working hard on getting all the endings straightened out.
Pythagorean Round--rhythm on the final section has been a problem, but is almost completely worked out now. All choirs should be OK singing in a round by now.
Compere Guilleri--part 2 solfeged and memorized.
Eli Eli--tone quality and phrasing are paramount, especially the 2nd phrase--keep the dynamic growing. experiment with louds and softs throughout.
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