CV- SPOOKY DAY TURN UP

Announcements:

Monday Oct 31, 2016

Happy Halloween! (The last day of ghost of Tom)

All Peanut and Greenery Orders are due tomorrow with the money.  If you only sold Greenery online, then you do not need to turn anything in.  Let’s get one more push for the greenery! Tell everyone you know to purchase their Christmas tree from us!
Lowes Food Gift Card Money is due today - if you forgot it, please see Mrs. Patchett

Phantom Call backs are today if you are needed please be in the seats of the auditorium at 2:29 pm

Composite Chorus Pictures will be Friday Nov. 4. You must bring in your concert attire at the beginning of the school day so you can wear it for the picture.  You can wear your hair however you like for your picture.  We will take the pictures during our choir class period in the chorus room. You are not required to purchase the individual picture, but you will receive a proof of your picture later in November to see if you would like to purchase it.

CV & CONCERT :Beginning choir is giving an informance Tomorrow @ 7pm.  Beginning choir students are required to attend.  It is also a parent meeting.  Please encourage your parents to come to the very brief meeting.  Mrs. Patchett would also love to see a large group of concert choir and Colla Voce students in the audience to support Beginning choir in their first performance on stage. Again, the date is Nov. 1st 7 pm in the auditorium.  

CV & CONCERT: If you are a senior and are interested in applying for the assistant Director position for Phantom of the opera, the application is on the HSTC website.  See Mr. Buttner for details.

Honors Chorus Rehearsal all lunch today - B Lunch tomorrow and all lunch Thurs & Fri

All late work needs to be turned in before school starts tomorrow.

We took a class photo for funzies. If you weren't there, feel free to photoshop yourself in.

Rehearsal:

Hallelujah (which is newish... I guess...?)
-no "r" in lord in measure 4
-basses suing up the octave in measure 13
-tenors don't chew measure 7
-basses listen for the tenors for your entrance in measure 24
-make sure our dynamics are actually piano
-crescendo in measure 35
-sometimes we will sing this piece as just CV, so we definitely need to work on balance and vowels

Ose Shalom
-we should be at level 4 brightness for this song
-anything larger than a quarter note needs to be crescendoed (is that even a word?? It is now)
-words with a " ' " need a break. Like in " ya' " in measure 16

We were supposed to have a test on Ding-a-ding today, but a significant amount of the class was unprepared (I'm not throwing shade, just staying facts), so we didn't have the test.

Ave Maria
-learned measures 15 through 20
-reviewed measures 1 through 26

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework: PLEASE learn Ding-a-Ding tonight. Here's a link to a video that should help: https://youtu.be/QX9QUa_Uoo0

Concert Choir, Monday 10/31/16

HAPPY HALLOWEEN :) :)

Rehearsal Notes & Assignments:
We Wish You A Merry Christmas- Pages 2-6 measures 8-30
-Remember Altos and Basses are unison at the beginning
-Sopranos and Tenors are unison at the beginning
-Make sure when you're holding 'Christmas' you hold the 'aaaaaa' not the 'ssss'
-Altos and Basses come in on beat 3 in measure 11
-Sopranos drop the octave from measure 25-26
-Everyone circle your rests in measure 28 because it can be confusing
-Basses remember to go up on 'year' not down
-Try to figure out where your part lines up with other voice parts to help you out
SECTIONALS
Men- O Come O Come Emmanuel
-If you already knew it, you reviewed it in the hallway
-If you didn't know it, you learned it in the hallway with the other men
Ladies- Cold and Fugue Season (New Song) measures 1-15
-Split into four parts (Alto 2, Alto 1, Soprano 2, Soprano 1)
-Altos are just down the octave from sopranos at the beginning
-Alto 2's.... keep your beat and don't loose it
-Be dramatic and loud on your 'Ha-kchoo's'
-Remember to keep tall vowels and strong consonants
-Mark your rests in measure 15
Festival Sanctus- Page 5 measures 28-32
-Keep the 'nomine domine' light and don't drag
-Tall vowels especially on 'Dei'
-We practiced singing it staccato to check pitch and keep it light
-Pay close attention to dynamics

No Homework

No Sight Singing

No Theory

Announcements:

All Peanut and Greenery Orders are due tomorrow with the money.  If you only sold Greenery online, then you do not need to turn anything in.  Let’s get one more push for the greenery! Tell everyone you know to purchase their Christmas tree from us!

Lowes Food Gift Card Money is due today - if you forgot it, please see Mrs. Patchett 

Phantom Call backs are today if you are needed please be in the seats of the auditorium at 2:29 pm 

Composite Chorus Pictures will be Friday Nov. 4. You must bring in your concert attire at the beginning of the school day so you can wear it for the picture.  You can wear your hair however you like for your picture.  We will take the pictures during our choir class period in the chorus room. You are not required to purchase the individual picture, but you will receive a proof of your picture later in November to see if you would like to purchase it. 

Beginning choir is giving an informance Tomorrow @ 7pm.  Beginning choir students are required to attend.  It is also a parent meeting.  Please encourage your parents to come to the very brief meeting.  Mrs. Patchett would also love to see a large group of concert choir and Colla Voce students in the audience to support Beginning choir in their first performance on stage. Again, the date is Nov. 1st 7 pm in the auditorium.  

CV & CONCERT: If you are a senior and are interested in applying for the assistant Director position for Phantom of the opera, the application is on the HSTC website.  See Mr. Buttner for details. 

Honors Chorus Rehearsal at lunch today - B Lunch tomorrow and all lunch Thurs & Fri

Concert Choir, Thursday 10/27/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
Today was a share day!! We all sat in the auditorium and watched/listened to the bully compositions performed by chorus, band, and theatre! Great job to everyone who performed... everything sounded AMAZING :)

No Homework

No Sight Singing

No Theory

Announcements:

All - Greenery & Peanut Order forms and Money are due next Tuesday Nov. 1. Make sure you turn it all in on time.  If you have online orders for Greenery, you do not have to turn anything in for this. 

All - The call back list is posted on the theatre call board and on line.  If you are called back, please make sure you plan to stay after school today until 5 pm.  You need to prepare the materials that will be posted online by the end of the school day today.  There will be a program you will download to help you learn the audition materials.  See Mrs. Patchett if Mr. Buttner if you have questions. 

Concert & CV - Beginning choir is giving an informance Tuesday Nov. 1st @ 7pm.  Beginning choir students are required to attend.  It is also a parent meeting.  Please encourage your parents to come to the very brief meeting.  Mrs. Patchett would also love to see a large group of concert choir and Colla Voce students in the audience to support Beginning choir in their first performance on stage. Again, the date is Nov. 1st 7 pm in the auditorium.  

CV & CONCERT-Honors Chorus Students- rehearsal Thursday & Friday Lunch - make sure you have sung through all the music prior to the rehearsal.  

BEG Choir 10/27/16

Announcements 

All - Greenery & Peanut Order forms and Money are due Tuesday Nov. 1. That’s a week from today! Make sure you turn it all in on time.  If you have online orders for Greenery, you do not have to turn anything in for this.  @HSHS Chorus tweeted an advertisement - retweet and share it on facebook pages!

All - Callbacks for musical are this afternoon from 2:30-5.  If you were called back please make plans to attend. 

All - Lowes Food Gift card money is due Monday. Money needs to be turned in in $100 increments.  Think about all the gift cards you could buy for holiday presents!

Beginning Choir -Nov. 1 is your first performance! You have an informance on Tuesday Nov. 1st.  There is a general parent meeting for the whole chorus program and beginning choir will be giving an informance.  An informance is an informal performance.  We will sing some of the songs we know from the beginning of the year.  We will demonstrate to the parents how we warm-up, the use of good vowels, how we learned to sing a musical phrase a more.  It is basically a sneak-peak into our classroom 1st quarter.  Beginning choir students - your attendance to this informance is a test grade.  You have had the date since the beginning of the school year.  You need to arrive to school at 7:00 pm in the chorus room. Parents report to the auditorium at 7pm.  We will sing around 7:15 or 7:30 (it depends on how long the meeting lasts).  We sing after the meeting.  The meeting is usually really short. You wear your normal school clothes to the performance because it is informal.  Again, the informance is Nov. 1st @ 7 pm. Conflicts were already supposed to be communicated to Ms. Patchett.

Rehearsal: 

SHARE DAY :) 

CV- 10/26/16

Announcements:

All - Greenery & Peanut Order forms and Money are due next Tuesday Nov. 1. That’s a week from today! Make sure you turn it all in on time.  If you have online orders for Greenery, you do not have to turn anything in for this.

All - The call back list is posted on the theatre call board and on line.  If you are called back, please make sure you plan to stay after school Thursday until 5 pm.  You need to prepare the materials that will be posted online by the end of the school day today.  There will be a program you will download to help you learn the audition materials.  See Mrs. Patchett if Mr. Buttner if you have questions.

Concert & CV - Beginning choir is giving an informance Tuesday Nov. 1st @ 7pm.  Beginning choir students are required to attend.  It is also a parent meeting.  Please encourage your parents to come to the very brief meeting.  Mrs. Patchett would also love to see a large group of concert choir and Colla Voce students in the audience to support Beginning choir in their first performance on stage. Again, the date is Nov. 1st 7 pm in the auditorium.  

CV & CONCERT-Honors Chorus Students- rehearsal Thursday & Friday Lunch - make sure you have sung through all the music prior to the rehearsal.  

CV - Your next trip deposit of $200 is due October 26th

Rehearsal:

A lovely college corr from UNC Charlotte came and performed for us and we performed for them! Afterwards, we conversed and mingled with the college students, talking and asking any questions about choirs in college and studying music and things like that.

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework: CV trip deposit was due today (200$). Also, you should have performed for Mrs Patchett by today.

9/26/16 BEG Choir

Wednesday 10/26/16 Announcements 

All - Greenery & Peanut Order forms and Money are due next Tuesday Nov. 1. That’s a week from today! Make sure you turn it all in on time.  If you have online orders for Greenery, you do not have to turn anything in for this. 

All - The call back list is posted on the theatre call board and on line.  If you are called back, please make sure you plan to stay after school Thursday until 5 pm.  You need to prepare the materials that will be posted online by the end of the school day today.  There will be a program you will download to help you learn the audition materials.  See Mrs. Patchett if Mr. Buttner if you have questions. 

All -Nov. 1 is your first performance! You have an informance on Tuesday Nov. 1st.  There is a general parent meeting for the whole chorus program and beginning choir will be giving an informance.  An informance is an informal performance.  We will sing some of the songs we know from the beginning of the year.  We will demonstrate to the parents how we warm-up, the use of good vowels, how we learned to sing a musical phrase a more.  It is basically a sneak-peak into our classroom 1st quarter.  Beginning choir students - your attendance to this informance is a test grade.  You have had the date since the beginning of the school year.  You need to arrive to school at 7:00 pm in the chorus room. Parents report to the auditorium at 7pm.  We will sing around 7:15 or 7:30 (it depends on how long the meeting lasts).  We sing after the meeting.  The meeting is usually really short. You wear your normal school clothes to the performance because it is informal.  Again, the informance is Nov. 1st @ 7 pm. Conflicts were already supposed to be communicated to Ms. Patchett. 

Rehearsal 

 "Dona Nobis"

 "Let the Praise" 

Composition project 

Concert Choir, Wednesday 10/26/16

Rehearsal Notes & Assignments:
We worked on our compositions again today with our band student or group and we made the last finishing touches! If you spoke to Mrs. Patchett or Ms. McGrath about it, be prepared to perform tomorrow :)

No Homework

No Sight Singing

No Theory

Announcements:

-Greenery & Peanut Order forms and Money are due next Tuesday Nov. 1.  Make sure you turn it all in on time.  If you have online orders for Greenery, you do not have to turn anything in for this. 

-Call backs for The Phantom of the Opera were posted yesterday and if you were called back, remember to learn all of the parts for your gender and stay after school tomorrow. Remember, if you were not called back, it does not mean that you did or did not get a part... the directors just don't need to see you again

-Beginning choir is giving an informance Tuesday Nov. 1st @ 7pm.  Beginning choir students are required to attend.  It is also a parent meeting.  Please encourage your parents to come to the very brief meeting.  Mrs. Patchett would also love to see a large group of concert choir and Colla Voce students in the audience to support Beginning choir in their first performance on stage. Again, the date is Nov. 1st 7 pm in the auditorium.

Concert Choir, Tuesday 10/25/16

Rehearsal Notes & Assignments:
Today, we got together with our band student (or group) and worked on our compositions! If you and your group wish to perform on Thursday, let Mrs. Patchett know so she can find a slot for you. We will work on these for some time tomorrow as well :)

No Homework

No Sight Singing

No Theory

Announcements:

-Greenery & Peanut Order forms and Money are due next Tuesday Nov. 1.  Make sure you turn it all in on time.  If you have online orders for Greenery, you do not have to turn anything in for this. 

-Musical auditions began and go through today - Call Backs will be Thursday.  The list of students needed for call backs will be posted by the end of the day Wednesday.  If you are not asked to come to call backs - it does not mean you were not selected for the show, it just means the directors did not need to see you again. 

-Beginning choir is giving an informance Tuesday Nov. 1st @ 7pm.  Beginning choir students are required to attend.  It is also a parent meeting.  Please encourage your parents to come to the very brief meeting.  Mrs. Patchett would also love to see a large group of concert choir and Colla Voce students in the audience to support Beginning choir in their first performance on stage. Again, the date is Nov. 1st 7 pm in the auditorium.

CV- 10/24/16

Announcement:

All - Greenery & Peanut Order forms and Money are due next Tuesday Nov. 1.  Make sure you turn it all in on time.  If you have online orders for Greenery, you do not have to turn anything in for this.

All - Musical auditions begin today and go through tomorrow - Call Backs will be Thursday.  The list of students needed for call backs will be posted by the end of the day Wednesday.  If you are not asked to come to call backs - it does not mean you were not selected for the show, it just means the directors did not need to see you again.

Concert & CV - Beginning choir is giving an informance Tuesday Nov. 1st @ 7pm.  Beginning choir students are required to attend.  It is also a parent meeting.  Please encourage your parents to come to the very brief meeting.  Mrs. Patchett would also love to see a large group of concert choir and Colla Voce students in the audience to support Beginning choir in their first performance on stage. Again, the date is Nov. 1st 7 pm in the auditorium.  

CV & CONCERT-Honors Chorus Students- rehearsal begins tomorrow B Lunch - make sure you have sung through all the music prior to the rehearsal.  Mrs. Patchett has an additional german piece if you haven’t received it yet.

CV - Your next trip deposit of $200 is due October 26th

Rehearsal:

Reviewed for Madrigal quiz

Took the Madrigal quiz

Lyrics were due today for if you're working with a band student. If you're not working with the band, your project is due tomorrow.

Cradle Hymn
-worked on page 4 for measures 16-20
-watch for the rhythm in measure 18. Hold "Ber" in number for it's full value and don't say the "tly" in "gently" too quickly

NEW SONG*** Ding-a-Ding
-We're going to have a test on this whole song Monday (not like today, but next Monday)
-learned measures 1-31
-on page 11 there's a chorus 1 and 2 split. Beginning is singing 1, concert is singing 2.
CV'S SPLIT:
-Soprano 1 = Chorus 1
-Soprano 2 = Chorus 2
-Alto 1 = Chorus 1
-Alto 2 = Chorus 2
-Tenor 1 = Chorus 1
-Tenor 2 = Chorus 2
-Bass 1 = Chorus 1
-Bass 2 = Chorus 2
We're hoping to have practice tracks for this piece.

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework:
-have ding a ding memorized by Monday
-composition projects due tomorrow (if you're not working with band students)

Concert Choir, Monday 10/24/16

Rehearsal Notes & Assignments:
My Bonny Lass- Pages 5-7 measures 29-54
-Went over each voice parts' pitches
-Recorded ourselves singing and watched the voice memo on Ms. McGrath's phone
-Made sure to circle and pay attention to dynamics and blending
-Accent notes that are important for your voice part (or are accented in the music)
-Keep the light and bouncy feel even if we are forte
-Star in your music where your voice part needs to be louder
-Keep tall vowels and sound like you're having fun!!
I'm Gonna Sing- Pages 3-4 measures 10-17 and Pages 6-9 measures 28-43
-Circle the accents above notes with accents
-Basses don't forget, you stay on the same note on 'Jesus'
-Don't forget the 16th rest in measure 12
-This song is a level 3 on the brightness scale (if you forgot what that is... very dark & round)
-No breath at the end of 'Till he comes' and remember to repeat
-On the 'Movin's' if your voice part is ascending, then you should crescendo and if you're descending, than you should decrescendo
Prayer of The Children- Pages 3-4 measures 1-16
-On 'hear' in measure 1, get rid of the 'R' and replace it with 'ah' so it sounds like 'heah'
-Basses make sure you don't go flat in measure 3
-'Bended' in measure 4 should be 'behndehd' (sound that out)
-Altos don't go flat when you come in on the D in 'eyes' measure 5
-When we say 'heavenward' in measure 7 keep it tall
-Strong 'K' sound on 'Crying' in measure 8
-No breath at the top of page 4
-Soprano 1s make sure you aren't super loud there
-Watch the conductor or else you'll be really lost!!
-We pretended to throw a pig (idk we were all confused that's what popped into Mrs. Patchett's mind) to demonstrate the difference between how we sound and if we push a note and then back off
Danny Boy- Whole Song
-First verse is piano and the second verse is pianissimo
-We did the voice memo thin on this song as well, visualizing the way our voices move in the song
-Keep vowels tall and don't chew consonants
-Watch the conductor at all times because this song has a lot of dynamics to it

Homework:
If you are composing your own song for the Bullying project, it needs to be completed by tomorrow. The lyrics as well as the music need to be turned in! :)

No Sight Singing

No Theory

Announcements:

-Greenery & Peanut Order forms and Money are due next Tuesday Nov. 1.  Make sure you turn it all in on time.  If you have online orders for Greenery, you do not have to turn anything in for this. 

-Musical auditions begin today and go through tomorrow - Call Backs will be Thursday.  The list of students needed for call backs will be posted by the end of the day Wednesday.  If you are not asked to come to call backs - it does not mean you were not selected for the show, it just means the directors did not need to see you again. 

-Beginning choir is giving an informance Tuesday Nov. 1st @ 7pm.  Beginning choir students are required to attend.  It is also a parent meeting.  Please encourage your parents to come to the very brief meeting.  Mrs. Patchett would also love to see a large group of concert choir and Colla Voce students in the audience to support Beginning choir in their first performance on stage. Again, the date is Nov. 1st 7 pm in the auditorium.  

-Honors Chorus Students- rehearsal begins tomorrow B Lunch - make sure you have sung through all the music prior to the rehearsal.  Mrs. Patchett has an additional german piece if you haven’t received it yet.

CV- 10/21/16

Announcements:

Today is the last day to sign-up to audition for the Musical.  Please make sure you fill out the information form and sign-up for an audition time.

Butterbraids were delivered yesterday - if you did not pick up your order, see Mrs. Patchett at the end of class.  If you took your order home and had any issues please see Mrs. Patchett after class.

HSHS has started teacher of the year nominations.  Students, parents and teachers can nominate a teacher of their choosing.  There are a few paper forms on the front table in the chorus room, or the nomination form is on the HSHS website.

We started peanuts and greenery fundraisers Monday.  If you were absent Monday, Mrs. Patchett will give you your fundraising materials  today.  Raise your hand if you need fundraising materials.

Concert & CV - Beginning choir is giving an informance Tuesday Nov. 1st @ 7pm.  Beginning choir students are required to attend.  It is also a parent meeting.  Please encourage your parents to come to the very brief meeting.  Mrs. Patchett would also love to see a large group of concert choir and Colla Voce students in the audience to support Beginning choir in their first performance on stage. Again, the date is Nov. 1st 7 pm in the auditorium.

CV - Carleigh Jo - see Mrs. Patchett

CV - Your next trip deposit of $200 is due October 26th

Rehearsal:

Did some listening activities to help prepare for our madrigal quiz on Monday.

Talked about the composition project. If you're working with a band student, you need to have your lyrics given to Mrs. Patchett before second period on Monday so the band kids have a chance to work on their part of the project.

Madrigal Notes:

Review

IPA:  International Phonetic Alphabet

The set of symbols that provide a consistent and universally understood system for transcribing the speech sounds of any language.

[a]    “Father”
[e]    …the Fonz… “Chaotic”
[ɛ]    “bet” “pet” “let”
[i]     “seat”
[o]    “hotel”
[ɔ]    “opera”   “contest”
[u]    “flute”


Renaissance: approximately 1400-1600

Homophonic: accompanying parts in the same rhythm as the melody. 

Polyphonic: producing many sounds simultaneously.


Madrigal Characteristics
Secular
Polyphonic


Single stanza with no refrains or repeated lines-- the music is through-composed, with new music for every line of poetry.

Topics included love songs and pastoral scenes

From Early Renaissance to Late Renaissance (High Renaissance), the number of voice parts increases from 2 voice parts to 5-6 voice parts.

Early Madrigals are more homophonic than High Renaissance madrigals. 

From Early Renaissance to High Renaissance, harmony becomes more complex. More dissonant chords.

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework: Study for madrigal quiz Monday.

Concert Choir, Friday 10/21/16

Rehearsal Notes & Assignments:

Hallelujah- Pages 1-4

-Learned voice parts 

-Altos stay in the same note in measure 7

-Make sure your vowels are tall 'Hallelujahhhh'

-Practice timing on page 3

Bonnie Lass- Pages 5-7
-Make sure you sound light and bouncy throughout the song!
-We pretended like we were bouncing a beach ball to make our tone sound better
-We also sang it really fast and staccato
-Pay attention to time changes and keep the falalas light

No Homework:)

No Sight Singing

No Theory

Announcements:

The new Butterbraid delivery day was yesterday. If there was a problem with your order, tell Mrs. Patchett.

HSHS has started teacher of the year nominations.  Students, parents and teachers can nominate a teacher of their choosing.  There are a few paper forms on the front table in the chorus room, or the nomination form is on the HSHS website. 

We started peanuts and greenery fundraisers Monday.  If you were absent Monday, Mrs. Patchett will give you your fundraising materials  today.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!!!! :)

CV- 10/20/16

Announcements:

The new Butterbraid delivery day is TODAY.  Please make sure you make arrangements to pick up you butterbraids and get them into a freezer within the hour just to be safe.  If you have an issue getting the butterbraids into a freezer due to an after school activity, you need to speak to Mrs. Patchett.  

HSHS has started teacher of the year nominations.  Students, parents and teachers can nominate a teacher of their choosing.  There are a few paper forms on the front table in the chorus room, or the nomination form is on the HSHS website.

We started peanuts and greenery fundraisers Monday.  If you were absent Monday, Mrs. Patchett will give you your fundraising materials  today.

CV - Your next trip deposit of $200 is due October 26th.

Rehearsal:

We finished our concert reflections on our concert on Tuesday.

We continued our notes on madrigals.

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework: Study for madrigal quiz Monday.

CV- 10/19/16

Announcements:

The new Butterbraid delivery day is TOMORROW.  Please make sure you make arrangements to pick up you butterbraids and get them into a freezer within the hour just to be safe.  If you have an issue getting the butterbraids into a freezer due to an after school activity, you need to speak to Mrs. Patchett sooner rather than later.  Please do not wait until Thursday to communicate the conflict.

HSHS has started teacher of the year nominations.  Students, parents and teachers can nominate a teacher of their choosing.  There are a few paper forms on the front table in the chorus room, or the nomination form is on the HSHS website.

We started peanuts and greenery fundraisers Monday.  If you were absent Monday, Mrs. Patchett will give you your fundraising materials  today.

Rehearsal:

We did a concert reflection using the MPA rubric for all of the songs from yesterday's performance.

We also took notes on madrigals and IPA for our quiz on Monday.

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework: Study for madrigal quiz Monday.

BEG Choir 10/21/16

announcements

Today is the last day to sign-up to audition for the Musical.  Please make sure you fill out the information form and sign-up for an audition time. 

Butterbraids were delivered yesterday - if you did not pick up your order, see Mrs. Patchett at the end of class.  If you took your order home and had any issues please see Mrs. Patchett after class.

HSHS has started teacher of the year nominations.  Students, parents and teachers can nominate a teacher of their choosing.  There are a few paper forms on the front table in the chorus room, or the nomination form is on the HSHS website. 

We started peanuts and greenery fundraisers Monday.  If you were absent Monday, Mrs. Patchett will give you your fundraising materials  today.  Raise your hand if you need fundraising materials.

Beginning Choir -Nov. 1 is your first performance! You have an informance on Tuesday Nov. 1st.  There is a general parent meeting for the whole chorus program and beginning choir will be giving an informance.  An informance is an informal performance.  We will sing some of the songs we know from the beginning of the year.  We will demonstrate to the parents how we warm-up, the use of good vowels, how we learned to sing a musical phrase a more.  It is basically a sneek-peak into our classroom 1st quarter.  Beginning choir students - your attendance to this informance is a test grade.  You have had the date since the beginning of the school year.  You need to arrive to school at 7:00 pm in the chorus room. Parents report to the auditorium at 7pm.  We will sing around 7:15 or 7:30 (it depends on how long the meeting lasts).  We sing after the meeting.  The meeting is usually really short. You wear your normal school clothes to the performance because it is informal.  Again, the informance is Nov. 1st @ 7 pm. Any conflicts must be communicated to Mrs. Patchett by email by Monday.

Rehearsal: 

"Ding a ding a ding"

"Hallelujah"

Concert Choir, Thursday 10/20/16

Rehearsal Notes & Assignments:
Butterbraids were delivered during 4th period today, so while they were being brought in from the truck, we split into our Music Theory groups and did worksheets... if there was time leftover, some people worked on their compositions! If you were absent today, see Mrs. Patchett for the worksheets :)

No Homework

Music Theory: The worksheets that I talked about up there^

No Sight Singing

Announcements:
-The new Butterbraid delivery day is TODAY Please make sure you make arrangements to pick up you butterbraids and get them into a freezer within the hour just to be safe.  If you have an issue getting the butterbraids into a freezer due to an after school activity, you need to speak to Mrs. Patchett sooner rather than later.

-HSHS has started teacher of the year nominations.  Students, parents and teachers can nominate a teacher of their choosing.  There are a few paper forms on the front table in the chorus room, or the nomination form is on the HSHS website. 

-If you wrote an essay to audition for the 9-10 choir and you have not recorded your audition, please make sure you come to the chorus room Today to complete your audition recording. 

 -We got Peanut and Wreaths Trees & Garland Fundraiser forms on Monday... if you were not here, go talk to Mrs. Patchett to get the order forms :)

TOMORROW IS FRIDAY YAY!! (& it's a half day)

BEG Choir 10/20/16

Announcements

The new Butterbraid delivery day is TODAY.  Please make sure you make arrangements to pick up you butterbraids and get them into a freezer within the hour just to be safe.  If you have an issue getting the butterbraids into a freezer due to an after school activity, you need to speak to Mrs. Patchett.  

HSHS has started teacher of the year nominations.  Students, parents and teachers can nominate a teacher of their choosing.  There are a few paper forms on the front table in the chorus room, or the nomination form is on the HSHS website. 

We started peanuts and greenery fundraisers Monday.  If you were absent Monday, Mrs. Patchett will give you your fundraising materials  today.  Raise your hand if you need fundraising materials.

Rehearsals:

"Ding a Ding a Ding"

"Hallelujah"

Concert Choir, Wednesday 10/19/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
We got a new song today!! It's called Ding-a Ding-a Ding, it's an all Choir piece and we ran the first 3 pages. If you were absent today, be sure to get a copy of the song tomorrow :)

We also worked on our Bullying composition. If you would like to be paired with a band student, you wrote down your lyrics and turned them in at the end of class and if you are composing your own, you were given staff paper to begin brainstorming! Performances (if you wish to perform your piece) will be next Thursday!

No Homework

No Sight Singing

No Theory

Announcements:
-The new Butterbraid delivery day is TOMORROW. Please make sure you make arrangements to pick up you butterbraids and get them into a freezer within the hour just to be safe.  If you have an issue getting the butterbraids into a freezer due to an after school activity, you need to speak to Mrs. Patchett sooner rather than later.  Please do not wait until tomorrow to communicate the conflict.

-HSHS has started teacher of the year nominations.  Students, parents and teachers can nominate a teacher of their choosing.  There are a few paper forms on the front table in the chorus room, or the nomination form is on the HSHS website. 

-If you wrote an essay to audition for the 9-10 choir and you have not recorded your audition, please make sure you come to the chorus room Thursday to complete your audition recording. 

 -We got Peanut and Wreaths Trees & Garland Fundraiser forms 2 days ago... if you were not here yesterday, go talk to Mrs. Patchett to get the order forms :)

BEG Choir 10/18/16

Announcements

Butterbraids are to be handed out on this Thursday. If you can not pick up your butterbraids please see Mrs.Patchett

Rehearsal

"Al shlo sha"
"Ding a Ding"
"Music Speaks"
"African Noel"

Concert Choir, Tuesday 10/18/16

Rehearsal Notes & Assignments:
Festival Sanctus- Pages 3-5 measures 2-33 and Pages 8-10 measures 55-75
-Remember to start out piano and circle the crescendo above 'Deus'
-Also circle the crescendos in measures 10 and 11
-Sing it brightly, the tone is celebratory
-'Qui' is on the down beat in measure 26
-Measures 27-33 should be mezzo piano
-Make sure to mark the Coda on page 9 so you're prepared!
-Altos and sopranos worked on pitches in 67-70
-Everyone remember to be sitting or standing with good posture for the end of the song (especially soprano 1's)
-Keep vowels tall throughout the song and specifically on 'Deus'
Prayer of the Children- Whole Song
-We need to work on the timing and make sure it's not dragging
-Men start out softly and don't forget the fermata on 'room' (and altos)
-Decrescendo in 'towards the light'
-No breath in measures 9 and 10
-It is no longer piano on 'Can you feel' it's now forte in measure 12-13
-'Nothing' is a 16th note in measure 17, not an 8th note
-Altos don't forget to go down on 'own' in 22
-Basses come in on measure 26
-The dim. e rit. that some of you were wondering about basically just means softer and slower
-Sforzando on 'world'
-Remember to really try to feel the text. Today we talked about what the song really means and how deep it is. It's talking about children having to live without things that so many of us take for granted like our families, our safety and security, our homes, our freedom, etc. So when you sing this piece, really try to feel the words and what they are saying because it will make all the difference in how we sound.
12 Days After Christmas- Whole Song
-We sang the first 6 pages (which we know) and then kind of tried to figure out the rest
-Make sure you sound dramatic throughout the song.. it's a fun piece :)
-Don't breathe between 'Christmas' and 'my' in measure 8
-Don't chew the 'r' in 'mother' on page 6.. it should be 'mothahh' not 'motherrrr'
-Altos leap down from high D to middle D in measure 42
-Lots of emphasis on the 'K' in 'Fake' you should be angry... the gold was fake!!!
-Ladies need LOTS of work on the do ba do ba do's at the key change
-Altos get melody on page 12 WOOHOO!

*Good job not talking today for the most part! We got a lot done :)

No Homework

No Sight Singing

No Theory

Announcements:
-The new Butterbraid delivery day is THIS Thursday. Please make sure you make arrangements to pick up you butterbraids and get them into a freezer within the hour just to be safe.  If you have an issue getting the butterbraids into a freezer due to an after school activity, you need to speak to Mrs. Patchett sooner rather than later.  Please do not wait until Thursday to communicate the conflict.

-HSHS has started teacher of the year nominations.  Students, parents and teachers can nominate a teacher of their choosing.  There are a few paper forms on the front table in the chorus room, or the nomination form is on the HSHS website. 

-If you wrote an essay to audition for the 9-10 choir and you have not recorded your audition, please make sure you come to the chorus room Thursday to complete your audition recording. 

-There is a concert TONIGHT at Apex Friendship.  The Southern Area Choral Festival will give a concert tomrorow night at 7:30 pm.  Tickets are $5 and Mrs. Patchett would HIGHLY encourage you to come out and support your chorus program.  It will be an amazing concert!

-We got Peanut and Wreaths Trees & Garland Fundraiser forms yesterday.. if you were not here yesterday, go talk to Mrs. Patchett to get the order forms :)

CV- 10/17/16

Announcements:

The new Butterbraid delivery day is THIS Thursday. Please make sure you make arrangements to pick up you butterbraids and get them into a freezer within the hour just to be safe.  If you have an issue getting the butterbraids into a freezer due to an after school activity, you need to speak to Mrs. Patchett sooner rather than later.  Please do not wait until Thursday to communicate the conflict.

HSHS has started teacher of the year nominations.  Students, parents and teachers can nominate a teacher of their choosing.  There are a few paper forms on the front table in the chorus room, or the nomination form is on the HSHS website.

Your next Nashville trip payment is due next Wednesday Oct 26. $200. If you fundraised it in butterbraids, or plan to fundraise it in wreaths, trees garland and peanuts, please let Mrs. P know.

The CV T-shirt list of names draft thing was passed around. If your name is misspelled or missing, fix it on the sheet. If you were absent, go talk to Mrs. Patchett about it.

The peanut fundraiser and the wreath and garland fundraiser were passed out today. ***They're due Tuesday November first.*** all the details for these fundraisers are in the orange envelopes that were distributed in class.

SOUTHERN AREA CHORAL FESTIVAL DETAILS:
If you're driving and parking your car at apex friendship, you need a "SACF Participant" paper to put in your dash.
You won't be parking in the main lot. If you're coming and the school is on your left, you're going to go into the bus loop, and park in the back, closest to the buses.
Tonight we're meeting in the  auditorium if you get there early. We're going to line up by voice part, and then we're going to be seated by the directors mixed with the other schools. You will sit in the place you're told to sit, don't move to go be with your friend.
We will be done no later than nine pm tonight.
In the morning, get to apex friendship at 7:10, go into the  auditorium and sit in your assigned seat from the previous day. If you're bringing an item for student lunches, bring it tonight and wrote"for student lunch" on it.
At 2:15 you're dismissed to go home. By 5:30 you need to have already eaten, be in full concert attire, and be at apex friendship by 5:25. Ladies, don't forget pearls.
At 7, the auditorium doors open, the concert starts at 7:30. Tickets are five dollars. Wake county employees get in free if they show their wake county ID.
See Mrs Patchett before you leave. Do not just leave after the concert.
Do not make negative comments about the other choirs, it's inappropriate to talk about. We will only have positive comments, we are only supportive of each other. Bring your black folders today and tomorrow. If you have a chorus T-shirt, wear it tomorrow.
Music for SACF: Elohai, Let the River Run, Chindia, Awake the Harp, Nginani, In Remembrance, and Animal Crackers.
Men: If you sing a middle part in Let the River Run, you need to sit in the middle of the men's section (do your best)
Women: be flexible and open to learning a new part in Nginani.

Rehearsal:

Elohai
-ran the piece on text. Female solo= sopranos, male solo= basses
-focused on note accuracy and transitions.
-we're going to try to go over the text at the rehearsal tonight.

Let the River Run
-Clarified the splits throughout the piece
-Be flexible with your voice parts

We ran through In Remembrance and Animal Crackers.

Sight Reading: none

Homework: none

Concert Choir, Monday 10/17/16

Rehearsal Notes & Assignments:
Festival Sanctus- Pages 8-10 measures 51-75
-Sopranos and Tenors are in octaves with the weird rhythm at 51-55
-Altos and Basses are in octaves with the weird rhythm at 59-61
-Remember to go back to page 4 measure 24 at the D.S. al Coda
-Once you sang through measure 33, go to Coda in measure 63
-Measure 67-70 altos and sopranos mark in your music that you're just going up the scale
-Time changes to 10/8 in measure 71 and only altos and bass sing there
-Measure 74 make sure you go up the octave basses!
-Don't strain on the high A in measure 75 Soprano 1's! Don't hold it either... it's a quarter note
My Bonny Lass- Whole Song
-Tenors don't speed up at the top of page 4
-Make sure you're keeping the 4/4 time everyone and pay attention to time signature changes
-Keep the light and bouncy feel throughout the song
-Tall vowels and don't chew the dipthongs
I'm Gonna Sing 'Till The Spirit Moves In My Heart- Pages 3-4 Measures 10-17
-Everyone be sure to know your starting pitch on 'sing' in measure 10
-Basses, you stay the same and keep the same rhythm
-Don't make the 'Jesus-ah' too pronounced it's just an afterthought
-Also don't over do the consonants because it's not that type of song
-It should be sung very dark and spiritually... it's a 3 on the darkness scale
-Circle the repeat at measure 17
-No breath at the end of 'till he comes'

*We got 2 new fundraisers today... the peanut fundraiser and the wreaths, trees & garland fundraiser! If you were absent today and would like to participate in either (or both) of those, ask Mrs. Patchett for the forms on Wednesday. GO SELL SOME STUFF!! (:

No Homework :)

No Sight Singing

No Theory

Announcements:
-The new Butterbraid delivery day is THIS Thursday. Please make sure you make arrangements to pick up you butterbraids and get them into a freezer within the hour just to be safe.  If you have an issue getting the butterbraids into a freezer due to an after school activity, you need to speak to Mrs. Patchett sooner rather than later.  Please do not wait until Thursday to communicate the conflict.

-HSHS has started teacher of the year nominations.  Students, parents and teachers can nominate a teacher of their choosing.  There are a few paper forms on the front table in the chorus room, or the nomination form is on the HSHS website. 

-If you wrote an essay to audition for the 9-10 choir and you have not recorded your audition, please make sure you come to the chorus room Thursday to complete your audition recording. 

-There is a concert tomorrow night at Apex Friendship.  The Southern Area Choral Festival will give a concert tomrorow night at 7:30 pm.  Tickets are $5 and Mrs. Patchett would HIGHLY encourage you to come out and support your chorus program.  It will be an amazing concert!

BEG CHOIR 10-17-16

Announcements:
If you turned in your essay but did not record your audition for 9/10 select choir meet in the chorus room on Wendsday.

Concert Attire was passed out today if you turned in your form.

We have started TWO new fundraisers, if you need the packets or more order sheets please see Mrs.Patchet.

We will not have a share day this friday on a early release

There will be a concert at Apex Friendship high school tomorrow. It will be a lot of fun and you should definitely go! Tickets are $5

Rehearsal:
"the rose" NEW SONG

happy Monday :)

Concert Choir, Friday 10/14/16

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Today was the Pep Rally, so since class was a little weird, we split into our theory groups and worked on Relative Minor Scales. At the very end of class we touched on identifying triads.

No Homework

No Sight Singing

Announcements:
Attention all Chorus Students!!!- Obviously, butterbraids were not distributed yesterday.  The butterbraid company came and when we unloaded the order, the orders were all wrong and ½ were missing. We sent it back and are waiting for confirmation of a new delivery day.  We apologize for the inconvenience. As soon as we have a new delivery day Mrs. Patchett will email and text out the date.
Tri-M Music Honor Society has a sign up sheet on the ensemble room door so if you need help with music theory... Sign up and a Tri-M student will help you!
CV is performing at Apex Friendship on Tuesday at 7:30pm so if you want to come, tickets are $5. It's gonna be really great, hope to see you there!!! :)

10/13/16 BEG CHOIR

ANNOUNCEMENTS

There is a concert at Apex Friendship High School this coming Tuesday at 7:30 pm.  Tickets are $5. I highly encourage you come! Colla Voce will be performing along with Apex Friendship HS and Fuquay Varina HS. 

If you are interested in auditioning for the 9-10 Wingate Select Choir, please have your essay written by TOMORROW and bring it to Lunch TOMORROW.  We may be recording your audition this day so you will want to practice ahead of time.  Details on the essay topic and audition songs are on the chorus website. 

 Women’s Concert attire will be given out tomorrow.

Butter braids were not given out today the new date will be sent out asap

Rehearsal

"Al Shlo sha"

CV- 10/13/16

Announcements:

ALL CHORUS STUDENTS: The Musical workshop is TODAY all of lunch.  If you might be interested in audition for Phantom of the Opera, the directors highly suggest you come to the meeting.  It is okay if you cannot be there for all of the workshop.

SOUTHERN AREA CHORAL FESTIVAL DETAILS:
Monday- Go to school as normal. At 5:30 Monday night, meet at apex friendship high school with your music, ready to rehearse. Eat beforehand, there won't be a dinner break.
Tuesday- meet at apex friendship high school Tuesday morning at 7:15 (do not go to HSHS like a normal school day!). Lunch will be provided. We'll rehearse until 2:15, then you can go home until 5:30 where we'll meet at apex friendship high school IN CONCERT ATTIRE with your black folder and SACF music. You may want to take out your music that isn't for SACF to avoid clutter. Ladies wear your pearls!

Rehearsal:

Elohai N'tzor
-worked on pitches and rhythm for measures 44 through 57

Lesson on the International Phonetic Alphabet! If you missed the notes, come see me (Sydney) and I can give you mine.

Animal Crackers
-briefly ran "the Canary" and "the Eel" before the bell rang

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework: write in 

Concert Choir, Thursday 10/13/16

Today we broke into our music theory groups and worked on 2 worksheets. If you were absent, see Mrs. Patchett tomorrow because I'm assuming you have to complete those as well :)

Sadly, our Butterbraid orders were delivered with the incorrect butterbraids in the boxes so we had to send them back and we did NOT take home butterbraids today. However, do not panic because YOUR BUTTERBRAIDS WILL COME!! We aren't sure when, but there will be a different delivery date that will be announced later.

If you are interested in auditioning for 9/10 Select Choir, turn your essays in tomorrow at lunch and be prepared to record your audition. To all of those auditioning.... good luck!!

No Sight Singing

No Homework :)

Concert Choir, Wednesday 10/12/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
Prayer of the Children- Ran through the whole song

-Circled pitches we were unsure about 

-Practiced using tall vowels and not straining our voice as we are ascending

-We held 'help' in measure 41 to correct pitches, Basses & Sopranos are octave Gs
-Don't hold 'face', it's a quarter note
-'For when' comes in fast in measure 42 because there's only an eighth rest
-Altos remember to go down from G to E on 'bringing' don't stay on the same note
-'Dali čûje te' is pianissimo so don't come in loudly
-Make sure your vowels are tall throughout the song especially on the Russian text
I'm Gonna Sing 'Til The Spirit Moves In My Heart- Pages 7-9 measures 37-43

-Everyone was supposed to learn their voice part for homework last night.... Did you do it??
-Tenors make sure you don't speed up, the basses will be confused
-Basses tap the beat so it's easier for you to come in on time
-Altos circle the Bb to C from measures 39-40
-Sopranos make sure you aren't sliding to get to your notes
-Everyone learn your parts on 'movin' because it's a little rough

No Music Theory

Homework:  Go over your voice part for I'm Gonna Sing on the 'movin's' Pages 7-9....actually do it because it will be evident if you come to class and don't know it. Go on YouTube and practice with a SATB choir :)

Sight Singing: We sight sang some basic melodies and I took a picture of them but I STILL don't know how to put in on here, sorry!!! (If you're good with computers and stuff please come help me!!)

Announcements:
Attention all Chorus Students!!!- Listen Carefully!!! The butterbraid pick-up day has been moved back a day - PICK-UP IS NOT Today, Wednesday.  It is NOW AFTER SCHOOL ON THURSDAY!!!  Please make arrangements to have you or someone in your family pick up your Butterbraids on THURSDAY this week at 2:18.

ALL CHORUS STUDENTS: The Musical workshop is THIS FRIDAY - all of lunch.  If you might interested in audition for Phantom of the Opera, the directors highly suggest you come to the meeting.  It is okay if you cannot be there for all of the workshop. 

ALL - Your last interim will go out tomorrow- please make sure you have all missing work turned in by the end of today. 

Concert & Beginning - If you are interested in auditoning for the 9-10 Wingate Select Choir, please have your essay written by THIS Thursday and bring it to Lunch Thursday.  We may be recording your audition this day so you will want to practice ahead of time.  Details on the essay topic and audition songs are on the chorus website

CV- 10/11/16

Announcements:

***Attention all Chorus Students!!!- Listen Carefully!!! The butterbraid pick-up day has been moved back a day - PICK-UP IS NOT Tomorrow, Wednesday.  It is NOW AFTER SCHOOL ON THURSDAY!!!  Please make arrangements to have you or someone in your family pick up your Butterbraids on THURSDAY this week at 2:18.***

ALL CHORUS STUDENTS: The Musical workshop is THIS FRIDAY - all of lunch.  If you might interested in audition for Phantom of the Opera, the directors highly suggest you come to the meeting.  It is okay if you cannot be there for all of the workshop.

Your last interim will go out tomorrow- please make sure you have all missing work turned in by the end of today.

Rehearsal:

We got in mixed formation for "In Remembrance"

Ave Maria
-Soprano 2, be aware of the awkward jump in measure 13
-Learned notes for measures 1-14
-Learned word pronunciation for measures 1-14
-Basses be aware of the triplets in measure 14
-Soprano 2's and Soprano 1's worked on the transition from measure 11 into measure 12
-Reviewed measures 23-26

Elohai N'tzor
-learn the whole piece by tomorrow, Mrs. Patchett will send out a link.

Carol of the Bells
-Swing the notes
-Briefly went over the whole piece

Let the River Run
-Ran the whole piece, working on the crescendo from measure 11 into measure 12

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework: learn all of Elohai N'tzor

Concert Choir, Tuesday 10/11/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
Prayer of the Children- Page 7 measures 40-48
-We held 'help' in measure 41 to correct pitches, Basses & Sopranos are octave Gs
-Don't hold 'face', it's a quarter note
-'For when' comes in fast in measure 42 because there's only an eighth rest
-Altos remember to go down from G to E on 'bringing' don't stay on the same note
-'Dali čûje te' is pianissimo so don't come in loudly
-Make sure your vowels are tall throughout the song especially on the Russian text
Festival Sanctus- Pages 4-9 measures 24-62
-'Benedictus' is unison for altos and sopranos and basses and tenors
-Pronounce 'In' as 'Een' in measure 27
-Time changes to 6/8 in measure 28
-We went over each voice part's pitches in measures 27-33
-Men circle piano in measure 34... come in softly
-Time changes to 10/8 in measure 39
-Hosana should be tall like "Hosahnah" not "Hozanna"
-Also circle the Coda and D.S. Al Coda
The 12 Days After Christmas- Pages 6-8 measures 37-56
-No breath after 'Christmas in measure 38
-Altos jump an octave in measure 42 from high D to middle D
-Men make sure you're loud enough when you say 'caught the croup'
-Crescendo on 'obscene'
-Make sure you have a really strong 'K' when you say 'fake' (you're angry because the gold was FAKE!!)
-Ritardando on 'and they turned my fingers green' measures 51-53
-Ladies briefly touched on the 'Do ba doo's' at the key change
I'm Gonna Sing 'Til The Spirit Moves In My Heart- Pages 7-9 measures 37-43
-Tenors make sure you don't speed up, the basses will be confused
-Basses tap the beat so it's easier for you to come in on time
-Altos circle the Bb to C from measures 39-40
-Sopranos make sure you aren't sliding to get to your notes
-Everyone learn your parts on 'movin' because it's a little rough

No Music Theory

Homework: Learn your voice part for I'm Gonna Sing on the 'movin's' Pages 7-9....actually do it because it will be evident if you come to class and don't know it. Go on YouTube and practice with a SATB choir :)

Sight Singing: We sight sang some basic melodies and I took a picture of them but I don't know how to put in on here, sorry!!!

Announcements:
Attention all Chorus Students!!!- Listen Carefully!!! The butterbraid pick-up day has been moved back a day - PICK-UP IS NOT Tomorrow, Wednesday.  It is NOW AFTER SCHOOL ON THURSDAY!!!  Please make arrangements to have you or someone in your family pick up your Butterbraids on THURSDAY this week at 2:18.

ALL CHORUS STUDENTS: The Musical workshop is THIS FRIDAY - all of lunch.  If you might interested in audition for Phantom of the Opera, the directors highly suggest you come to the meeting.  It is okay if you cannot be there for all of the workshop. 

ALL - Your last interim will go out tomorrow- please make sure you have all missing work turned in by the end of today. 

Concert & Beginning - If you are interested in auditoning for the 9-10 Wingate Select Choir, please have your essay written by THIS Thursday and bring it to Lunch Thursday.  We may be recording your audition this day so you will want to practice ahead of time.  Details on the essay topic and audition songs are on the chorus website.

CV- 10/7/16

Announcements: none :)

Rehearsal:

Cradle Hymn
-worked on measures 31 through 48
-clarified notes for measures 43 through 48

Animal Crackers
-"The Canary" ran the piece, working on the fast part at the end.
-"The Eel" ran the piece.
-"The Kangaroo" ran the piece, working on dynamics.

Chindia
-ran the piece, working on dynamics

Took a pretest for Ms. McGrath

Played the game "pass the clap" (it was very fun)

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework: none :)

Concert Choir, Friday 10/07/16

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
The 12 Days After Christmas- Pages 2-5 measures 6-35
-Pitches are the same for the second day after Christmas
-Don't breathe after 'Christmas' in measure 7
-Sound angry and dramatic when you say 'had a fight'
-'Fight' in measure 10 should have a strong 't' at the end
-Remember everyone is unison from measure 10-14
-Accent and staccato 'shot that blasted'
-Emphasize the 't's in 'shoT thaT blasTed'
Prayer of the Children-  Pages 6-7 measures 32-end of the song
-When altos and sopranos come in, it should be piano
-Ritardando on 'I know you're near' in measure 43
-Circle the time signature change in measure 42!!
-The Russian lyrics 'Dali čûjete svedječje molitve' are pronounced like 'Dolly chew yeh teh sfeh dyay chyay mahleetvay'
-Went over the end "Can you hear the prayer of the children"
-Remember to watch the conductor at the end because we slow down
-It's probably a good idea to circle Notes with frematas
My Bonny Lass- Pages 2-7
-Sang the whole song
-Asked individual pitch questions for our voice part
-Went over pages 6 & 7 several times

***Stop talking during class!!!!!!!!!

No Homework :)

No Theory

No Sight Singing

Announcements:
Don’t forget the Musical Audition workshop is Oct 13th A & B LUnch in the auditorium

If you want to audition for 9-10 Select Choir - make sure you write your essay and bring it Oct 14th at lunch

Butterbraid Delivery is a week from Wednesday Oct 12th - You will pick up your butterbraid order at 2:18 before you leave.  Make sure you know how many butterbraids you sold, and if you sold more than 12, you have another way to get home other than the bus, or you have a friend on your bus come help you pick up your butterbraids.  If you ride the bus and you sold Butterbraids, Mrs. Patchett will write you a pass to get out of 4th period 5 minutes early so you can come pick up your butterbraids and not miss your bus.  If you sold A LOT of butterbraids, it would be best to have your parent come help you pick up your order.  REMEMBER you have 2 hours from the time you pick them up from school to get them into a freezer. You can put them in your freezer or in the people you sold to’s freezer, but they need to be a freezer.  If I were you, I would plan on delivery all my butterbraids right after school Wednesday.

Concert Choir, Thursday 10/06/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
The 12 Days After Christmas- Pages 2-4 measures 6-24
-Don't breathe after 'Christmas' in measure 7
-Sound angry and dramatic when you say 'had a fight'
-'Fight' in measure 10 should have a strong 't' at the end
-Remember everyone is unison from measure 10-14
-Accent and staccato 'shot that blasted'
-Emphasize the 't's in 'shoT thaT blasTed'
Prayer of the Children-  Pages 6-7 measures 32-end of the song
-When altos and sopranos come in, it should be piano
-Ritardando on 'I know you're near' in measure 43
-Circle the time signature change in measure 42!!
-The Russian lyrics 'Dali čûjete svedječje molitve' are pronounced like 'Dolly chew yeh teh sfeh dyay chyay mahleetvay' (I had a recording of Cam saying it but I can't figure out how to put it on here.. just come see me tomorrow if you want to hear it!)
My Bonny Lass- Pages 2-7
-Tried to sing the whole song since the notes repeat
-Circle repeat signs so you don't forget!!
-Pay attention to dynamics because sometimes they change on the repeat
-Keep tall vowels and the light & bouncy feel
Danny Boy- Pages 1-4 (whole song)
-Sang the whole song
-Stood up on the words that needed emphasis
-Emphasis words include: Boy, Pipes, Calling, Glen, Mountain, Side, Roses, You, Bude, Back,Valley, Snow, Here, So

***Stop talking during class!!!!!!!!!

No Homework :)

No Theory

No Sight Singing

Announcements:
Don’t forget the Musical Audition workshop is Oct 13th A & B LUnch in the auditorium

If you want to audition for 9-10 Select Choir - make sure you write your essay and bring it Oct 14th at lunch

Butterbraid Delivery is a week from Wednesday Oct 12th - You will pick up your butterbraid order at 2:18 before you leave.  Make sure you know how many butterbraids you sold, and if you sold more than 12, you have another way to get home other than the bus, or you have a friend on your bus come help you pick up your butterbraids.  If you ride the bus and you sold Butterbraids, Mrs. Patchett will write you a pass to get out of 4th period 5 minutes early so you can come pick up your butterbraids and not miss your bus.  If you sold A LOT of butterbraids, it would be best to have your parent come help you pick up your order.  REMEMBER you have 2 hours from the time you pick them up from school to get them into a freezer. You can put them in your freezer or in the people you sold to’s freezer, but they need to be a freezer.  If I were you, I would plan on delivery all my butterbraids right after school Wednesday.

Beginners Choir 10-6-16

Announcements:
There is an optional musical workshop on October 13. This is not mandatory but HIGHLY recommended.

Butterbraid pick up is on October 12th after school.

Rehearsal:
Warm ups
"Let the praise"
"Al Shlosha D'varim"
"Music Speaks"

Happy Thursday :)

CV- 10/6/16

Announcements: None :)

Rehearsal:

Winter concert music extravaganza! Yay!

Sectional 1
-The First Nowell
-Joy to the World
-Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming

Sectional 2
-Cradle Hymn
-Ose Shalom

Together as a class
-Ave Maria

***Mrs. Patchett specifically assigned voice parts for these pieces. If you weren't there, you need to go talk to her about which part you're supposed to sing.

Sight Reading: None :)

Homework: None :)

CV- 10/5/16

Announcements:

Don’t forget the Musical Audition workshop is Oct 13th A & B Lunch in the auditorium

Butterbraid Delivery is a week from Wednesday Oct 12th - You will pick up your butterbraid order at 2:18 before you leave.  Make sure you know how many butterbraids you sold, and if you sold more than 12, you have another way to get home other than the bus, or you have a friend on your bus come help you pick up your butterbraids.  If you ride the bus and you sold Butterbraids, Mrs. Patchett will write you a pass to get out of 4th period 5 minutes early so you can come pick up your butterbraids and not miss your bus.  If you sold A LOT of butterbraids, it would be best to have your parent come help you pick up your order.  REMEMBER you have 2 hours from the time you pick them up from school to get them into a freezer. You can put them in your freezer or in the people you sold to’s freezer, but they need to be a freezer.  If I were you, I would plan on delivery all my butterbraids right after school Wednesday.

Honors Chorus Students - Please make sure you turn in your forms by FRIDAY! :)

CV- Don’t forget to be on time 7:25 in the morning Thursday - we are having a winter concert music extravaganza!

Rehearsal:

Sectionals! Working on:
1.) "Awake the Harp" measures 52 to the end
2.) "Let the River Run" coda and transition into coda
3.) Other "Awake the Harp" pitches
4.) Rehearse and list any more note issues

Awake the Harp
-worked on measures 52 to the end. Emphasis on measures 55 and 56
-"dress" in measure 58 is an eighth note and an eighth rest

Let the River Run
-Basses, in measure 39 mark out the quarter not and write in a breath mark
-working on the transition into coda and note accuracy in measures 36 through 40

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework: none other than showing up on time tomorrow at 7:25 for our winter concert music extravaganza! (it'll be fun, I promise)

Concert Choir,Wednesday 10/05/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
Festival Sanctus- Pages 4-5 measures 16-33
-Soprano AND Altos sing at measure 16
-Make sure 'Hosana' is tall you don't want to say 'Hosaaaana' it should be 'Hosahna'
-'Venit' in measure 26 is pronounced 'veh neat'
-Whenever we say 'In' it should be 'een'
-Crescendo from benedictus to qui so you get 'squi'
Prayer of the Children-  Pages 6-7 measures 32-end of the song
-When altos and sopranos come in, it should be piano
-Ritardando on 'I know you're near' in measure 43
-Circle the time signature change in measure 42!!
-The Russian lyrics 'Dali čûjete svedječje molitve' are pronounced like 'Dolly chew yeh teh sfeh dyay chyay mahleetvay' (I had a recording of Cam saying it but I can't figure out how to put it on here.. just come see me tomorrow if you want to hear it!)

No Homework :)

No Theory

No Sight Singing

Announcements:
Don’t forget the Musical Audition workshop is Oct 13th A & B LUnch in the auditorium

If you want to audition for 9-10 Select Choir - make sure you write your essay and bring it Oct 14th at lunch

Butterbraid Delivery is a week from Wednesday Oct 12th - You will pick up your butterbraid order at 2:18 before you leave.  Make sure you know how many butterbraids you sold, and if you sold more than 12, you have another way to get home other than the bus, or you have a friend on your bus come help you pick up your butterbraids.  If you ride the bus and you sold Butterbraids, Mrs. Patchett will write you a pass to get out of 4th period 5 minutes early so you can come pick up your butterbraids and not miss your bus.  If you sold A LOT of butterbraids, it would be best to have your parent come help you pick up your order.  REMEMBER you have 2 hours from the time you pick them up from school to get them into a freezer. You can put them in your freezer or in the people you sold to’s freezer, but they need to be a freezer.  If I were you, I would plan on delivery all my butterbraids right after school Wednesday.

CV- 10/4/16

Announcements:

Don’t forget the Musical Audition workshop is Oct 13th A & B LUnch in the auditorium

Butterbraid Delivery is a week from Wednesday Oct 12th - You will pick up your butterbraid order at 2:18 before you leave.  Make sure you know how many butterbraids you sold, and if you sold more than 12, you have another way to get home other than the bus, or you have a friend on your bus come help you pick up your butterbraids.  If you ride the bus and you sold Butterbraids, Mrs. Patchett will write you a pass to get out of 4th period 5 minutes early so you can come pick up your butterbraids and not miss your bus.  If you sold A LOT of butterbraids, it would be best to have your parent come help you pick up your order.  REMEMBER you have 2 hours from the time you pick them up from school to get them into a freezer. You can put them in your freezer or in the people you sold to’s freezer, but they need to be a freezer.  If I were you, I would plan on delivery all my butterbraids right after school Wednesday.

CV - Congratulations to Ethan Baker, Sarah Rasey, Maggie Lewis, Cameron Woffinden, Fran Doresty & Ethan Edwards for being selected for Honors Chorus 2016!

CV- Don’t forget to be on time 7:25 in the morning Thursday - we are having a winter concert music extravaganza!

Rehearsal:

Let the River Run
-ran the whole piece
-worked on the transition from measure 11 to measure 12 (no breath and crescendo into 12)
-worked on pitch accuracy in measures 10 through 11

Awake the Harp
-Ran the whole piece standing on chairs while Mrs. Patchett and Ms. McGrath walked through and made sure we know the whole song

In Remembrance
-worked on measures 35-51 focusing on dynamics and instructions from Mrs. Patchett (watching her for cut offs, dynamics, technique, etc)

Elohai N'tzor
-worked on rhythm and notes on "Dah" from measures 1 to 13
-Learned word pronunciation from measures 1-4
---E-lo-hai = eh low high
---N'-tzor = Net zoar (rhyming with boar/door/etc)
---L-'sho-ni = L' show knee
---M'-rah = M' raw
---Us'-fa-tai = Oos (rhyming with goose) faw tie
---Mi-da-ber = Me daw bear (with a flipped "r")
---Mir-mah = Meer maw

Sight Reading: None

Homework: None

Concert Choir Tuesday 10/04/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
-Today we wrote for 5 minutes just to brainstorm our ideas for the bullying project for the fine arts department. Ideas included writing words, what your song was going to be about, instrument/voice combinations, etc.
Danny Boy- whole song!
-Pay attention on the conductor for when to come in
-Don't slow down on "oh Danny boy"
-"the pipes the pipes are calling" should be legato not choppy & staccato sounding
-Remember "flow'rs" should be "flahs" not "Flowwwers"
-Don't breathe after gone and find in measure 5
I'm Gonna Sing Till The Spirit Moves in My Heart- Pages 7-9 measures 35-43
-Tenors pay attention to dynamics!!
-Basses tap to get your 'Can't you feel it movin'
-Sopranos and Altos went over pitches
The Twelve Days After Christmas- Pages 2-4 measures 6-22
-Learned new pitches and timing for 'my true love'
-No breath in measure 20 between 'love' and 'my'
-Make sure not to chew 'true'
-Accent 'shot' and 'that' in measure 17

No Homework :)

No Theory

No Sight Singing

Announcements:
Don’t forget the Musical Audition workshop is Oct 13th A & B LUnch in the auditorium

If you want to audition for 9-10 Select Choir - make sure you write your essay and bring it Oct 14th at lunch

Butterbraid Delivery is a week from Wednesday Oct 12th - You will pick up your butterbraid order at 2:18 before you leave.  Make sure you know how many butterbraids you sold, and if you sold more than 12, you have another way to get home other than the bus, or you have a friend on your bus come help you pick up your butterbraids.  If you ride the bus and you sold Butterbraids, Mrs. Patchett will write you a pass to get out of 4th period 5 minutes early so you can come pick up your butterbraids and not miss your bus.  If you sold A LOT of butterbraids, it would be best to have your parent come help you pick up your order.  REMEMBER you have 2 hours from the time you pick them up from school to get them into a freezer. You can put them in your freezer or in the people you sold to’s freezer, but they need to be a freezer.  If I were you, I would plan on delivery all my butterbraids right after school Wednesday.