3/24/25 Rehearsal Notes

Great rehearsal tonight!  We went through all of the Gospel Mass to find the areas that need more work.
Starting in April, we will be rehearsing until 9:00pm every Monday to be prepared for our Spring concert.
 
Here are the section notes from rehearsal:

Soprano
American Tapestry
Wartime

• Break between the words shoes & and, hand & and on the bottom of pg 32

• No break between the words lips & when on top of pg 33

Bring Me Little Water

• Reminder Soprano 2 sings the written Soprano line instead of the melody. 

 
 
Alto
Gospel Mass
Credo

• Watch for 4th jump at beginning

• Practice meas 6 + 7; chromatics A2;

 
Acclamation

• Watch for cut-offs; "ought to praise him" 

• Mark repeats and codas in music

 
American Tapestry
Wartime

• Practice transition from page 31 + 32
• Don't breathe after "shoes" at meas. 27 (pg. 32)

• Watch for rit. at top of 33

 
Tenor
No notes submitted
 
Bass
Gospel Mass
Kyrie

• m. 52-53 on the Kyrie song, use a sforzando piano, then crescendo.

• m. 51-53, each note is a fermata.

 
Credo

• m. 1-4 use your head voice when singing and breathe on the "ah" vowel.

 
Gloria

• Make sure the pitches on m. 1-4 sound solid!

 
American Tapestry
Wartime

• Beat 2 of m. 17 to m. 18, don't forget the ritardando.
• m. 37, watch out for the cut time tempo.
• Beat 2 of m. 83, ritardando.

• Beat 2 of m. 104, molto ritardando.