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.