Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
Prayer of the Children - pages 3&4 measures 1-12
Make sure vowels are tall especially on 'softly' and 'light'
Crescendo into "help me" on page 4 measure 9
Don't breathe after "morning light" on page 4 measure 10
Pay attention to dynamics & go over your voice part's pitches
Homework:
Depending on what group you were in today during music theory, complete the homework (if any) assigned to you by the leader of your group!
Sight Singing: None :)
Music Theory:
Today in class, we split into 3 different groups based on your music theory ability and the results of your pretest. These are the subjects each group focused on...
Ms. McGrath's Group: Note Naming
Mrs. Patchett's Group: Key Signatures
Katie & Leah's Group: Minor Relatives and Minor Relative Scales
If you have any questions about what we did today or if you were absent and would like to know your group placement, see Mrs. Patchett.
Announcements:
-Sell Butterbraids - Money and order forms are due on Tuesday September 20th!
-Spread the Word -we are having a mattress sale! Try to get at least one person to come to buy a Mattress! The mattress sale is Sept 24!
-Honors Chorus Rehearsal Thursday and Friday all lunch this week
-Chorus room is closed at lunch today
-If you can help alphabetize forms at lunch tomorrow, please raise your hand.
-We need to put the rest of the Mattress yard signs out and around Holly Springs. There are still many in the chorus room and are not doing any good advertising while sitting in the cardboard box. If you can take a yard sign up and put it up around town, in your yard or on a main road, please take a yard sign or several and help us out! - If you put them off the main road, please put them at least 3 feet away from the main road.
-Music Boxes are here! We need help organizing the music library - If you can stay after Monday next week and you raised your hand yesterday, please stay after on Monday.
-How to turn in money: - Don't give it to Mrs. Patchett. Put the check in an envelope, and write on the envelope your name, what the money is for, what choir you're in, the money amount, and your phone number. DO NOT put cash in the Grey box without getting a receipt from Mrs. Patchett.
-Men- try on concert attire before tomorrow. The tux altering lady is coming Friday. If you're missing pieces, tell Mrs. Patchett by Friday so that an order can be placed.
-Ladies- try on your dresses as well
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Wednesday September 14th Beginning Choir
Announcements
Sell Butterbraids - Money and order forms are due on Tuesday September 20th!
Spread the Word -we are having a mattress sale! Try to get at least one person to come to buy a
Mattress! The mattress sale is Sept 24!
Honors Chorus Rehearsal Thursday and Friday all lunch this week.
Rehearsal
Split into parts and sang- "Ask me no more" and
"Music speaks"
Learned how vowels work while singing
CV- 9/14/16
Announcements:
Sell Butterbraids - Money and order forms are due on Tuesday September 20th!
Spread the Word -we are having a mattress sale! Try to get at least one person to come to buy a
Mattress! The mattress sale is Sept 24!
Honors Chorus Rehearsal Thursday and Friday all lunch this week
Chorus room is closed at lunch today
If you can help alphabetize forms at lunch tomorrow, please raise your hand.
We need to put the rest of the Mattress yard signs out and around Holly Springs. There are still many in the chorus room and are not doing any good advertising while sitting in the cardboard box. If you can take a yard sign up and put it up around town, in your yard or on a main road, please take a yard sign or several and help us out! - If you put them off the main road, please put them at least 3 feet away from the main road.
CV & CONCERT -Music Boxes are here! We need help organizing the music library - If you can stay after Monday next week and you raised your hand yesterday, please stay after on Monday.
CV - Does anyone have field trip forms to turn in?
CV - Mrs. Patchett received an email: is anyone available to sing?
I am the team mom for the Friendship Patriots Youth Football team. We play our home games at Holly Grove Middle School and we have some volunteer opportunities for students.
We need a student or a student group to sing the national anthem at our games.
We have 2 games available that at 4:30:
9/24
10/29
Students who volunteer would get into the games for free and would earn volunteer hours. We would supply them with bottled water as well.
How to turn in money: - Don't give it to Mrs. Patchett. Put the check in an envelope, and write on the envelope your name, what the money is for, what choir you're in, the money amount, and your phone number. DO NOT put cash in the Grey box without getting a receipt from Mrs. Patchett.
Men- try on concert attire before tomorrow. The tux altering lady is coming Friday. If you're missing pieces, tell Mrs. Patchett by Friday so that an order can be placed.
Ladies- try on your dresses as well
There was no sight reading today
Rehearsal:
Let the River Run
-Is in the key of D Major
-Worked on measures 12-35
- in measure 14 say "uhs" instead of "ers"
-pay attention to rhythm for measures 34-35
- soprano twos on the alto side of the room, sing alto for measure 35
- soprano twos on the soprano side of the room sing soprano two line for measure 35
- altos sing the tenor one line for measure 35
O Mirtillo
-number your measures!
-"Che" is pronounced "keh", and "chia" is pronounced "key-yah"
-learned measures 14-29
-soprano twos, the dotted whole note in measure 19 gets 6 beats.
Chindia
-sopranos split into soprano ones and twos
-altos split into alto ones and twos
Homework Due:
No homework due :)
CV- 9/14/16
Announcements:
Sell Butterbraids - Money and order forms are due on Tuesday September 20th!
Spread the Word -we are having a mattress sale! Try to get at least one person to come to buy a
Mattress! The mattress sale is Sept 24!
Honors Chorus Rehearsal Thursday and Friday all lunch this week
Chorus room is closed at lunch today
If you can help alphabetize forms at lunch tomorrow, please raise your hand.
We need to put the rest of the Mattress yard signs out and around Holly Springs. There are still many in the chorus room and are not doing any good advertising while sitting in the cardboard box. If you can take a yard sign up and put it up around town, in your yard or on a main road, please take a yard sign or several and help us out! - If you put them off the main road, please put them at least 3 feet away from the main road.
CV & CONCERT -Music Boxes are here! We need help organizing the music library - If you can stay after Monday next week and you raised your hand yesterday, please stay after on Monday.
CV - Does anyone have field trip forms to turn in?
CV - Mrs. Patchett received an email: is anyone available to sing?
I am the team mom for the Friendship Patriots Youth Football team. We play our home games at Holly Grove Middle School and we have some volunteer opportunities for students.
We need a student or a student group to sing the national anthem at our games.
We have 2 games available that at 4:30:
9/24
10/29
Students who volunteer would get into the games for free and would earn volunteer hours. We would supply them with bottled water as well.
How to turn in money: - Don't give it to Mrs. Patchett. Put the check in an envelope, and write on the envelope your name, what the money is for, what choir you're in, the money amount, and your phone number. DO NOT put cash in the Grey box without getting a receipt from Mrs. Patchett.
Men- try on concert attire before tomorrow. The tux altering lady is coming Friday. If you're missing pieces, tell Mrs. Patchett by Friday so that an order can be placed.
Ladies- try on your dresses as well
There was no sight reading today
Rehearsal:
Let the River Run
-Is in the key of D Major
-Worked on measures 12-35
- in measure 14 say "uhs" instead of "ers"
-pay attention to rhythm for measures 34-35
- soprano twos on the alto side of the room, sing alto for measure 35
- soprano twos on the soprano side of the room sing soprano two line for measure 35
- altos sing the tenor one line for measure 35
O Mirtillo
-number your measures!
-"Che" is pronounced "keh", and "chia" is pronounced "key-yah"
-learned measures 14-29
-soprano twos, the dotted whole note in measure 19 gets 6 beats.
Chindia
-sopranos split into soprano ones and twos
-altos split into alto ones and twos
Homework Due:
No homework due :)
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
CV- Tuesday, 9/13/16
Announcements:
Sight Reading:
-Men start on high Do
Rehearsal:
Warm Up
O Mirtillo
-Men worked on measures 3-10 to gain confidence on the notes. Draw vertical lines across tenor and bass parts for pitches in unison and a squiggle line for dissonance.
-Women stood in circles with our respective sections while working on this piece (Soprano 1, soprano 2, alto). Measure 8, between "tro" and "co-me", breathe (mark 'B' for breathe). Also, in measure 12 between "tro" and "co", mark 'B' for breathe. Women learned measures 10-15 on "doo".
-All together we sang measures 1-15, on "doo" instead of words, and didn't fall apart (yay!)
Awake the Harp
-Follow along with your voice part while other parts are singing
-Tenors worked on measure 23, specifically the hard interval from "-ed" to "for". Go into falsetto starting measure 24.
-Men worked on measures 21-26, and ran measures 21-24 a Capella
-Basses flip into falsetto at beat two of measure 17
-Sopranos reviewed measures 25-27
-Altos reviewed measures 24-27. Make sure that "dress" in measure 27 is held for two beats.
-Don't chew the word "your"
Chindia
-Worked on measures 73-79 and reviewed briefly 73-116
NEW SONG! Let the River Run
-Listened to the song on youtube and talked about the song (like how there are a lot of splits within most sections)
Homework Due:
None :)
Thanks to all who came out to the picnic! It was a lot of fun!
Sell Butterbraids - Money and order forms are due on Tuesday September 20th!
Spread the Word -we are having a mattress sale! Try to get at least one person to come to buy a
Mattress! The mattress sale is Sept 24!
Roll Call Starts Today! :) (Beginning and Concert)
Honors Chorus Rehearsal Thursday and Friday all lunch this week
Chorus room is closed at lunch today & tomorrow
CV - Does anyone have field trip forms to turn in?
CV -Music Boxes are here! We need help organizing the music library - If you can stay after Monday next week - raise your hand
Sight Reading:
(I'll try and get a better quality picture tomorrow)
-This is in the key of B Flat Major
-Sopranos start on high Mi
-Altos start on Sol-Men start on high Do
Rehearsal:
Warm Up
O Mirtillo
-Men worked on measures 3-10 to gain confidence on the notes. Draw vertical lines across tenor and bass parts for pitches in unison and a squiggle line for dissonance.
-Women stood in circles with our respective sections while working on this piece (Soprano 1, soprano 2, alto). Measure 8, between "tro" and "co-me", breathe (mark 'B' for breathe). Also, in measure 12 between "tro" and "co", mark 'B' for breathe. Women learned measures 10-15 on "doo".
-All together we sang measures 1-15, on "doo" instead of words, and didn't fall apart (yay!)
Awake the Harp
-Follow along with your voice part while other parts are singing
-Tenors worked on measure 23, specifically the hard interval from "-ed" to "for". Go into falsetto starting measure 24.
-Men worked on measures 21-26, and ran measures 21-24 a Capella
-Basses flip into falsetto at beat two of measure 17
-Sopranos reviewed measures 25-27
-Altos reviewed measures 24-27. Make sure that "dress" in measure 27 is held for two beats.
-Don't chew the word "your"
Chindia
-Worked on measures 73-79 and reviewed briefly 73-116
NEW SONG! Let the River Run
-Listened to the song on youtube and talked about the song (like how there are a lot of splits within most sections)
Homework Due:
None :)
Tuesday, 9-13-16 Beginners Choir
Announcements
Chorus room is closed at lunch today & tomorrow
Sight Reading
(No sight reading today)
Rehearsal
"Ask Me No More" - measures 8-15
"Let the Praise Go 'Round" - measures 6-18
Homework
TURNED IN HOMEWORK- "How fast? How slow? Tempo"
Thanks to all who came out to the picnic! It was a lot of fun!
Sell Butterbraids - Money and order forms are due on Tuesday September 20th!
Spread the Word -we are having a mattress sale! Try to get at least one person to come to buy a
Mattress! The mattress sale is Sept 24!
Roll Call Starts Today! :) (Beginning and Concert)
Honors Chorus Rehearsal Thursday and Friday all lunch this week
Chorus room is closed at lunch today & tomorrow
Sight Reading
(No sight reading today)
Rehearsal
"Ask Me No More" - measures 8-15
"Let the Praise Go 'Round" - measures 6-18
Homework
TURNED IN HOMEWORK- "How fast? How slow? Tempo"
Concert Choir 9/13/16
Rehearsal Notes And Assignments:
Danny Boy - Worked on pitches for each individual voice part measures 1-4
Homework: None :)
Sight singing: None :)
Announcements:
Thanks to all who came out to the picnic! It was a lot of fun!
Danny Boy - Worked on pitches for each individual voice part measures 1-4
Homework: None :)
Sight singing: None :)
Announcements:
Thanks to all who came out to the picnic! It was a lot of fun!
Sell Butterbraids - Money and order forms are due on Tuesday September 20th!
Spread the Word -we are having a mattress sale! Try to get at least one person to come to buy a
Mattress! The mattress sale is Sept 24!
Roll Call Starts Today! :) (Beginning and Concert)
Honors Chorus Rehearsal Thursday and Friday all lunch this week
Chorus room is closed at lunch today & tomorrow
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