CV- 12/7/16

Announcements:

The Band Concert is 7 pm this Friday

The Nutcracker opens Thursday and runs through Saturday - it is free and open to the public.

Mrs. Patchett and the librarians need help getting music organized- if you can stay after school Thursday or Friday -please see Mrs. Patchett at the end of class.

The chorus is having a Spirit Night on Tuesday Dec 13 at Freddy’s from 5-8. Plan to eat dinner at Freddy’s next Tuesday night.

If you have not paid for your concert attire or fully fundraised your concert attire, please pay the difference by Dec. 12.

Lowes Food - If your family would like to purchase Lowes Food Gift Cards please turn in money by Friday Dec 9. This is a great opportunity to provide money for your student account and purchase christmas gifts for family and friends!

If your family donated a poinsettia, please pick it up. It is in the back window of the chorus room

CV- Trip Deposit was Due last week $200

All State Auditions will be today Dec 6 B Lunch & Thursday Dec 8 All Lunch.  See Website for more details

CV - Your field trip form for the middle school was over a week ago if you have them today please turn them in.

For Friday night's performance, wear concert attire and a nice coat (no ratty hoodies, keep it classy). The performance should be over around 8:15.

On Saturday, we'll be singing inside, but will be waking from location to location outdoors, so bring a coat to keep warm.

On December 19th we've been invited to join ITS for an ugly sweater party in the auditorium all of lunch, it should be a lot of fun!

Rehearsal:

Did some TaVaKiRiDaMa exercises.

MLK
-working on part B
-there's no real time signature, so write in bar lines and/or counts for where you think it makes sense to help you read it better
-tomorrow, know section C

Music Down In My Soul
-clarified notes with each section
-basses, measure eight and nine are slightly different from each other
-know pages four and five through the second ending. Anticipate having a singing quiz on this tomorrow.

Lo How A Rose
-clarified the text and ran through the piece

Joy to the World
-reviewed bass line notes
-this will most likely be the song we sing as the tree is lighting Friday night
-as you crescendo, make your vowels taller and don't push the sound from your throat

Carol of the Bells
-reviewed men's pitches in the section right before "Love"
-take the R's out of "merry", "treasure", and "measure"

Cold and Fugue
-went over notes
-ran through the whole piece

Sight Reading: none :)

Homework:
-know section C of MLK
-know pages four and five of Music Down In My Soul
-complete the music theory work sheet you got in class