Concert Choir, Monday 04/17/17

Welcome Back :)

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments: Today we spent the majority of class working on Il Est Bel Et Bon and altos specifically had a lot of trouble with the rhythm on the last page so what we did was turn all of the half notes to quarter notes and quarter notes to eighth notes which made it easier to figure out on Ta ka di mi and eventually we put all of the parts together on words. Sopranos and Tenors have the same part but at different times and altos and basses have similar (but not identical) parts. After singing the whole thing through on words, we sang Irish Blessing and each part ran through their notes individually while everyone else hummed along!

No Theory

No Sight Singing

No Homework

Announcements:
-All-State students, if you were absent today, go see Mrs. Patchett for an updated rehearsal calendar
-ALL CHOIR REHEARSALS Thursday and Friday B Lunch
-We leave for Busch Gardens a week from Saturday... make sure all money is turned in by now

Concert Choir, Friday 04/07/17

Rehearsal Notes: Today Mrs. Smith was here! We did some new warm ups that were pretty neat and they helped with breath control and tone quality. Then we sang Omnia Sol and reviewed page 11 specifically... remember to hold notes for their full length and crescendo on notes longer than quarters. After Omnia Sol, we tried to sing It Takes a Whole Village but everyone got kind of confused including Mrs. Smith so we just gave up on that one. Then we took out Il Est Bel Et Bon and learned notes for the first half of the last page! Sopranos and basses and tenors all have the same rhythm and pattern but at different times and altos get the cool super easy "co co co" on C. For the last 20 mins of class we went to the auditorium to watch Broadway themed dance performances :)

No Sight Singing

No Theory

Announcements:
-All State lunch rehearsals will resume after Spring Break
-Busch Gardens Money was due today
-Purchase basket items for the spring fundraiser if you get a chance
-Have a super fun and safe spring break everyone!!!!!!! :D

CV- 4/6/17

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

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

Concert Choir: final money for Busch Gardens is due tomorrow (checks only), if you have turn in cash, please wait until the Monday after Spring Break.

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

Rehearsal:

Lux Aurumque

-rehearsed in section circles (S1, S2, A1, A2, T1, T2, B1, B2)

-make the "L" quicker on the word "lux" page 1

-more of the A# from soprano 2's and tenors in measure 29

-hammer out the crescendo in measure 24

-alto be pianissimo at measure 24

-grow into forte in measures 26-28 so we can arrive strong and proud in measure 29

-be mezzo forte by measure 26

-make "li" bright and tall

-the "tum"'s on page 7 are a half note. Don't hold them forever. Unless you're a soprano because then you literally do

-pay close attention to dynamics pretty

-more alto 1 on the very last chord (measure 48)

Veniki

-ran through the whole piece

-the E in measure 45 is out of tune. If you make the E taller, it'll fix itself. Instead of "key", sing "keh"

-Do the accents on page 8 and 9 (less legato)

-find a middle ground between staccato and legato for accent

-basses crescendo in measure 38

-don't speed up measures 37 and 38

-consonants for days in this piece, pleaseee

-pay attention to dynamics especially the piano to mezzo forte dynamic change

-sopranos don't clench your jaw on the high notes in measure 19-22

-in measure 27, "kum" is forte, and the "Gav" is piano

-more energy and a fuller sound in measure 39

Sight Reading: none

Homework: none

Concert Choir, Thursday 04/06/17

Rehearsal Notes: Today Mrs. Delauney was here and first, we sang through Irish Blessing which sounded great! Remember if you have moving notes, make sure they are loud enough to be heard because it really makes the song beautiful. Don't breathe between "always" and "at your back" on page 2! We took out Il Est Bel Et Bon and worked on the words on page 4. We were able to sing through the song until the last page. Then we took out Muerto and worked on the pronounciation and notes specifically the parts where we sang solfege yesterday. At the end of class, we ran through Omnia Sol and fixed a few spotty note problems.

No Sight Singing

No Theory

Announcements:
-All State lunch rehearsals will resume after Spring Break
-BUSCH GARDENS MONEY DUE TOMORROW
-1 day until spring break!! :)

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

CV- 4/4/17

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

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

Please bring in items for the baskets for you class.  You can bring in inexpensive items, or a small money donation for the basket. You do not necessarily have to spend money to contribute to the basket.  You can go to local businesses and ask for donations to the basket. Think big or small! You could put in a free weekend vacation rental for the Beach Party Basket or ask for a massage envy gift card donation for the Spa Basket.  You could get luxury chocolates for the chocolate basket or ask for free donation tickets to the movies for the movie basket.  Be creative and have FUN with your donations toward your basket.  Feel free to donate toward baskets that are not assigned to your choir if you have something that would be good to contribute toward the basket.

ONCE we have all the baskets together, we will have multiple competitions among choirs and students to sell tickets to win the baskets.  Students will sell basket tickets ($1/ticket) and the proceeds will go toward the general fund, not individual student accts.   There will be a competition among choirs to sell the most tickets.  The choir with the most tickets sold will win a donut party.  There are also 1st,  2nd, & 3rd place student winners.  3rd place is a special coffee or sweet treat brought to the winner at lunch one day at school.  2nd place is a special fast food lunch brought to the student during lunch one day at school.  & 1st place is a free movie night for you and a friend!

Individual ticket sales will be counted and finalized on May 19.  The booster will continue to sell tickets until May 26, but student sales will end on May 19 so we can determine our winners.

The winner of the basket will be drawn at the chorus banquet May 26 and we will sell tickets during the Spring Concert with the Baskets Displayed.

Random Senior Info:
The senior picnic is May 26th.
Graduation rehearsal is June 5th.

Rehearsal:

We redid/reorganized our block and mixed formations.

We also evened out the part assignment for Irish Blessing.

Lux Aurumque
-taller vowels on "lux", breathe in the shape of the vowel
-altos, in measure 14, put the breath on beat three
-discussed the meaning of the dynamics in measure 28. It's the only time in the whole piece that we sing forte and it's a major chord

Sight Reading: none

Homework: none

CV- 4/3/17

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

Students who auditioned for Colla Voce for 2017-2018, you have a call back today from 2:30-5:00 pm in the chorus room.  Please be seated in the chorus room promptly at 2:30. Remember your audition starts when you walk in the door.  The way you carry yourself and behave in the audition will reflect how seriously you take the audition.

There is only a week until spring break, but keep in mind too that our Spring concert is in 5 weeks. Let’s get to work!

Please return all music you haven't yet returned (Beulah)

Invitations to apply for tri-m, if you're invited to do so, will go out Wednesday. May 1st will be the induction for this.

Senior Showcase Important Dates:
•Monday, April 17th- submit song selection and performer information by 11:59 pm. Solo or small group sign up: http://tinyurl.com/seniorchoir17
•Monday, April 24th- audition with song memorize and all performers present with accompaniment from 2:30-4:30 in the chorus room with Ms. Patchett
•Thursday, May 4th- tech rehearsal from 2:30-7 pm. all performers present (group numbers included)
•Tuesday, May 9th- tech rehearsal 2:30-7 pm. All performers present (group numbers included)
•Monday, May 22nd- dress rehearsal 2:30-6pm. Asl performers present (group numbers included)
•If you would like to participate in the group numbers at all please sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/groupssc17
**Students who are singing in a small group or solo must attend all the dates above
**Students who want to only sing in the group numbers must attend May 4th, May 9th, & May 22nd in addition to the student-scheduled lunch rehearsals to practice on their own.

SCHEDULE FOR LEADING WARM-UPS:
•April 3rd- Jack & Carleigh Jo
•April 4th- Bobby & Graham
•April 5th- Rachel & Max
•April 17th- Fran
•April 18th- Clair
•April 19th- Izzy
•April 20th- Olivia
•April 21th- Ali M.
•April 24th- Alex
•April 25th- Brittany
•April 26th- Madison
•April 27th- Kyle
•April 28th- Jane
•May 1st- Sydney (turn up)
•May 2nd- Sadiq
•May 3rd- Lauryn S.
•May 4th- Cameron
•May 8th- Ethan & Lindsey
•May 9th- Lizzie & Megan
•May 10th- Taylor & Mac
•May 11th- Emily
•May 15th- Michael
•May 16th- Emma
•May 17th- Reilly & Chavon
•May 18th- Lauren H.
•May 19th- Allie K. & Julia
•May 22nd- Maggie
•May 23rd- Alexis
•May 24th- Sara & Lesleah
•May 25th- Daniel
•May 30th- Hannah & Peyton
•May 31st- Rian & Sarah

Rehearsal:

Reviewed Irish Blessing

Veniki
-tried the piece at a significantly faster tempo
-"ay" should be pronounced "ah" as in awesome
-clarified notes generally throughout the piece

Sight Reading: none

Homework: none