Beginning Thursday 2/21

Thursday 2/21

     Take me to the Water. We started at the start of the song working on phrasing and Mrs. Patchett asked us what we would want. We ended up 'leaning' into every 'Take me' and than having a quick decrescendo followed by a strong crescendo for 'spirit can be free'. We then skipped ahead to measures 27-29. We emphasized both 'God's' and 'trouble' in that phrase, leaning into each word then backing off the crescendo for 'water'. Also important, we talked about the tone and style differences between our 2 songs. 

     My Very Own. We only worked on measures 36-44. remember to lean into the first 'beautiful' and we worked on the Tenor and Bass notes a lot since they weren't getting their part exactly right. Don't breath between 'beyond compare' and 'How beautiful' but Do breath between 'How beautiful' and 'better than wine'

A quick not for both songs. Tall vowels for both songs.

Announcements

There are 15 rehearsals until we go to MPA (music performance adjudication)

There are no more Canvas Music Theory Assignments until after MPA. The next assignment is due Friday March 15.  Dates have been adjusted. Sight Reading Factory is still due this week. This week it counts as a regular written assignment, but next week it is a quiz grade.  

All students - it is cold and flu season. WASH YOUR HANDS! WASH YOUR HANDS! WASH YOUR HANDS!!!  DO NOT drink after each other! You may feel fine now, but you might be sharing a cold you don’t know you have yet.  Bring your OWN water bottle to school and drink at least 64 oz of water a day!!!! As we get closer to MPA we need EVERYONE well and in class for rehearsal.

Beg & CC We will have a singing quiz on Friday for MPA.  You must have all your notes and rhythms and words memorized for the quiz for both pieces.