Concert Choir, Thursday 01/05/17

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:

*We got a new song today called 'Sing Me To Heaven' by Daniel E. Gawthrop. Gawthrop wrote this song while his wife was dying and it's a very chillingly beautiful piece. This is a possibility for one of our MPA songs! :)

Sing Me To Heaven (new song)- Pages 1-3 measures 1-25
-Crescendo in measure 2 on 'hearts'
-Lean on 'chambers' and 'truth' in measures 3 and 4
-Make sure the 'v' is pronounced and sung with voice in measures 5 and 6
-Men come in on the 't' of the ladies' 'mute' in measure 8
-Lean on all words that are a dotted quarter note
-Silence after silence!!! (Put a break in between silence and memory in measure 10)
-In measure 9 put the 's' on voices during the quarter rest
-Make sure you're holding 'wraps' for 2 beats in measure 15
-Breathe between 'me' and 'in' measure 17
-Stop singing and pause in measure 18
-Decrescendo on 'lullaby'
Hallelujah Amen- Pages 2-4 measures 1-15
-We learned new measures 10-15 & went over pitches
-Basses start out with the melody
-It's pronounced 'ahmen' not 'ayemen'
-Altos have similar rhythm in measure 3 as the basses started with
-Altos remember to hold the 'jah' at the end of measure 5 for 1.5 beats
-Make sure the 'men' at the end of 'Amen' isn't too strong, remember to back off
-The rhythms tend to get reused throughout the song so a lot of your rhythms will be repeated
I'm Gonna Sing- Pages 2-5 measures 1-26
-We reviewed the beginning
-Men remember to eliminate all 'r's' and end consonants at the beginning
-We sang it on a brightness scale level 3
-Should be very tall and round
-This song should be sung with passion & building excitement in the 'oh my jesus'
-'Til he comes' in measure 18 should get quieter
-Basses make sure you aren't rushing your little solo thing from measures 20-26
-Accent the 'oh yeah my lord'
-Strong 'd' at the end of 'lord'
-No 'r' in 'lord' it should be 'lawd'

Sight Singing: We practiced Sight Singing for MPA as well as our test next week. If you want to practice at home, go to Sightreadingfactory.com and practice at a soprano level 4. I will include a picture of the class example we did today, sorry if its blurry.. I was crouched on the floor

No Homework :)


No Theory

Announcements:
-Men participating in Men’s Invitational - you have a lunch rehearsal  TOMORROW ALL LUNCH - plan on bringing your lunch and we will work on our music for All Carolina Male Choral Invitational

-9-10 Select Choir Participants - We will begin rehearsals next week.  Mrs. Patchett will give you your music by the end of the week. 

-The All State list will be posted by Friday at 2:20 this week. 

-Concert Choir - We have an informance Tuesday (a week from today) at 7 pm in the Media Center.  

-All Choirs - There is a parent meeting Tuesday at 7 pm in the Media Center.  Please ask your parents to attend. Concert choir will be giving an informance. 

-All Choirs - Colla Voce will be performing with Milikin University Choir at Panther Creek High School Jan 19 at 7:30 at White Memorial Presbyterian Church in Raleigh.  This is a Concert you do not want to miss.  It is free and open to the public
All Choirs - Singing Valentines Sales will begin the first day of 2nd semester at Lunch in the Cafeteria.  Singing Valentines are $3 and you receive a song and bar of chocolate. 

-Phantom Cast - Make sure you are checking the Phantom Blog Calendar for rehearsals.