There are a lot of announcements with details, so please read carefully and mark your calendars and your music.
1. Regarding Rehearsals:
- Tuesday, Nov. 11 - we will rehearse at Napa Methodist Church in the Choir Room. Please plan to be there a few minutes early as the door will be locked once rehearsal has begun.
- Tuesdays, Nov. 18 and 25 will be at Harvest Middle School.
- Tuesday, Dec. 2 and Thursday, Dec. 4 - we will rehearse at Napa Methodist Church in the Choir Room and Sanctuary respectively.
- Event is Sunday, November 16 at Napa Methodist Church.
- Arrive at 12:45 for rehearsal starting at 1:00 pm. We will rehearse Thank You For the Music with the other choirs and then will practice the logistics of getting on and off the stage with the various groups and soloists. House will open at 2:30 with Concert starting at 3:00. We will be singing Witness, Sing Gently, and Thank You For the Music.
- Concert Dress.
- I know that the Kastens and Matthew will not be there. No absences are listed on the calendar. If you are not going to be there let me know now.
- Be careful to maintain the tempo once established.
- Homophonic sections (mm. 4-6, 28-31, 35-41, 49-52, 55-58, and 61-end), really energize the longer note values (half-notes and quarter-notes tied together).
- In the energetic sections, each choir should sing as a unified quartet passing the "musical ball" back and forth to the other choirs making sure not to drop the energy.
- Voices with melismas sing them soloistically, but not operatically.
The Angel's Message
- Sing this confidently and with a light playfulness. Think upbeat madrigal.
- Bring out the movement of beamed together 1/8th notes.
- Keep drilling your Latin so that it becomes second nature.
- Change the f at measure 83 to mf. The only reason it's louder is because you're all singing together.
Frostbound
- Sopranos keep working to achieve a clean, but warm tone and articulation in the opening solo. Diction is important. Also, sing phrases, not words.
- Highlight and observe every dynamic marking.
- Altos make sure to practice the last three measures to keep in tune, particularly the B-double flat in the penultlimate measure.
Nutcracker Medley
- Memorize.
- Basses unify your oo vowel and intonation at the beginning. Also the da va da va's need better intonation and accuracy.
- Tenor and Bass start the second movement (m. 21) with more energy and more detached articulation.
- Trebles sing your dotted notes starting measure 25 with more detachment.
- Basses you must memorize those scales now so you can look at me to keep in time.
- Anna and Dan, continue with the clear, unified tone and try to make it a bit more detached.
Thank You For the Music - Download it if you haven't and number your pages. Here's the breakdown:
- Soloists sing 1st Verse mm. 3-18 (1st beat)
- CHOIR sings "Chorus" page 3 mm. 18 (2nd beat) to 1st Ending on p. 6. REPEAT
- Soloists sing 2nd Verse mm. 3-18 (1st beat)
- CHOIR sings "Chorus" page 3 mm. 18 (2nd beat) to 2nd Ending on p. 6
- Soloists sing "Bridge" p. 7 mm. 35-42 REPEAT
- CHOIR sings "Chorus" page 4 mm. 19-28 then jump to CODA on p. 8 and sing to the end.
- We will run Thank You For the Music, Witness, and Sing Gently
- We will run the pieces that need to be memorized: Nutcracker Medley, African Noel, and 30-Second Merry Christmas
- If time, we'll hit Angel's We Have Heard and Season of Light
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