Happy Monday :-)
MUSIC JOKE OF THE DAY:
C, E flat, and G walk into a bar.
"Sorry," the bartender says,
"We don't serve minors here"
Announcements:
-Mr. Wilson was our sub today!!!
-Great job to Fran, Cameryn and Kyle yesterday! The HC concert was amazing!.
-Our dress rehearsal will be November 30 after school and the winter concert is December 1. You are REQUIRED to be at both. They are test grades. If you have a conflict, email Mrs. P
-The standing chart went around for all Choir pieces and the women's/men's pieces
-There will be a singing quiz next Friday on any one of the songs we are performing for the concert. Make sure you know your notes and the music is memorized by then
-Great job to Fran, Cameryn and Kyle yesterday! The HC concert was amazing!.
-Our dress rehearsal will be November 30 after school and the winter concert is December 1. You are REQUIRED to be at both. They are test grades. If you have a conflict, email Mrs. P
-The standing chart went around for all Choir pieces and the women's/men's pieces
-There will be a singing quiz next Friday on any one of the songs we are performing for the concert. Make sure you know your notes and the music is memorized by then
Rehearsal Notes:
-Today we worked on the following songs....
1. Carol of the Bells- Sang through the whole thing. Sopranos remember to stress the first note in each measure at the beginning. Altos and tenors need to sound like Bells when they come in, closing to the "ng". We also specifically worked on gradually crescendoing to the climax of the piece which is "Gaily they ring while people sing". One more note.. only ONE song!! It's not "songS of good cheer" we took out the S so make sure to mark it in your music.
2. Betelehemu- We sang the whole thing making sure not to slow down on page 5. We need to keep the tempo and make sure the song sounds upbeat and happy. We also touched on making sure we have tall vowels and adding some dynamics to make certain places really stick out. There were a few note issues that we worked through, but overall we did pretty well with that one!
3. Glow- We sang through the whole thing and stopped to solidify a few particular sections. One section we worked on was the "in gentle tones of warmest white" section going into page 2. We went over some notes because this piece is tricky and we also tried hard to fit the parts together to make it flow and blend more smoothly!
4. The First Noel- We sang the whole thing and worked on the part where the tenors and basses are singing alone. Remember that if "the" is before a word with a vowel or vowel sound, it's "theeee" if it is in front of a consonant, it's "thuh"
1. Carol of the Bells- Sang through the whole thing. Sopranos remember to stress the first note in each measure at the beginning. Altos and tenors need to sound like Bells when they come in, closing to the "ng". We also specifically worked on gradually crescendoing to the climax of the piece which is "Gaily they ring while people sing". One more note.. only ONE song!! It's not "songS of good cheer" we took out the S so make sure to mark it in your music.
2. Betelehemu- We sang the whole thing making sure not to slow down on page 5. We need to keep the tempo and make sure the song sounds upbeat and happy. We also touched on making sure we have tall vowels and adding some dynamics to make certain places really stick out. There were a few note issues that we worked through, but overall we did pretty well with that one!
3. Glow- We sang through the whole thing and stopped to solidify a few particular sections. One section we worked on was the "in gentle tones of warmest white" section going into page 2. We went over some notes because this piece is tricky and we also tried hard to fit the parts together to make it flow and blend more smoothly!
4. The First Noel- We sang the whole thing and worked on the part where the tenors and basses are singing alone. Remember that if "the" is before a word with a vowel or vowel sound, it's "theeee" if it is in front of a consonant, it's "thuh"
Music Theory:
-None
Homework:
-Reveiw your music... we have a lot to learn and a singing quiz on Friday!!
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