Week of DEC 2

7:30-7:55
SSA with Paige and Billy downstairs for Ceremony
TTBB with Greg in sectionals (Hebrew Love Song #2) and men's rehearsal

7:55-8:30
Polar Express SSA with Paige and Billy
remaining SATB with Greg
Hallelujah Chorus -- sectional led by singers?
Coventry Carol


8:25
Hebrew Love Songs

Housekeeping: Take up any remaining women's tops, reminders about Polar, heads up for gig DEC13.

Week of NOV 25

Rehearsal will be held in Great Hall and Heritage--Education wing of building
7:30-8:20
TTBB Boar's Head, Riu, Lullaby, etc. Greg and Speare with men
SSA Ceremony 2/4/8 and Polar check up

8:20-8:40
Biebl
Hallelujah Chorus

8:40
Come Sunday

Housekeeping: Post a Singer to tell people where to go tonight. Recognize singers who did Atlantic Station gig. Distribute recruitment flyers, uniform tops. Take up tops that haven't been returned yet. Happy Thanksgiving!

Week of NOV 18

7:30-8:15
Billy with Polar Express team downstairs

Remainder upstairs with Paige
Coventry Carol sectional
Touched on Riu Riu with guys
Zion's Walls--Sectional brush up

8:20-9:00
Hebrew II and IV
Worked Zion's Walls
9:00-9:10
Atlantic Station team run through Genatrai

Housekeeping: Give out Geantrai, Edelweiss, Raduytesia for gig on Sat. Check team

Week of NOV 11

7:30-8:15
TTBB
w/Greg, Billy and Dads (2 or 3 may come tonight)
sectional Hallelujah Chorus
Boar's Head Carol

SSA
Ceremony 2/4/6/8

8:15-9:00
Hallelujah
Biebl
(Dads depart)
Hebrew Love Songs

9:00-9:10
Housekeeping issues

Housekeeping: Singathon this weekend!!! Friday night--call at 9:00 how many are staying all night. Who can bring Rock Band? Movie--Hairspray or Grease. Sign-ups. Need at least 12 individual acts. Uniform issues. Touch on Atlantic Station team and music.

Week of NOV 4

7:30-8:15
SSA
Hailstork mm.39-49
Ceremony 1/3; 5/10
TTB
Hailstork mm. 30-39; others ?
8:20-9:10
SATB
Garden-- mm 51-66 (For the MLK performance we need to take a cut from m. 87 beat 3 to m. 146 beat 4)
Hailstork-mm.1-33
Zion's Walls-run through

Housekeeping: Announce Singathon at Greenforest; remind about Program ad sales; check with Singers about uniforms--everything fit? Anybody missing a piece?

Week of OCT 28

7:30-8:15
TTB upstairs with Greg and Billy
Lullaby, others. Sing for SSA at 8:15. Riu, Riu ?

SSA downstairs
Ceremony of Carols 2,4,6,8

8:25
SATB
Hallelujah Chorus, C and D sections--work tone and entrances
Riu Riu
Coventry Carol--phrasing

Week of OCT 21

7:30-8:20
SSA Ceremony 1, 3, 5 and 10. #1 is new material. Sop a little weak on #3--work skips. reviewed Middle English pronunciations on all. Part-work needed very little woodshedding.

TTBB Lullaby--worked on tone, phrasing

8:20-9:10
SATB
Biebl Ave Maria--worked basic notes. Chose semi-chorus=Matt, Ginger, Connie, Ioana, Caroline, Lauren. Mika sat in to teach the semi.
Hallelujah Chorus--B Section. Worked initial sounds, especially when they come quickly right after the end word of a pattern. Breath in "Ha" very important. Breath of life idea present in many Hebrew words.
Hebrew Love Songs #4 Snow--read through count-singing. Solfeged a little because it is largely diatonice C Major lines.

Housekeeping--Distributed Holiday music. Singathon questionaire-ing, Singathon envelopes, Ad sales and instruction. Tour Choir invitation to turn in forms and still audition.

Week of OCT 14

7:30-8:20
SSA sectional on Hailstork--speaking rhythms, then part work. Sop 8va down. Come Sunday review. The Garden--155 to the end
TTBB

8:25-9:10
The Garden--OMG this took way too long. 155 to the end, just a run at it. Workthrough from the beginning count-singing. got hung up at 11 -- suddenly can't sing on the beat or sing a whole step. Worked 51-66--disaster. Serious sectionals needed on this piece before we put it together again.
Hailstork--run through to test out the section work

Housekeeping: Highland Game tickets and info. Tour auditions, forms, and checks.

Week of OCT 6

7:30-8:20
SSA
Steal Away and Chili Con Carne for International Dinner. Sectional on The Garden
TTB
International Dinner rep
8:25
SATB
Listen to The Garden and read through. Blackbird run through.

Housekeeping: Tour Meeting at 8:30 in sanctuary; Singers attend at 8:45

Week of SEPT 30

SSA
Steal Away and Chili Con Carne for International Dinner. Sectional on I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes--lot of 3-pt divisi.
SATB
Review p. 2 Come Sunday, run Sing a Song of Six Pence. Start "Alleluia" of I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes. Read 13-15 of Hebrew Love Songs.
TTB
"Fragile" especially the 2nd section--hear solo prospects in rehearsal. Sectional pages 12 to 15 of "Six Pence"
Housekeeping: Claire Brown's top, key/chapel (Paige), announce Tour Meeting and pass out prospectus

Greg's Notes on rehearsal

Great work last night! Thank you! In preparation for next week and to continue what was worked on this week:
SATB"Come Sunday" - Get thee to a piano and or your nearest tuning fork and double check your pitches. As you sit and work on homework AT HOME, for a break practice your deep breathing. Remember it will take lots more air to support the straight tone, Senza Vibrato (without vibrato).
"Sing A Song Of Six Pence" - Get thee to a piano and or your nearest tuning fork and practice your pitches. Your work last night was great, lets continue to move forward by solidifying individual pitches throughout. The TEXT.....you must say the text to yourself and get comortable with it. Keep it very proper British, rrrrrrrolling the R's, keep consonants very crisp and staccato when appropriate. Ladies I hope your rehearsal with Mr. Krape was successful on pages 12 to the end.

Men - Good work, keep it up! Please look over "Fragile" especially the 2nd section. Those interested in singing the solo should also spend some time preparing so that we can hear you in rehearsal. We will rehearse pages 12 to 15 of "Six Pence" next week in our sectional, you must look at this before then. Please be proactive and look over all of your music weekly. Spend some time on passages you find difficult, circle them and lets hit them in sectionals.

Rehearsal Week of SEPT 22

Split SSA and TTB first
SSA
Ceremony of Carols--#2 Wolcum Yole p.6 last bar-p.8; #8 In Freezing Winter Night p.42-46. Sing a Song of Six Pence p. 12 to the end - countsing.

TTB

SATB
Sing a Song of Sixpence
Come Sunday