Concert Choir Friday, 9/30/16

SHARE DAY TODAY! We sang Danny Boy :)

No Homework, Sightsinging, or Theory

Announcements:

Don’t forget the optional Musical Audition Workshop is Oct 13th A & B Lunch in the auditorium.  The directors highly encourage you to come.

If you would like to audition for the 9-10 Select Choir at Wingate University. Please write your essay by Oct. 14th and come to the chorus room at lunch.  Be prepared to record your audition on Oct. 14th.  See the website for more details.

If you would like to purchase a 2016-2017 Chorus T-shirt, turn in your money and order form by YESTERDAY, Sept 29th. (If you forgot, bring it on Monday) 

If you would like to purchase Lowes Food Gift Cards please turn in the money by YESTERDAY the order form.  The order form can be found online under Boosters- Fundraisers-Lowes Food. (If you forgot, bring it in Monday)

If you plan to pay for your fairshare instead of fundraising it, please turn in the money today. If you forgot it, please bring it MONDAY. You can pay $25 for one semester, or go ahead and pay for both semesters ($50).

Have a great weekend!!!

9/29/16 BEG Choir

Announcements

Don’t forget the optional Musical Audition Workshop is Oct 13th A & B Lunch in the auditorium.  The directors highly encourage you to come.

 If you would like to audition for the 9-10 Select Choir at Wingate University. Please write your essay by Oct. 14th and come to the chorus room at lunch.  Be prepared to record your audition on Oct. 14th.  See the website for more details.

If you would like to purchase a 2016-2017 Chorus T-shirt, turn in your money and order form by TODAY, Sept 29th.  

If you would like to purchase Lowes Food Gift Cards please turn in the money by TODAYwith the order form.  The order form can be found online under Boosters- Fundraisers-Lowes Food.

Rehearsal: 

"Let the Praise"

TOMORROW IS A SHARE DAY BE PREPARED TO SING "LET THE PRAISE" AND "DOMA NOBIS" ON RISERS

Concert Choir, Thursday 9/29/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:

Danny Boy- Pages 2-4 whole song

-We got into circles with our voice parts and worked on pitches

-Repeated measure 11-16 eight times on second verse 

-Altos don't resolve your chord in measure 12

-Pay attention to dynamics make sure it sounds smooth

-We are performing this song tomorrow for share day!

Festival Sanctus- Pages 5-7 measures 34-43

-Make sure 'Sanctus' is tall it's not 'songtooos' (we don't want to sound like the old people)

-Measure 40 pronnounciations: 

Plenisunt = Plenny suit (soft 'eh' in Pleni)

Coeli = Cheli (like Chili but with an 'eh')

Gloria = Glahdia (or flip your 'r' if you can)

-Altos & Sopranos remember to go up in measure 43!! It's not like measure 41

My Bonny Lass- Pages 3-4 measures 14-27

-Time signature changes from 4/4 to 3/4 in measure 18

-'Smile' in measure 14 should be pronounced 'smahl'

-'Dear' in measure 15 should be pronounced 'deah'

-Measures 14-16 are mezzo forte but it gets piano on measure 17

-Altos don't forget quarter rest on the top of page 4!!

-Falala's should be light and bouncy and forte

Remember to demonstrate good rehearsal skills everyday! Our class has been a bit chatty lately and it needs to stop because it takes away from our rehearsal time and it's distracting to everyone. So unless Mrs. Patchett or Ms. McGrath tells you to do so... don't talk!! We'll be much more productive :)

No Music Theory

No Sight Singing

Announcements:

Don’t forget the optional Musical Audition Workshop is Oct 13th A & B Lunch in the auditorium.  The directors highly encourage you to come.

If you would like to audition for the 9-10 Select Choir at Wingate University. Please write your essay by Oct. 14th and come to the chorus room at lunch.  Be prepared to record your audition on Oct. 14th.  See the website for more details.

If you would like to purchase a 2016-2017 Chorus T-shirt, turn in your money and order form by TODAY, Sept 29th.  

If you would like to purchase Lowes Food Gift Cards please turn in the money by TODAYwith the order form.  The order form can be found online under Boosters- Fundraisers-Lowes Food.

If you plan to pay for your fairshare instead of fundraising it, please turn in the money today. If you forgot it, please bring it tomorrow. You can pay $25 for one semester, or go ahead and pay for both semesters ($50).

CV- 9/29/16

Announcements:

Don’t forget the optional Musical Audition Workshop is Oct 13th A & B Lunch in the auditorium.  The directors highly encourage you to come.

T-shirt money was due TODAY. If you did not turn that in, please do so before school tomorrow morning. 

Fairshare was due TODAY. Talk to Mrs. Patchett if you have any concerns.

If you have not turned in Nashville Forms, SACF forms, driving forms, or Honors Chorus forms, please turn those in ASAP!!!

MANDATORY Tri-M Meeting on Monday B lunch for all members!

Rehearsal:

In Remembrance
-Keep tall vowels throughout

-Consonants are important

-Watch Mrs. Patchett and read the music for dynamics

Animal Crackers
-Worked on matching vowels - Listen louder than you sing!

-Make sure you know all of your notes

We will be performing In Remembrance and Animal Crackers for "share day" tomorrow during class

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework: learn the rest of Awake the Harp by Monday :)

9-28-16 Begginers choir

Announcements

Don’t forget the optional Musical Audition Workshop is Oct 13th A & B Lunch in the auditorium.  The directors highly encourage you to come.

 If you would like to audition for the 9-10 Select Choir at Wingate University. Please write your essay by Oct. 14th and come to the chorus room at lunch.  Be prepared to record your audition on Oct. 14th.  See the website for more details.

If you would like to purchase a 2016-2017 Chorus T-shirt, turn in your money and order form by TOMORROW, Sept 29th.
If you would like to purchase Lowes Food Gift Cards please turn in the money by TOMORROW with the order form.  The order form can be found online under Boosters- Fundraisers-Lowes Food.

Rehersal:
"Let the Praise"
NEW SONG!!
Dona Nobis

NO HOMEWORK :)

Concert Choir, Wednesday 9/28/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
My Bonny Lass- Pages 3&4 measures 14-23
     Remember the repeat from page 4 back to 3
     Accent the notes that are accented! 
     Tall vowels on 'smileth'
     Keep light and bouncy feel
     New Falala's, learn pitches!
     Altos don't forget your quarter rest on the top of page 4 after "more"
Prayer of the Children- Pages 5&6 measures 26-33
     Close 'm' around the 'o' on "dohm"
     Breathe after dohm but not before lah dah dah
     Time signature change on the top of page 6
     Reviewed whole song
Danny Boy- Page 4 measures 10-16
     Went over Alto, soprano 2, and soprano 1 pitches
     Altos don't resolve the chord in measure 12 stay on the E flat
     Don't breathe when you aren't supposed to 
     Reviewed whole song :)
Festival Sanctus (new song)- Pages 1-3
     Learned pitches 
     Use tall vowels and don't chew letters.. we don't want to sound like the old people!!

No Homework

No Music Theory

No SightSinging

Announcements:
All-  Student mattress referral money will be here Friday.  On Wednesday Mrs. Patchett will let you know if you actually got a referral and will ask if you want a cool athletic jacket or the $25 cash for your first referral.

All- Don’t forget the optional Musical Audition Workshop is Oct 13th A & B Lunch in the auditorium.  The directors highly encourage you to come.

Beginning & Concert - If you would like to audition for the 9-10 Select Choir at Wingate University. Please write your essay by Oct. 14th and come to the chorus room at lunch.  Be prepared to record your audition on Oct. 14th.  See the website for more details.

All- If you would like to purchase a 2016-2017 Chorus T-shirt, turn in your money and order form by TOMORROW Sept 29th.  

All - If you would like to purchase Lowes Food Gift Cards please turn in the money by Sept 29 with the order form.  The order form can be found online under Boosters- Fundraisers-Lowes Food.

Concert Choir & CV - If you plan to pay for your fairshare instead of fundraising it, please turn in the money this Thursday Set 29th.  You can pay $25 for one semester, or go ahead and pay for both semesters ($50).

CV- 9/28/16

Announcements:

Don’t forget the optional Musical Audition Workshop is Oct 13th A & B Lunch in the auditorium.  The directors highly encourage you to come.

If you would like to purchase a 2016-2017 Chorus T-shirt, turn in your money and order form by TOMORROW, Sept 29th.  

[CV - Mrs. Patchett would love it if you could please all purchase a shirt this year so we can match at performances like the middle school performances and others.See Mrs. Patchett if you have a concern about this.]

If you would like to purchase Lowes Food Gift Cards please turn in the money by TOMORROW with the order form.  The order form can be found online under Boosters- Fundraisers-Lowes Food.

Concert Choir & CV - If you plan to pay for your fairshare instead of fundraising it, please turn in the money this Thursday Set 29th.  You can pay $25 for one semester, or go ahead and pay for both semesters ($50).

CV -  Two weeks ago Mrs. Patchett asked you to fill out a form if you had dietary needs for the Southern Area Choral Festival Lunch.  If you haven't filled this out or talked to Mrs. Patchett, go talk to her about it.

CV - Mrs. Patchett need both Nashville Forms.  

CV -  Mrs. Patchett still needs your blue field trip forms & driving SACF FORMS!!

Mrs. Patchett needs just your driving forms

CV -Mrs. Patchett still needs your Honors Chorus Field Trip Forms

Rehearsal:

In Remembrance
-we stood in one big circle around the room with our voiceparts and reviewed the piece, focusing on tuning and dynamics.
-measure 8-14ish, the tempo speeds up, then backs off
-measure 30, pronounce "rain" as "rehn"
-measure 24, pronounce "I" as "ah/awe"
-only a little "t" at measures 50 to 51 right before the "d" of die. 

Awake the Harp
-we fixed the white copy of the music
---measure 6, the rhythm is "ta di", and its a F# to D, for altos its A to F#
---measure 23, "clothed" is an eighth note and an eighth rest for tenors
---measure 27, its a half note on the rest for sopranos
---for measures 31, 32, 35, 46, and 59, there's an eighth note and eighth rest on "dress"
-breath mark in measure 50 after the word "lord"

Animal Crackers
-worked on the half-time for "the Canary"
-worked on dynamics for "the Eel"

NEW SONG! Nginani na
-went over 'ta-ki-da' rhythm of section A
Pronunciation:
Ngi=Dee
Ya=Yah
Gu=Goo (hard g sound)
La=Lah
Ngi=Gee (hard g sound)
Na=Naw
Ni=Knee
Na=Naw

Chindia
-worked on the clashy mess that is measures 112-115
-reviewed measures 1-63

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework: learn the rest of Awake the Harp by Monday :)

CV- 9/27/16

Announcements:

Student mattress referral money will be here Friday.  On Wednesday Mrs. Patchett will let you know if you actually got a referral and will ask if you want a cool athletic jacket or the $25 cash for your first referral.

Don’t forget the optional Musical Audition Workshop is Oct 13th A & B Lunch in the auditorium.  The directors highly encourage you to come.

If you would like to purchase a 2016-2017 Chorus T-shirt, turn in your money and order form by THIS THURSDAY Sept 29th.  

[CV - Mrs. Patchett would love it if you could please all purchase a shirt this year so we can match at performances like the middle school performances and others.See Mrs. Patchett if you have a concern about this.]

If you would like to purchase Lowes Food Gift Cards please turn in the money by Sept 29 with the order form.  The order form can be found online under Boosters- Fundraisers-Lowes Food.

Concert Choir & CV - If you plan to pay for your fairshare instead of fundraising it, please turn in the money this Thursday Set 29th.  You can pay $25 for one semester, or go ahead and pay for both semesters ($50).

Mrs. Patchett need both Nashville Forms.  Payton Prince, please turn in the Yellow Wake County Nashville Form.

 Mrs. Patchett still needs your blue field trip forms & driving SACF FORMS!!

Mrs. Patchett needs just your driving forms

CV - Mrs. Patchett still needs your Honors Chorus Field Trip Forms

There's a Tri-M meeting October 3rd b lunch.

Oct 6th, this class is three and a half hours. We will be working the entire time. Goal- learn a lot of the winter concert music. PLZ COME TO SCHOOL OR YOU WILL BE LOST.

Rehearsal:

Awake the Harp
-we were originally threatened with potentially having to sing in octets for a grade measure 34-46. But we know our music relatively well so we didn't have to do it :)

Chindia
-crescendo measures 1 to 4
-pay close attention to dynamics
-reviewed whole song

Animal Crackers
- "the kangaroo" learned the rest of the piece (the boomerang part)

In Remembrance
-worked on dynamics (intensity even at pianissimo)
-in measure 42, put the "T" on the and of beat three

Let the River Run
-worked on the transition from measure 11 to measure 12

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework: know measures 1 through 52 for Awake the Harp by Wednesday.

9-27-16 Beginners Choir

announcements
 Student mattress referral money will be here Friday.  On Wednesday Mrs. Patchett will let you know if you actually got a referral and will ask if you want a cool athletic jacket or the $25 cash for your first referral. 

Don’t forget the optional Musical Audition Workshop is Oct 13th A & B Lunch in the auditorium.  The directors highly encourage you to come.

If you would like to audition for the 9-10 Select Choir at Wingate University. Please write your essay by Oct. 14th and come to the chorus room at lunch.  Be prepared to record your audition on Oct. 14th.  See the website for more details. If you would like to purchase a 2016-2017 Chorus T-shirt, turn in your money and order form by THIS THURSDAY Sept 29th.  

Rehearsal: 

"Music Speaks"

"Let the praise go 'round"

Concert Choir Tuesday, 9/27/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
I'm Gonna Sing 'Til The Spirit Moves In My Heart- Pages 7&8 measures 35-43
     Tenors use head voice/ falsetto for "moooooving"
     Basses worked on when to come in with their "Can't you feel it movin"
     Don't put a "till he comes" on the end of measure 35... it's not like the beginning
     Keep tall vowels and strong consonents
My Bonny Lass- Pages 3&4 measures 14-23
     Men went into the cafeteria with Ms. McGrath women stayed with Mrs. Patchett
     Accent the notes that are accented!
     Keep light and bouncy feel
     New Falala's, learn pitches!
     Altos don't forget your quarter rest on the top of page 4 after "more"
Prayer of the Children- Pages 5&6 measures 26-33
     Close 'm' around the 'o' on "dohm"
     Breathe after dohm but not before lah dah dah
     Time signature change on the top of page 6
Danny Boy- Page 4 measures 10-16
     Went over Alto, soprano 2, and soprano 1 pitches
     Altos don't resolve the chord in measure 12 stay on the E flat
     Don't breathe when you aren't supposed to

No Homework

No Music Theory

No SightSinging

Announcements:
All-  Student mattress referral money will be here Friday.  On Wednesday Mrs. Patchett will let you know if you actually got a referral and will ask if you want a cool athletic jacket or the $25 cash for your first referral.

All- Don’t forget the optional Musical Audition Workshop is Oct 13th A & B Lunch in the auditorium.  The directors highly encourage you to come.

Beginning & Concert - If you would like to audition for the 9-10 Select Choir at Wingate University. Please write your essay by Oct. 14th and come to the chorus room at lunch.  Be prepared to record your audition on Oct. 14th.  See the website for more details.

All- If you would like to purchase a 2016-2017 Chorus T-shirt, turn in your money and order form by THIS THURSDAY Sept 29th.  

All - If you would like to purchase Lowes Food Gift Cards please turn in the money by Sept 29 with the order form.  The order form can be found online under Boosters- Fundraisers-Lowes Food.

Concert Choir & CV - If you plan to pay for your fairshare instead of fundraising it, please turn in the money this Thursday Set 29th.  You can pay $25 for one semester, or go ahead and pay for both semesters ($50).

Concert Choir, Monday 9/26/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
My Bonnie Lass- Pages 2 and 3 measures 1-13
     Staccato on Falala's
     Light and bouncy feel
     Remember the repeat
Prayer of the Children- Pages 5 and 6 measures 22-37
     Take the 't' off of but in measure 22
     Measure 23 "lead away" is a 16th note!! The rhythm changes
     Grow with intensity on measure 26 through the end of the 'wohs'
     In measure 32, sopranos AND ALTOS sing, its unison until the split
     Sforzato in measure 36
Danny Boy- Whole song
     Went over pitches and tweaked a couple of notes for certain parts
I'm Gonna Sing 'Til the Spirit Moves in My Heart- Pages 2 through 4
     16th rests in some measures
     Measure 11 basses stay on the same note on "Jesus"
     Accent in marked notes
     Basses be strong on measure 19... you have melody!

No Homework

No Music Theory

No Sightsinging 

Announcements:
All-  Thanks to all who helped with the Mattress Sale. Student mattress referral money will be here Friday.  Tomorrow Mrs. Patchett will let you know if you actually got a referral and will ask if you want a cool athletic jacket or the $25 cash for your first referral.

All- If you would like to purchase a 2016-2017 Chorus T-shirt, turn in your money and order form by THIS THURSDAY Sept 29th.  AGAIN (read again) Chorus T-shirt order forms and money are due by THIS THURSDAY Sept 29th. 

All - If you would like to purchase Lowes Food Gift Cards please turn in the money by Sept 29 with the order form.  The order form can be found online under Boosters- Fundraisers-Lowes Food.
All - Honors Chorus Students - Make sure you have signed up for an audition time for Lunch Monday or Thursday!  All Honors Chorus students need to plan to stay for all Lunch Thursday but not necessarily all lunch Monday

Concert Choir & CV - If you plan to pay for your fairshare instead of fundraising it, please turn in the money this Thursday Set 29th.  You can pay $25 for one semester, or go ahead and pay for both semesters ($50).

Concert Choir, Friday 9/23/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
Danny Boy- Pages 1-4 (whole song)
     Crescendo on 'Boy' in measure 1
     Hairpin (or gang sign) crescendo and decrescendo in measure 2 on calling
     Altos make sure you're loud especially when resolving chords like on measure 4
     Tall vowels and don't be overpowering... the song is a lullaby type volume and tone
My Bonny Lass- Pages 2-3 measures 1-13
     Tone is light and bouncy! Don't sound sad and tired :(
     Try to be more staccato sounding on the falalas and don't drag it out
     Pay attention to dynamics
     Tall vowels especially on "smileth"
Prayer of the Children- Pages 5-6 measures 26-32
     Close to mmm sound on dohm each time
     Utilize energetic intensity through measure 29
     Basses BE LOUD!
     All voice parts be confident on your pitches
I'm Gonna Sing 'Til The Spirit Moves In My Heart- Pages 1-3 measures 1-20
     Tenors practice measures 1-10 using head voice... think high!
     Timing for this song can be tricky so work on your voice part
     Accent notes with the accent marks
     Don't forget the 16th rest!!!

No Homework

No Theory

No Sight Singing

Announcements:

The mattress sale is THIS SATURDAY! THAT IS TOMORROW!!! Ask everyone you know if they need a mattress then if they do, tell them to come to our Mattress Sale tomorrow from 10-5 pm.
Take a picture of the flyer and text it to adults in your contacts in your phone. 

If you have people you know that are coming - make sure you remind them today that the sale is tomorrow and they need to come!

If you would like to help at the Mattress sale, please go to this sign-up link: 

http://tinyurl.com/studentmattress16 to sign up. We do not need as many students as last year. If you sign-up please show up for your assigned time, but we do not need you to come and stay all day, especially if you have not signed up.  We still have slots open in the morning for set-up and all the slots are open for clean-up.  PLEASE sign up if you can help.  You can receive service hours!

T-shirt orders are due by Thursday Sept 29th. Turn all money into the grey box. 

Honors Chorus Rehearsal is Friday this week.
Honors Chorus  Students - Sasha, Maggie,  Payton, Sarah R? Do you have your field trip form?

MEN - your field trip forms for Male Choral Invitational was due yesterday - anyone else have their form? Is anyone else planning to go and has not turned in their form?

Don’t forget - There is an optional Musical Workshop Oct 13th A Lunch.  It might run into B lunch. 

Students who want to audition for 9-10 Select Choir at Wingate - Essays are due Oct 14th.  You need to be prepared to record your audition on Oct. 14th also.  See the Chorus Website for more information.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND :)

CV- 9/22/16

Announcements:

The mattress sale is THIS SATURDAY! Ask everyone you know if they need a mattress then if they do, tell them to come to our Mattress Sale on Saturday from 10-5 pm.

If you would like to help at the Mattress sale, please go to this sign-up link:

http://tinyurl.com/studentmattress16 to sign up. We do not need as many students as last year. If you sign-up please show up for your assigned time, but we do not need you to come and stay all day, especially if you have not signed up.  

Butterbraid orders and money were due Tuesday! If you have them - today please take it out after announcements.

T-shirt orders are due by Thursday Sept 29th. Turn all money into the grey box.

Honors Chorus Rehearsal is Thursday and Friday this week.

Honors Chorus  Students - Does anyone have their field trip form to turn in?

MEN - your field trip forms for Male Choral Invitational are due Today!

Don’t forget - There is an optional Musical Workshop Oct 13th A Lunch.  It might run into B lunch also.

Students who want to audition for 9-10 Select Choir at Wingate - Essays are due Oct 14th.  You need to be prepared to record your audition on Oct. 14th also.  See the Chorus Website for more information.

Turn in your HW FROM the first week!

Concert & CV - If you plan to pay for fairshare instead of fundraising it, please pay it by Sept 29th.  You can write a check for 1 semester ($25) or both semesters ($50)

CV - Field Trip forms for Southern area choral festival (BLUE FORM) was due MONDAY. Does anyone have field trip forms to turn in?  ----!!!!! (Mrs. Patchett reads names)

Make sure you turn in the Driving form too!!!! - Mrs. P has more of these

    When are the Nashville forms due? (Answer: TODAY!!!)

Rehearsal:

I'm Remembrance:
-took a video of a full run of the piece go show where we started (so we can show growth in the future)

Animal Crackers
-"The Eel" we learned measures 8-11
-"The Kangaroo" we learned measures 1-6 (altos- in measure 4 remember the B isn't flatted)

Awake the Harp
-we stood on our chairs and ran the piece through the homework section as Mrs. Patchett and Ms. McGrath walked through and made sure we actually did our homework :)

Chindia
-ran the whole piece, worked on measures 112-115 (the super clashy alto part)

Let the River Run
-Ran the whole piece through

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework: turn in Nashville forms and $100 deposit

9-22-16 Beginners Choir

Announcements

The mattress sale is THIS SATURDAY! Ask everyone you know if they need a mattress then if they do, tell them to come to our Mattress Sale on Saturday from 10-5 pm. 

If you would like to help at the Mattress sale, please go to this sign-up link: 

http://tinyurl.com/studentmattress16 to sign up. We do not need as many students as last year. If you sign-up please show up for your assigned time, but we do not need you to come and stay all day, especially if you have not signed up.  

Butterbraid orders and money were due Tuesday! 

T-shirt orders are due by Thursday Sept 29th. Turn all money into the grey box. 

Honors Chorus Rehearsal is Thursday and Friday this week. 

field trip forms for Male Choral Invitational are due Today!

Don’t forget - There is an optional Musical Workshop Oct 13th A Lunch.  It might run into B lunch also.

Students who want to audition for 9-10 Select Choir at Wingate - Essays are due Oct 14th.  You need to be prepared to record your audition on Oct. 14th also.  See the Chorus Website for more information.

Rehearsal 

"Let the Praise go 'Round"

"Music Speaks"

NO HOMEWORK 

Concert Choir, Thursday 9/22/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
My Bonny Lass- Pages 2 and 3 measures 1-13
     We listened to YouTube people sing it and compared ours with theirs
     Remember Tone!!! The song is supposed to be light and bouncy
     Tall vowels throughout the song
     Blending listen louder than you sing
Prayer of the Children- Page 5 measures 26-29
     Work on timing during 'Woh's
     Close the 'm' when you say dohm
     Keep an eye on dynamics and don't breathe where you aren't supposed to
I'm Gonna Sing 'Til The Spirit Moves In My Heart (new song)- page 1 measures 1-10
     Learned pitches
     Tenors pay attention to dynamics not too overpowering
     Measure 13 say "Jesus-ah"

No Music Theory

No Homework 

No Sight Singing

Announcements:

The mattress sale is THIS SATURDAY! Ask everyone you know if they need a mattress then if they do, tell them to come to our Mattress Sale on Saturday from 10-5 pm. 

If you would like to help at the Mattress sale, please go to this sign-up link: 

http://tinyurl.com/studentmattress16 to sign up. We do not need as many students as last year. If you sign-up please show up for your assigned time, but we do not need you to come and stay all day, especially if you have not signed up.

Butterbraid orders and money were due Tuesday! If you have them - today please take it out after announcements. 

T-shirt orders are due by Thursday Sept 29th. Turn all money into the grey box. 

Honors Chorus Rehearsal is Thursday and Friday this week.
Honors Chorus  Students - Does anyone have their field trip form to turn in? 

MEN - your field trip forms for Male Choral Invitational are due Today!

Don’t forget - There is an optional Musical Workshop Oct 13th A Lunch.  It might run into B lunch also.

Students who want to audition for 9-10 Select Choir at Wingate - Essays are due Oct 14th.  You need to be prepared to record your audition on Oct. 14th also.  See the Chorus Website for more information.

CV- 9/21/16

Announcements:

T-Shirt order forms are due Sept. 29th, along with fair share.

I have no other announcements because I didn't get any if they were shared with me on Google drive?? Not really sure what happened there😅

Rehearsal:

Animal Crackers
-worked on "the Canary" measures 1 through 4 and 19 through 23
-also worked on "the Eel" measures 1 through 7 (basses take out the rest in measure 2)

Broke into sectionals

Interims went out today

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework:

Awake the Harp due dates:
-Thursday, 9/22/16 (measures 34-40)
-Monday, 9/26/16 (measures 41-46)
-Wednesday, 9/28/16 (measures 47-51)
-Monday, 10/3/16 (measures 52-end)
Practice tracks are in the group me and on YouTube.
If you were in a quartet, you should be able to hold your part.

9-21-16 Beginners Choir

Announcements

The mattress sale is THIS SATURDAY! Ask everyone you know if they need a mattress then if they do, tell them to come to our Mattress Sale on Saturday from 10-5 pm. 

If you would like to help at the Mattress sale, please go to this sign-up link: 

http://tinyurl.com/studentmattress16 to sign up. We do not need as many students as last year. If you sign-up please show up for your assigned time, but we do not need you to come and stay all day, especially if you have not signed up. 

Butterbraid orders and money were due Yesterday! If you have them - today please take it out after announcements. 

The Chorus Room and arts hallway are Closed at Lunch Today (Wednesday)

Honors Chorus Rehearsal is Thursday and Friday this week. 

MEN - your field trip forms for Male Choral Invitational are due TOMORROW!

Don’t forget - There is an optional Musical Workshop Oct 13th A Lunch.  It might run into B lunch also.

Students who want to audition for 9-10 Select Choir at Wingate - Essays are due Oct 14th.  You need to be prepared to record your audition on Oct. 14th also.  See the Chorus Website for more information.

Rehearsal:

"Let the Praise go round"

"Music Speaks"

NO HOMEWORK 

Concert Choir, Wednesday 9/21/16

Rehearsal Notes And Assignments:

My Bonny Lass- Pages 2 and 3 measures 1-13

     Worked on pitches and timing

     Soprano 1's practice where you come in on the falalas measure 6

     Remember to get off the 'F' in Falalas because it sounds bad to sing "ffffffaaa" it should be "faaa"

     Keep it light and full of energy 

     Don't forget to mark in your music if your voice part switches lines so you aren't confused 

Danny Boy- Page 4 measures 10-16 (finished song)

     Soprano 2's measure 13 practice the D flat... you will want to sing a D natural but it's flat!!

     Don't resolve on measure 12

     Altos split into 2 parts remember some notes are unison

     Breathe where there are breath marks noted or else you will be out of air

     Remember the song is to be sung 'tenderly' so make sure you sound tender and nice :)

Prayer of the Children- Page 5 measures 26-28

     We did Ta di's on the 'woh lah dah dah dohm' for our voice part

     (Practice rhythm at home)

No Homework

No Music Theory

No Sight Singing

Announcements:

The mattress sale is THIS SATURDAY! Ask everyone you know if they need a mattress then if they do, tell them to come to our Mattress Sale on Saturday from 10-5 pm. 

If you would like to help at the Mattress sale, please go to this sign-up link: 

http://tinyurl.com/studentmattress16 to sign up. We do not need as many students as last year. If you sign-up please show up for your assigned time, but we do not need you to come and stay all day, especially if you have not signed up.
 
Butterbraid orders and money were due Yesterday! If you have them - today please take it out after announcements. 

The Chorus Room and arts hallway are Closed at Lunch Today (Wednesday)

Honors Chorus Rehearsal is Thursday and Friday this week.
Honors Chorus  Students - Does anyone have their field trip form to turn in? 

MEN - your field trip forms for Male Choral Invitational are due TOMORROW!

Don’t forget - There is an optional Musical Workshop Oct 13th A Lunch.  It might run into B lunch also.

Students who want to audition for 9-10 Select Choir at Wingate - Essays are due Oct 14th.  You need to be prepared to record your audition on Oct. 14th also.  See the Chorus Website for more information.

9-20-16 Begginers Choir

Announcements
The mattress sale is THIS SATURDAY! Ask everyone you know if they need a mattress then if they do, tell them to come to our Mattress Sale on Saturday from 10-5 pm. 

Butterbraid orders and money were due Today! If you have them - today please take it out after announcements. 

The Chorus Room and arts hallway are Closed at Lunch Wednesday

Honors Chorus Rehearsal is Thursday and Friday this week. 

field trip forms for Male Choral Invitational are due Thursday. 

Don’t forget - There is an optional Musical Workshop Oct 13th A Lunch.  It might run into B lunch also.

Rehearsal:

"Let the praise go 'round"

"Ask me no more"

NO HOMEWORK :)

CV- 9/20/19

Announcements:

The mattress sale is THIS SATURDAY! Ask everyone you know if they need a mattress then if they do, tell them to come to our Mattress Sale on Saturday from 10-5 pm.

Butterbraid orders and money are due TODAY! After Announcements make sure you have all your order forms and money together and in your lap.

The Chorus Room and arts hallway are Closed at Lunch Tomorrow Wednesday

Honors Chorus Rehearsal is Thursday and Friday this week, all lunch.

Honors Chorus  Students - Does anyone have their field trip form to turn in?

MEN - your field trip forms for Male Choral Invitational are due THURSDAY!

Don’t forget - There is an optional Musical Workshop Oct 13th A Lunch.  It might run into B lunch also.

Turn in your HW FROM the first week!

CV - Field Trip forms for Southern area choral festival (BLUE FORM) was due YESTERDAY

When are the Nashville forms due? (Answer: Thursday)

T-Shirt order forms sent out today. There's no hoodies this year due to pricing. The CV shirt doesn't cone in long sleeves, but the normal one does :)

The Lowes Foods fund raiser- you pay 100 dollars, and receive a one hundred dollar gift card for Lowes foods, and five dollars goes into your account.

Patron Program- find people in the community who would like to sponser the choral program. Patrol forms are on the website.

Rehearsal:

O Mirtillo
-Italian dictation! We learned the words for page one, measures one through ten

In Remembrance
-Ran all of page eight
-make sure the "T" in "that shine" isn't too early.

Chindia
-Ran the whole song a couple times, worked the last page.

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework: BUTTERBRAID FORMS WERE DUE TODAY!

Concert Choir Tuesday, 9/20/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
My Bonnie Lass- Pages 2-3 measures 1-13
     Remember for the first 3 measures it goes Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Tenor, Alto, Bass
     Don't chew "guileth"
     If you have to hold a note, crescendo through it
     Work on timing during Falalas because it's sort of tricky (especially Soprano 1 page 3)
Danny Boy- Pages 2-3 measures 1-16
     Tall vowels
     Alto's split into Alto 1 and Alto 2 (if you were absent ask Ms. McGrath)
     Do not resolve measure 12
     Soprano 1's don't sing "here" in measure 13 on your high G, sing 'ah'
     Make sure you pay attention on where to breathe and where not to breathe
     Work on pitches!
We also did the Ta Di Ta Takadimi thing and bum bums :)

No Homework :)

No Sight singing

No Theory

Announcements:
The mattress sale is THIS SATURDAY! Ask everyone you know if they need a mattress then if they do, tell them to come to our Mattress Sale on Saturday from 10-5 pm.

Butterbraid orders and money are due TODAY! After Announcements make sure you have all your order forms and money together and in your lap. 

The Chorus Room and arts hallway are Closed at Lunch Tomorrow Wednesday

Honors Chorus Rehearsal is Thursday and Friday this week.
Honors Chorus  Students - Does anyone have their field trip form to turn in? 

MEN - your field trip forms for Male Choral Invitational are due THURSDAY!

Don’t forget - There is an optional Musical Workshop Oct 13th A Lunch.  It might run into B lunch also.

We also got T-shirt forms today so if you were absent, be sure to pick one up from Mrs. Patchett!

Monday 9-19-16 Begginers Choir

 Announcements

The mattress sale is THIS SATURDAY! Ask everyone you know if they need a mattress then if they do, tell them to come to our Mattress Sale on Saturday from 10-5 pm. 

Butterbraid orders and money are due TOMORROW! Tonight, you need to count all your orders and your money.  Make sure you have the correct amount of money for your butterbraids.  Bring the money in an envelope tomorrow

The Chorus Room and arts hallway are Closed at Lunch Today 

Honors Chorus Rehearsal is Thursday and Friday this week. 

Honors Chorus  Students - Does anyone have their field trip form to turn in? 

Don’t forget - There is an optional Musical Workshop Oct 13th A Lunch.  It might run into B lunch also.

Rehearsal

"Let the Praise go 'Round" measure 5-54

"My favorite things" measures 13-56

"Music Speaks" measures 6-24

Homework: 

(No homework) 

SELL BUTTERBRAIDS 

Concert Choir, Monday 9/19/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
My Bonny Lass- pages 2-3 measures 1-12
     Work on timing during falalas
     Altos (measure 9) under Dim. The right octave is written
     Tall vowels on 'smileth' and throughout the song
Danny Boy- pages 2-4 measures 1-10
     Remember breathe measure 2 between 'calling' & 'from'
     Altos practice D flat measure 5 *it's tricky*
     Crescendo if you have to hold a note for more than 1 beat
     Tall vowels on 'roses' and throughout the song
Prayer of the Children- pages 3-5 measures 1-25
     Men make sure you don't chew the 'r' at the end of hear
     Pay attention to dynamics especially when everyone comes in on 'eyes'
     No breath measure 9
     Emphasis on the word 'die' in measure 11
     Tall vowels throughout the song especially on 'softly'
     Strong consonant on 'crying'

Homework: None :)

Sightsinging: None

Theory: None

Announcements:

The mattress sale is THIS SATURDAY! Ask everyone you know if they need a mattress then if they do, tell them to come to our Mattress Sale on Saturday from 10-5 pm.

Butterbraid orders and money are due TOMORROW! Tonight, you need to count all your orders and your money.  Make sure you have the correct amount of money for your butterbraids.  Bring the money in an envelope tomorrow

The Chorus Room and arts hallway are Closed at Lunch Today 

Honors Chorus Rehearsal is Thursday and Friday this week.
Honors Chorus  Students - Does anyone have their field trip form to turn in? 

Don’t forget - There is an optional Musical Workshop Oct 13th A Lunch.  It might run into B lunch also.

Don’t forget, we are organizing the choral library this afternoon.  If you volunteered to stay after school, please stay and help! 

CV- 9/19/16

Announcements:

The mattress sale is THIS SATURDAY! Ask everyone you know if they need a mattress then if they do, tell them to come to our Mattress Sale on Saturday from 10-5 pm.

Butterbraid orders and money are due TOMORROW! Tonight, you need to count all your orders and your money.  Make sure you have the correct amount of money for your butterbraids.  Bring the money in an envelope tomorrow

The Chorus Room and arts hallway are Closed at Lunch Today

Honors Chorus Rehearsal is Thursday and Friday this week, all lunch.

Honors Chorus  Students - Does anyone have their field trip form to turn in?

Don’t forget - There is an optional Musical Workshop Oct 13th A Lunch.  It might run into B lunch also.

Turn in your HW FROM the first week!

CV - If you can help alphabetize forms at lunch tomorrow, please raise your hand.

CV - Field Trip forms for Southern area choral festival (BLUE FORM) is due TODAY. Does anyone have field trip forms to turn in?  When are the Nashville forms due? (Answer: Thursday)

Reccomendation letters for colleges- if you want Mrs. Patchett to write you one, she's happy to, but she needs these details-
-what schools to write the letter to, or if you want it written to a nonspecific school
-be sure what you need her to write
-does it need to be submitted via common app? Email from the school? Sealed envelope with signature?
-why you want to go to this school
-brag sheet and resume. Including everything you've done in high school.
-TWO WEEKS NOTICE
-Bribe her with dark chocolate tbh
-THE DEADLINE

Rehearsal:

Animal Crackers
-Learned measures 1 through 4 for "The Canary"
-sopranos be aware of the c natural in measure three on "var-"
-no breathe between measure 2 and 3, between "-ies" and "never"
-abrupt cut off on "the song" for everyone bhg sopranos
- learned page 3 measures 19 through 23

In Remembrance
-no breathe between "glint" and "on" in measure 14
-altos make the word "grain" more airy in measure 22
-emphasize "gen", back off on "tle" in measures 25 through 28
-little crescendo on "I am the" in measures 24 through 28

Awake the Harp
-learned measures 34 through 40
-basses breathe in measure 37 on beat 3 and (after "stately", before "in")
-sopranos learned measures 37-43

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework Due: Turn in field trip forms

CV- 9/16/16

Announcements:
Sell Butterbraids - Money and order forms are due on Tuesday September 20th!

We will be holding an optional musical workshop at lunch on Thursday Oct. 13th A lunch.  It might also go into B lunch.  If you are even thinking about Auditioning for the musical, the directors HIGHLY recommend you come to this workshop.  Being at the workshop will not help or hurt your chances to make the cast list, however, it will inform your audition.  Mr. Buttner will go over the monologue selections and will teach you how to deliver a monologue.  Ms. Patchett will teach the male and female songs to the group.

Honors Chorus Rehearsal Today all lunch

Turn in the homework from week one!

We need to put the rest of the Mattress yard signs out and around Holly Springs.  There are still many in the chorus room and are not doing any good advertising while sitting in the cardboard box.  If you can take a yard sign up and put it up around town, in your yard or on a main road, please take a yard sign or several and help us out! - If you put them off the main road, please put them at least 3 feet away from the main road.

If you would like a copy of a Professionally Recorded Album - CV 15-16, it is $15 and we have plenty left to sell! Bring $15 check or cash to Ms. Patchett at lunch or before or after school.

Music Boxes are here!  If you volunteered to stay after Monday, please remember to stay after on Monday.

Does anyone have field trip forms to turn in?

Spread the Word -we are having a mattress sale! Try to get at least one person to come to buy a Mattress! The mattress sale is Sept 24!

TEXT 67076 with the message “HSHS” - and then click “going”

Rehearsal:

New song! Animal Crackers
- Learned "The Eel", page 4, measures 1-7

O Mirtillo
-Altos, measure eighteen, rewrite the whole note into two half notes and tie them so its easier to read.
-Reviewed measures 14-25

In Remembrance
-Reviewed measures 43-45
-Learned measures 46-51, finishing the song
-Tenors, circle "cry" in measure 49
-Breath mark at measure 46 after "night"
-Breath mark at measure 50 after "there”
-">niente" means decrescendo into nothing (in measure 51)

Let the River Run
-Learned page 10 measures 36-40 (end of piece)

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework due: none :)

Concert Choir, Friday 9/16/16

Today we did team building in the cafeteria! The whole class made an outer and an inner circle and as we rotated, we talked to a new person each time. If you were absent today, we missed you because team building was a lot of fun and we all got to socialize with new people!! :)

Announcements:

.Sell Butterbraids - Money and order forms are due on Tuesday September 20th!!!!

We will be holding an optional musical workshop at lunch on Thursday Oct. 13th A lunch.  It might also go into B lunch.  If you are even thinking about Auditioning for the musical, the directors HIGHLY recommend you come to this workshop.  Being at the workshop will not help or hurt your chances to make the cast list, however, it will inform your audition.  Mr. Buttner will go over the monologue selections and will teach you how to deliver a monologue.  Ms. Patchett will teach the male and female songs to the group. 

Honors Chorus Rehearsal Today all lunch 

Does anyone have a signed concert attire sheet to turn in?

We need to put the rest of the Mattress yard signs out and around Holly Springs.  There are still many in the chorus room and are not doing any good advertising while sitting in the cardboard box.  If you can take a yard sign up and put it up around town, in your yard or on a main road, please take a yard sign or several and help us out! - If you put them off the main road, please put them at least 3 feet away from the main road. 

If you would like a copy of a Professionally Recorded Album - CV 15-16, it is $15 and we have plenty left to sell! Bring $15 check or cash to Ms. Patchett at lunch or before or after school.

 -Music Boxes are here!  If you volunteered to stay after Monday, please remember to stay after on Monday.

9-15-16 Beginners Choir

Announcements

Sell Butterbraids - Money and order forms are due on Tuesday September 20th! 

Spread the Word -we are having a mattress sale! Try to get at least one person to come to buy a 

Mattress! The mattress sale is Sept 24!

We will be holding an optional musical workshop at lunch on Thursday Oct. 13th A lunch.  It might also go into B lunch.  If you are even thinking about Auditioning for the musical, the directors HIGHLY recommend you come to this workshop.  Being at the workshop will not help or hurt your chances to make the cast list, however, it will inform your audition.  Mr. Buttner will go over the monologue selections and will teach you how to deliver a monologue.  Ms. Patchett will teach the male and female songs to the group. 

Honors Chorus Rehearsal Today and Tomorrow all lunch this week 

We need to put the rest of the Mattress yard signs out and around Holly Springs.  There are still many in the chorus room and are not doing any good advertising while sitting in the cardboard box.  If you can take a yard sign up and put it up around town, in your yard or on a main road, please take a yard sign or several and help us out! - If you put them off the main road, please put them at least 3 feet away from the main road. 

If you would like a copy of a Professionally Recorded Album - CV 15-16, it is $15 and we have plenty left to sell! Bring $15 check or cash to Ms. Patchett at lunch or before or after school.

Rehearsals 

"Music Speaks" measures 6-13: remember not to breathe during wide, green, plains, and fail. Also change the decresendo at measure 12 to a crescendo and add a decresendo at the word music in measure 12.

Homework
(No homework was due)
If you would like extra practice at home feel free to use musictheory.com :)

Concert Choir 9/15/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:

Prayer of the Children- pages 4 & 5 measures 13-25
     Crescendo when you are not allowed to breathe
     No breath on page 4 measures 9-10
     Tall vowels especially on "light"
     Remember **measures 13-14 are the same pitches as measures 17-18
My Bonny Lass- pages 2&3 measures 1-13
     Tenor II is alto for the first three measures
     Soprano II sing alto for the first three measures
     Change back to your original voice part after first 3 measures
     Make sure you work on timing for Falala's
     Tall vowels and energy!!

Homework:

If you were in Ms. McGrath's music theory group, complete 30 examples of note naming on musictheory.net and print off your progress report, due tomorrow :)

Sight Singing: None

Music Theory: None

Announcements:

Sell Butterbraids - Money and order forms are due on Tuesday September 20th!
Spread the Word -we are having a mattress sale! Try to get at least one person to come to buy a 

Mattress! The mattress sale is Sept 24!

We will be holding an optional musical workshop at lunch on Thursday Oct. 13th A lunch.  It might also go into B lunch.  If you are even thinking about Auditioning for the musical, the directors HIGHLY recommend you come to this workshop.  Being at the workshop will not help or hurt your chances to make the cast list, however, it will inform your audition.  Mr. Buttner will go over the monologue selections and will teach you how to deliver a monologue.  Ms. Patchett will teach the male and female songs to the group. 

Honors Chorus Rehearsal Today and Tomorrow all lunch this week

Concert & Beginning-  Does anyone have a signed concert attire sheet to turn in?

We need to put the rest of the Mattress yard signs out and around Holly Springs.  There are still many in the chorus room and are not doing any good advertising while sitting in the cardboard box.  If you can take a yard sign up and put it up around town, in your yard or on a main road, please take a yard sign or several and help us out! - If you put them off the main road, please put them at least 3 feet away from the main road. 

If you would like a copy of a Professionally Recorded Album - CV 15-16, it is $15 and we have plenty left to sell! Bring $15 check or cash to Ms. Patchett at lunch or before or after school.

CV & CONCERT -Music Boxes are here!  If you volunteered to stay after Monday, please remember to stay after on Monday.

CV- 9/15/16

Announcements:
Sell Butterbraids - Money and order forms are due on Tuesday September 20th!

Spread the Word -we are having a mattress sale! Try to get at least one person to come to buy a

Mattress! The mattress sale is Sept 24!

We will be holding an optional musical workshop at lunch on Thursday Oct. 13th A lunch.  It might also go into B lunch.  If you are even thinking about Auditioning for the musical, the directors HIGHLY recommend you come to this workshop.  Being at the workshop will not help or hurt your chances to make the cast list, however, it will inform your audition.  Mr. Buttner will go over the monologue selections and will teach you how to deliver a monologue.  Ms. Patchett will teach the male and female songs to the group.

Honors Chorus Rehearsal Today and Tomorrow all lunch this week

Concert & Beginning-  Does anyone have a signed concert attire sheet to turn in?

CV - If you can help alphabetize forms at lunch today, please raise your hand.

We need to put the rest of the Mattress yard signs out and around Holly Springs.  There are still many in the chorus room and are not doing any good advertising while sitting in the cardboard box.  If you can take a yard sign up and put it up around town, in your yard or on a main road, please take a yard sign or several and help us out! - If you put them off the main road, please put them at least 3 feet away from the main road.

If you would like a copy of a Professionally Recorded Album - CV 15-16, it is $15 and we have plenty left to sell! Bring $15 check or cash to Ms. Patchett at lunch or before or after school.

CV & CONCERT -Music Boxes are here!  If you volunteered to stay after Monday, please remember to stay after on Monday.

CV - Does anyone have field trip forms to turn in?

CV - Holly Grove Middle School needs someone to sing the national anthem at two games (4:30). Is anyone available to sing? - If you’re available on 9/24 to sing the national anthem please raise your hand.

If you’re available 10/29 to sing the national anthem, please raise your hand

Sight Reading: none

Rehearsal:

Let the River Run
-careful on the page turn from page 6 to page 7
-We reviewed measures 12-27
-Learned measures 1-11
-Pronounce "running" as "runnin"
-altos that normally sing soprano two, sing the bottom soprano line (soprano three???)
-soprano twos, sing soprano two (duh)

Chindia
-basses measure 112, "hei" is pronounced "hey" or "hay"
-altos don't forget that you are all actually altos for this song :)
-we ran the whole song, woohoo!

Awake the Harp
-number your measures in the new music
-learned measures 27-35

In Remembrance
-learned measures 43-46
-tenors, draw an up arrow next to "night" in measure 46 to be on top of the note.

Homework Due: none!