Chorus Rehearsals and Assignments: May 2019

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

CC May 28th 2019

what we did today:

- watched beginning theater performances

Announcements:

none

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

CC May 22nd 2019

What we did today:
- continued with sight reading exams
- music theory assignment: key identification, 50 examples

Announcements:

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

. Monday, you watched your concert and wrote a reflection. If you were absent, you need to do this make-up work. Also, If you missed any part of the dress rehearsal or concert, be sure to see Mrs. Patchett today.

Secretaries in each class, make sure you are updating the blog each day. :)

Your Gourmet Delights Fundraiser materials were due YESTERDAY Tuesday May 21. If you forgot, please turn it in to Mrs. Patchett after announcements.

Our chorus banquet is tomorrow Thursday May 23. Over the weekend, a reservation form was emailed so you can reserve your meal for the banquet. Each chorus student eats for free but MUST reserve their meal ahead of time. Seniors are allowed to bring 2 free guests. Any additional guests for seniors or underclassmen $5 per meal ticket. Dinner is served at 5 pm, awards are at 6 pm, and senior showcase is at 7 pm. Forms were due yesterday, if you forgot, please make sure you turn it into the grey box after the announcements. Printed forms are available on the piano.

Please make sure you have sent pictures to the phone numbers on the board so we can complete our slideshow for Thursday’s banquet. CV- Gretchen, please share the photo folder with Mrs. Patchett and other historians.

Any music that has not been turned in MUST be in TODAY.

Seniors you have your final dress rehearsal for Senior Showcase TODAY from 2:30-4:30 pm.

All students - if you are available today to help file music back into the music library, please plan to stay after from 2:30-4:30, with your ride promptly picking you up.

Concert Choir & CV - Seniors you must meet in the chorus room at 6:45 am on Friday dressed in your cap and gown ready to warm-up and go to sound check for our performance for senior awards day.

Concert Choir & CV - Students in Tri-M 2019-2020, officer applications are due Wednesday, May 29

Concert Choir & CV - for students in Colla Voce 2019-2020, the next lunch rehearsal Wednesday May 29.

CV- Your last critique of the year is due tomorrow, Thursday May 23. Make sure you turn in a critique for a CHORUS concert if your 3rd quarter critique was for something OTHER than a chorus concert. This counts as a test grade for 4th quarter.

CV - Your Co-President officer applications are due Wednesday May 29

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

CV 5/21

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

You all did a wonderful job on your Spring Concert. Yesterday you watched your concert and wrote a reflection. If you were absent, you need to do this make-up work. Also, If you missed any part of the dress rehearsal or concert, be sure to see Mrs. Patchett today.

Secretaries in each class, make sure you are updating the blog each day. :)

Your Gourmet Delights Fundraiser materials are due TODAY Tuesday May 21. Remember to turn in a list of people who purchased online.

Our chorus banquet is this Thursday May 23. Over the weekend, a reservation form was emailed so you can reserve your meal for the banquet. Each chorus student eats for free but MUST reserve their meal ahead of time. Seniors are allowed to bring 2 free guests. Any additional guests for seniors or underclassmen $5 per meal ticket. Dinner is served at 5 pm, awards are at 6 pm, and senior showcase is at 7 pm. You must turn in your reservation form and ticket money to the grey box by TODAY. Printed forms are available on the piano.

Any music that has not been turned in MUST be in TODAY.

Seniors you have your final dress rehearsal for Senior Showcase Tomorrow from 2:30-4:30 pm.

All students - if you are available tomorrow to help file music back into the music library, please plan to stay after from 2:30-4:30, with your ride promptly picking you up.

Concert Choir & CV - Seniors you must meet in the chorus room at 6:45 am on Friday dressed in your cap and gown ready to warm-up and go to sound check for our performance for senior awards day.

Concert Choir & CV - Students in Tri-M 2019-2020, officer applications are due Wednesday, May 29

Concert Choir & CV - for students in Colla Voce 2019-2020, the next lunch rehearsal is today B LUNCH

CV- Your last critique of the year is due Thursday May 23. Make sure you turn in a critique for a CHORUS concert if your 3rd quarter critique was for something OTHER than a chorus concert. This counts as a test grade for 4th quarter.

CV - Your Co-President officer applications are due Wednesday May 29

CC May 21, 2019

what we did today:
- sight reading exam
- assignment on music theory: 100 note ID examples

Announcements:

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Secretaries in each class, make sure you are updating the blog each day. :)

Your Gourmet Delights Fundraiser materials are due TODAY Tuesday May 21. Remember to turn in a list of people who purchased online.

Any music that has not been turned in MUST be in TODAY.

Seniors you have your final dress rehearsal for Senior Showcase Tomorrow from 2:30-4:30 pm.

All students - if you are available tomorrow to help file music back into the music library, please plan to stay after from 2:30-4:30, with your ride promptly picking you up.

Concert Choir & CV - Seniors you must meet in the chorus room at 6:45 am on Friday dressed in your cap and gown ready to warm-up and go to sound check for our performance for senior awards day.

Concert Choir & CV - Students in Tri-M 2019-2020, officer applications are due Wednesday, May 29

Concert Choir & CV - for students in Colla Voce 2019-2020, the next lunch rehearsal is today B LUNCH

CV - Your Co-President officer applications are due Wednesday May 29

Monday, May 20, 2019

CC May 20,2019

what we did today:
- we had a substitute
- watched the concert and filled out a reflection

Announcements:

Monday, May 20, 2019

You all did a wonderful job on your Spring Concert. Today you will be watching your concert and writing a reflection. If you missed any part of the dress rehearsal or concert, be sure to see Mrs. Patchett tomorrow.

Secretaries in each class, make sure you are updating the blog each day. :)

Your Gourmet Delights Fundraiser materials are due TOMORROW Tuesday May 21. Remember to turn in a list of people who purchased online.

Any music that has not been turned in MUST be in tomorrow.

Seniors you have your final dress rehearsal for Senior Showcase on Wednesday from 2:30-4:30 pm.

Concert Choir & CV - Seniors you must meet in the chorus room at 6:45 am on Friday dressed in your cap and gown ready to warm-up and go to sound check for our performance for senior awards day.

Concert Choir & CV - Students in Tri-M 2019-2020, officer applications are due Wednesday, May 29

Concert Choir & CV - for students in Colla Voce 2019-2020, the next lunch rehearsal is tomorrow B LUNCH

CV- Your last critique of the year is due next Thursday May 23. Make sure you turn in a critique for a CHORUS concert if your 3rd quarter critique was for something OTHER than a chorus concert. This counts as a test grade for 4th quarter.

CV - Your Co-President officer applications are due Wednesday May 29

Beginning 5/20

Monday 5/20

Today we simply critiqued our concert.

Reminders

sight reading for the exam starts tomorrow

Announcements

Secretaries in each class, make sure you are updating the blog each day. :)

Your Gourmet Delights Fundraiser materials are due TOMORROW Tuesday May 21. Remember to turn in a list of people who purchased online.

Any music that has not been turned in MUST be in tomorrow.

Seniors you have your final dress rehearsal for Senior Showcase on Wednesday from 2:30-4:30 pm.

Sunday, May 19, 2019

CV 5/20

Monday, May 20, 2019

Secretaries in each class, make sure you are updating the blog each day. :)

Your Gourmet Delights Fundraiser materials are due TOMORROW Tuesday May 21. Remember to turn in a list of people who purchased online.

Any music that has not been turned in MUST be in tomorrow.

Seniors you have your final dress rehearsal for Senior Showcase on Wednesday from 2:30-4:30 pm.

Concert Choir & CV - Seniors you must meet in the chorus room at 6:45 am on Friday dressed in your cap and gown ready to warm-up and go to sound check for our performance for senior awards day.

Concert Choir & CV - Students in Tri-M 2019-2020, officer applications are due Wednesday, May 29

Concert Choir & CV - for students in Colla Voce 2019-2020, the next lunch rehearsal is tomorrow B LUNCH

CV - Your Co-President officer applications are due Wednesday May 29

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Beginning 5/16

Thursday 5/16

Our concert is tomorrow! We ran through most of our concert, going through Down it the River, Tuba, Child of peace, Eja, and our MPA pieces. Then the Men worked on Drunken sailor while the women watched. They mainly worked on memorization and be 'animated' and almost acting out the context of the song.

and No Announcements

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Beginning 5/15

Wednesday 5/15

Only 2 More days until our concert!! We ran through Child of peace and Eja. The solo parts for Tuba were assigned as well. We split up to do our men and women's peice. The women worked on a couple more unsure parts in our songs while the men worked on memorization. We ran through Awake amd both our MPA pieces.

Announcements

We have 3 school days until our Spring Concert! The Concert is this Friday, May 17th. The dress rehearsal is today. Make sure you are available to attend both, as they both are test grades.

Go on the chorus website to click the link to buy your tickets online!

Your Gourmet Delights Fundraiser materials are due by Tuesday May 21.

Any money owed to the chorus program must be paid by TOMORROW May 16 or it will be turned into the school as a fine. If you owe a fine to the school, seniors will not be able to graduate and underclassmen will not be able to get their parking passes etc for next year.

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Beginning 5/14

Tuesday 5/14

Our concert is quickly approaching. We ran through Child of Peace and Eja. We also ran through our men and women's pieces. We worked on Awake making sure we have it down packed and going over the soprano 1 part. At the end of class, we turned in all music except for the men's piece, turn in all music by Thursday or you might be fined.

Announcements

We have 4 school days until our Spring Concert! The Concert is this Friday, May 17th. The dress rehearsal is Wednesday May 15th. Make sure you are available to attend both, as they both are test grades.

Ticket are now on sale for the Spring concert on May 17th. Sales are now opened to the general public. Go on the chorus website to click the link to buy your tickets online!

If you owe any money to the chorus program, you will need to have this paid by May 16 or it will be turned in as a fine to the school. You will be unable to get your parking passes etc over the summer.

Your Gourmet Delights Fundraiser materials are due by Tuesday May 21.

Any money owed to the chorus program must be paid by Thursday May 16 or it will be turned into the school as a fine. If you owe a fine to the school, seniors will not be able to graduate and underclassmen will not be able to get their parking passes etc for next year.

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Beginning 5/9

Thursday 5/9

Today we went over Eja Eja mostly working on rhythms. We also ran through Irish blessing working on getting our notes down well.

A large majority of the class was talking about our Exam/Final. Like last semester, we will have a written exam and sight reading, at level 4. But unlike last semester a large portion of our grade will be a solo we will sing in front of the class. 40% of the grade is the performance 10% is a 1 page MLA formatted paper about the song you will sing. We all got a sheet of paper outlining the weighing of the parts and the criteria of our solo. If you were absent you will get it tomorrow.

Announcements

We have 7 school days until our Spring Concert! A reminder that our concert moved to Friday, May 17th. The dress rehearsal is TWO DAYS before the concert on Wednesday May 15th. Make sure you are available to attend both, as they both are test grades.

The end of the year chorus picnic is Monday May 13 from 4-6 at Womble Park. The chorus booster will provide fried chicken. Concert Choir is to bring a side to share, Beginning Choir is to bring a dessert to share and CV is to bring individual waters or gatorade to share. This event is only for chorus students. Please do not invite non-chorus students to the picnic. The booster board will serve at the chaperones for the event. If your parent would like to attend, they can come hang out with the booster board parents, and maybe we can convince them to serve on the board next year! Either way, we hope many chorus students can come next Monday. If you have yard games, or balls, frisbees etc, please bring those too.

Ticket are now on sale for the Spring concert on May 17th. Sales will be opened to the general public on May 12th so get your tickets early. Go on the chorus website to click the link to buy your tickets online!

If you would like to earn 5% back to your student account on your groceries from Lowes Foods, order Lowes Foods Gift Cards. Order forms are on the front table and are due back by tomorrow.

If anyone was absent yesterday, see Mrs. Patchett for fundraising materials.

Your Gourmet Delights Fundraiser materials are due by Tuesday May 21.

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

CC May 8th 2019

what we did today:
-warm ups
-mens/ womens pieces
- announcements
-new fundraiser!! received materials
-Jonah page by page questions and review

Announcements:

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

We have 8 school days until our Spring Concert! A reminder that our concert moved to Friday, May 17th. The dress rehearsal is TWO DAYS before the concert on Wednesday May 15th. Make sure you are available to attend both, as they both are test grades.

Secretaries in each class, make sure you are updating the blog each day. :)

Ticket sales are now on sale for the Spring concert on May 17th. Sales will be opened to the general public on May 12th so get your tickets early. Go on the chorus website to click the link to buy your tickets online!

If you would like to earn 5% back to your student account on your groceries from Lowes Foods, order Lowes Foods Gift Cards. Order forms are on the front table and are due back by Friday May 10.

Concert Choir & CV - for students in Colla Voce 2019-2020, The lunch rehearsal schedule for graduation is posted on the wall outside the chorus room. There are two Monday’s scheduled that are now canceled. Mrs. Patchett forgot she had PLT meetings those two days. All else is the same. This schedule was also sent out electronically.

Mrs. Patchett passes out fundraiser information for May

CV 5/8

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Secretaries in each class, make sure you are updating the blog each day. :)

If you would like to earn 5% back to your student account on your groceries from Lowes Foods, order Lowes Foods Gift Cards. Order forms are on the front table and are due back by Friday May 10.

Mrs. Patchett passes out fundraiser information for May

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

CV 5/7

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

We have 9 school days until our Spring Concert! A reminder that our concert moved to Friday, May 17th. The dress rehearsal is TWO DAYS before the concert on Wednesday May 15th. Make sure you are available to attend both, as they both are test grades.

Secretaries in each class, make sure you are updating the blog each day. :)

If you would like to earn 5% back to your student account on your groceries from Lowes Foods, order Lowes Foods Gift Cards. Order forms are on the front table and are due back by Friday May 10.

TODAY:

-ran stars

- ran only in sleep

- all 3 MPA songs

me in class today bc I was dying of a headache and so congested i couldn't breathe out my nose

CC May 7th 2019

what we did today:
-warm ups
-Erev run through from memory
-Jonah m.81 and run through
-announcements
-Tuba run through
-Dies Irae last 3 pages

Announcements:

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Secretaries in each class, make sure you are updating the blog each day. :)

If you would like to earn 5% back to your student account on your groceries from Lowes Foods, order Lowes Foods Gift Cards. Order forms are on the front table and are due back by Friday May 10.

Monday, May 6, 2019

CC May 6th 2019

What we did today:
-Mrs. Patchett was absent
-warm ups
-Jonah pg 16-18
-Erev Shel Shoshanim run through
-Jubilate and voices run through
-Dies Irae run through
-Mens piece

Announcements:

Beginning 5/6

Monday 5/6

today we mostly just ran through many of our pieces. We ran through Child of Peace, Eja, and the guys ran through their piece. We worked a bit on the last 4 pages of Awake and did the auditions for the solo/small group part of Awake that starts at measure 48. We also went back to our 2 pieces from MPA, running through Take me to the Water, and My very own.

Beginning 5/2

Beginning
Note quality theory notes

Today we learned yet another theory lesson about intervals. It was all about how to identify number quality when accidentals were involved. to review the previous notes go back to the blog post on 4/25.

First we did a refresher on the number quality sequence: P1 M2 M3 P4 P5 M6 M7 P8.

Then we learned about Augmented, diminished, and minor number qualities.
If a Perfect (P) or Major (M) interval is raised up 1 half step it becomes Augmented (A)
If a Perfect interval is lowered by 1 half step it becomes diminished (d)
If a Major interval is lowered 1 half step it becomes minor (m)
If a Major interval is lowered 2 half steps it then becomes diminished (d)

Example from middle C to higher C it is a P8 but from middle C to high C♭ it is d8 and from middle C♯ it is A8

Now not every time there is an accidental in an interval is is A, d, or m it really depends if the accidentals line up with the key signature. For example F major has 1 ♭ at B so if the interval is from F to B♭ it is a P4 but if it from F to B♮ then it is and A4 since B♮ is higher than B♭.

On rare occasions the lower note isn't an actual key signature like if the lower note was A♯, A♯ Major doesn't exist so what are you to do. You would move the lower note to a note that actually has a key signature like moving A♯ down to A but to keep the interval the same you need to move the top note down the same amount.
Ex. A♯ is the lower note and C is the higher note. you would move A# 1 half step down to A and move C 1 half step down to C♭. A major has 3 sharps a F, C and G since C♭ is 2 half steps down from C♯ the interval is d3

Thursday, May 2, 2019

CC May 2nd 2019

what we did today:
- warm ups
- Jonah pg 14
- music theory lesson
-announcements
-Erev the whole song page by page

Announcements:

Thursday, May 2, 2019

We have 12 school days until our Spring Concert! A reminder that our concert moved to Friday, May 17th. The dress rehearsal is TWO DAYS before the concert on Wednesday May 15th. Make sure you are available to attend both, as they both are test grades.

Secretaries in each class, make sure you are updating the blog each day. :)

Our corn hole tournament is SATURDAY May 4th! The theme is “may the 4th be with you!”. It will be in the green space next to the pool in Sunset Ridge North. Anyone, chorus families or not can sign up as a team. You can sign up online as a team on charms. See the Chorus Website for details. There are prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the tournament as well as a prize for best costume and best team name! Sign up now! We also need people to donate the use of their corn hole boards. If your family has a set of boards we could use please email Mr. Bryan Smith. In order for this to be a successful fundraiser for the chorus program, we need YOU to spread the word and encourage people to sign up to play! If you are planning to play, sign up now. The registration fee goes up from $40 per team to $60 per team the day of the tournament.

The spring play opens today! Go out and support your theater friends and peers. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door.

Concert Choir & CV - If you are selected to be part of Tri-M Honor Society, please keep May 6 open for the induction ceremony. You will receive your invitation tomorrow if you were selected.

Concert Choir & CV - The Tri-M Honor Society and cording ceremony is May 6. All members of Tri-M are expected to attend, even if you are not being corded or inducted. Officers arrive at 4:30, students who are being inducted or corded are to arrive by 5 pm and all other members and family, the doors open at 5:40 pm. The ceremony begins at 6 pm.

Concert Choir & CV - Scholarship applications are due MAY 6 for Seniors. That is a week from today. See the chorus website for more information. Make sure you turn in the application with the teacher recommendation letters in sealed envelopes ALL TOGETHER. Do not have your teachers put the rec letters in Ms. Patchett’s box directly. YOU must turn in the application together in one group.