Training and IMM progress report

TR/IMM Progress to date

ALL TR/IMM singers should:

1. Have a good handle on at least one voice part of the pieces marked with an asterisk.
2. Have been introduced to S2 or alto parts.
3. Have A, B, or C assignment according to birth month
4. Be producing unified pure vowel sounds during warm-ups and consistently moving towards unified vowels in the repertoire
5. Have a working knowledge of Curwen hand signals and use them at many points during the rehearsal
6. Be able to count-sing 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures and execute half-note, quarter-note, eighth-note values and their corresponding rests in a measure
7. Understand basic articulations stacatto and legato
8. Have an introduction to the idea of parallel harmony
9. Know the names of the other singers in the rehearsal group

Repertoire Specifics--
*Alphabet Song

• Working the high registers so they are not pinched. Contrast in articulation.

*Alunda Song

• Counting, parallel harmony, story in the song, Major and minor changes

Baidin Fheilimi

*Bist du bei Mir

• learning about voiced and unvoiced consonants, melody on solfeggio (TR), counting

*Little David

• Articulation, rhythmic accuracy (Halleluia on the beat or syncopated), 3-pt harmony at end, parallel harmony
• Kids know from memory

*Pupu Hinuhinu

• Pure vowels, descending m3, movements on the beat

Stabat Mater
*Inflammatus

• Solfege pattern drills, A E I O U latin vowel drills to decipher text, counting

Amen
*Tree Toad and Lone Dog

• Diction--alliteration, musical articulation, storyline
• Tree Toad memorized

*When You've got an Elephant

• Counting, counting, counting, introduction of extra parts with Part 1, articulate aspirate consonant sounds

*By ear--Singabahambayo

• language and movement