Concert Choir, Wednesday 01/04/17

Happy New Year!!
Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
*Mrs. Patchett pulled up 2 groups of eight (2 from each voice part) and quizzed us on Hallelujah Amen
Omnia Sol- Pages 3-10 measures 1-59
-Everyone should've learned pages 3-5 last night so we went over that
-In measure 18, 'be' is a 16th note so don't sing it like an 8th note
-Strong 'd' at the end of 'sway'd' and 'staid' on page 6
-Crescendo from measure 23 to 24
-Altos remember your melody changes in measure 29 it's not like measure 25
-Below are the correct ways to pronounce the Latin text in measures 23-30 (write these in your music)
Omnia Sol: Ahm-nee-ahh-soul
Temperat: Temp-eh-raht (flip the 'r')
Absens in Remota: Ahb-sens een reh-mo-tah (flip the 'r')
Ama me fideliter: Ahma meh fee-dil-eeter
Fidem meam noto: Fee-dem mehm noh-toh
Hallelujah Amen- Pages 2-3 measures 1-9
-We should've learned it last night so we reviewed it
-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 2-4 measures 1-18
-It's been a while since we have gone over this piece so we reviewed what we knew
-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

Sight Singing: We practiced Sight Singing for MPA and our test next week. If you want to practice at home, go to Sightreadingfactory.com and practice at a soprano level 4

Homework: Learn Omnia Sol pages 3-10 in your voice part and be prepared to get called on to sing it in class tomorrow. (Make sure you know it because last night I went over mine for Hallelujah Amen but I didn't know it well enough and then I got called on today and it was really rough.. so learn your music folks!) The link to practice track is below :)

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-Mt9TeXEG6WdzINaQobd5rdtFRcsMkMx


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Announcements:

Men participating in Men’s Invitational - you have a lunch rehearsal Thursday and Friday 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.