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Sunday, January 30, 2022

SPRING 2022 - Rehearsal Notes for Tuesday, February 1

Altos will meet with Ted at Harvest Middle School at 6:30 pm - sharp! Please review the following. 

All other parts, please warm up, and thoroughly rehearse the pieces and specific sections of the pieces listed with a piano, with the part recording or with the performance recording. All notes and rhythms must be absolutely clean when next we rehearse these.

February 8 sectional will be the Tenors.

Alto Sectional – Tuesday February 1st

REVIEW:        Beati Quorum Via

                        Os Justi

                        A Nightingale Sang

                        The Sweetheart of the Sun

                        Abendlied

                        I’m Gonna Sing Til the Spirit Moves

 

Soprano Homework

·       Abendlied (notes and rhythms) – de-emphasize unaccented symbols

·       Beati Quorum Via (notes and rhythms) - get it up to =110 in tempo

·       Alleluia (notes, rhythm, intonation, and expression) – sing through at least 3 times

·       Grace Before Sleep (sing with emphasis on principal vowel per syllable and clean, crisp consonants)

·       A Nightingale Sang (notes, intonation, and open vowels)

Tenor Homework

·       Abenlied (notes and rhythms) – de-emphasize unaccented symbols

·       Beati Quorum Via (notes and rhythms) - get it up to =110 in tempo

·       Alleluia (notes, rhythm, intonation, and expression) – sing through at least 3 times

·       I’m Gonna Sing Til the Spirit Moves (get ms. 35 – 43 clean and fluid with dynamics)

·       A Nightingale Sang (notes, intonation, and open vowels)

 

Bass Homework

·       Abendlied (notes and rhythms) – de-emphasize unaccented symbols

·       Beati Quorum Via (notes and rhythms) - get it up to =110 in tempo

·       Alleluia (notes, rhythm, intonation, and expression) – sing through at least 3 times

·       I’m Gonna Sing Til the Spirit Moves (clean up ms. 20 – 27 and ms. 37 – 42)

·       A Nightingale Sang (notes, intonation, and open vowels)