NOTES for Week of August 13, 2023

Dear Singers,

I'm writing in great anticipation of first rehearsal of the 2023-2024 season. I'm so excited about working together making beautiful music.

A FEW NOTES and INSTRUCTIONS

1. We begin rehearsing, Tuesday, August 15 at 6:30 pm at the Harvest Middle School Music Building. Please try to get there a few minutes early, if possible, as you will need time to greet friends, get you music, and hear some announcements.
2. Please bring a check in the amount of $43, or coordinate with Lisa or Joanna when you arrive about how to pay through a couple of online sites.
3. Please bring a folder for your music as well as a pencil with an eraser.
4. Make sure you have a printed copy of Dixit Maria which is on the Resources Site (explanation below). Please review your part before rehearsal on Tuesday and write the following translations in your score:

Dixit Maria ad Angelum (Mary said to the angel); Ecce ancilla Domini (Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord); fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum. (let it be done to me, according to your word.

Also, mark the following sections in the score: m. 1 - A, m. 22 - B, m. 48 - C

Mark slurs into your part anywhere there are successive notes on a single syllable. For example, tenors in m. 3, connect the A to the C on the syllable an- of angelum. 

REGARDING the RESOURCES SITE

The resources site has been updated. (THANK YOU, CHUCK!) You can access it at www.belcantonv.org/members. The Resources Site has:

• PDFs of scores such as Dixit Maria
• Part recordings for each section
• Performance recordings of the pieces we will be learning
• It also has a link and instructions on how to put into the calendar any rehearsals you know you will have to miss.

If you have any questions, Chuck will help explain it.

I really look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday.

Ted