CV- 4/5/17

Announcements:

All State Students: Lunch rehearsals will resume after spring break

All Choir Lunch rehearsals will begin the week after spring break during the fine arts assigned tutorial time (Thursdays A lunch and Fridays B lunch)

CV - Don’t forget to turn in your Field Trip Form for singing at the Town Council.

Basket Raffle is the next big fundraiser.   We will start collecting donations for baskets on Tuesday, April 18th---we are announcing before break, so if anyone wants to bargain shop during break they can!  All items are due April 28.

The Themes are:

CV: Chocolate

Concert Choir: (two baskets) Outdoor Fun, including Bar-B-Q/Grilling   for one basket and Movie/Game Night for the other basket

Beginning Choir: (two baskets)  Spa/Pampering Basket and a Beach Party Basket

Tri-M Invitations & Applications were passed out today.

Current Tri-M seniors- it is 10$ for a cord, and it needs to be payed for with a check written out to the "HSHS Band Boosters"

We WILL meet expectations when Mrs. Patchett isn't here the next two days.

Turn in your copy of Beulah if you haven't already.


Rehearsal:

Lux Aurumque
-air, space, and support are key factors in singing the soprano line piano
-the word "angeli" should be pronounced "ahn-gel-ee" in measures 28 and 29, top of page 6
-tenors, your page turn from  page 5 to 6 are a Fa, La, Do jump
-connect the "t" of "canunt" to the next word, which is "et"
-put the emphasis on "ca" in the word "canunt" at the bottom of page 5
-men, pucker on "Li" and don't have too much tension in your tongue
-crescendo "pu" and decrescendo "ra" at the bottom of page 4
-soprano ones, breathe before your F# in measure 19, and soprano twos, carry your A
-decrescendo the first two beats of measure 21 and crescendo the second two beats
-make sure your vowels match, especially sopranos at page four. Release the tension for a pure "oo" vowel
-measure 24 should be pianissimo
-men, match your "ah" vowels on the word "canunt"

Veniki
-practice the text on your own so you become more comfortable and we're able to increase the tempo
-Max will be salty if we don't all roll our R's throughout this piece, so please put in the effort

Sight Reading: none

Homework:
-practice the text for Veniki on your own
-get your field trip forms for singing at the Town Council signed