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10/28 Rehearsal notes

10/31/2024

 
10/28/2024 Rehearsal
Sing Unto God
• Need to use breathe support thru the line
• Always light through the whole piece
• Breath needs to be energized
• Melisma’s needs to be brought out, everything else needs to be quiet
• Crown – “cr – ahh – nn”
• Cyberbass has parts
o Go over your parts. Listen! Listen! Listen!

Heilig
• No breathe m13 – m15
• The whole piece needs to be round, not thin
• Go over parts and German
o Previous notes for Heilig

The Seal Lullaby
• Vowels need to be rounded English
• Every cadence needs to slow down
o Watch! Watch! Watch!
• Men are locked chords underneath
• Baritones are singing bass part throughout
• Tenor 2’s are singing baritone part
o m1 – m8 (Tenor)
o m9 – m10 (Baritone)
o m19 – m23 (Baritone) (T2 switch on beat 4)
o m24 – m32 (Tenor)
o m34 – m37 (Baritone) (T2 switch on ‘and’ beat 4)
o m38 – m41 (Tenor)
o m43 – m58 (Baritone)
o m59 – m62 (Tenor)
o m62 – m71 (Baritone)
o m72 – m77 (Tenor)

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
• Need to work on our own
• Words. Words. Words.
o Memorize almost.

Next Week:
• Seal Lullaby
• Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
• Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella

October 27th, 2024

10/27/2024

 

Rehearsal notes - October 21, 2024

LCS Rehearsal Notes


Heilig
  • Sang through piece
  • Watch dynamics -crescendo thru page 2
  • Worked piece thru end


Persephone
  • Sang thru slowly
  • M15 altos B B C# B A A - mark in music
  • Be very crisp and clean with consonants
  • Word stress!!!
  • Decressndo do m31
  • Grow with crescendo m33 - m35
  • Watch for cut offs
  • Men release “wide” on the down beat m40
  • Women m47 - mf
  • Write double consonants - watch all - “shadowed desperate”
  • M72 - m90 write emotions - ripped my dearest child = angry
  • M88 mf to f - intense!
  • Pg -8 stay big keep f - bring to mf at m104 and build again to end


Next Week
Dancing day
Seal lullaby - remember vowels
If you are interested in any Solos - be prepared within the next couple weeks


Mondays rehearsal will be at the
United Women’s Club
1515 Williamsburg Square
Lakeland, FL 33803

October 19th, 2024

10/19/2024

 

Rehearsal notes - October 14, 2024

LCS Rehearsal
Oct 14, 2024


Heilig
  • Went over German
  • Slowly sang through piece with German
  • Michelle will put up a recording for German pronunciation


A Musical Journey
  • Worked backwards
  • #12 page 30 thru end
  • #11 page 27 - worked parts
  • A few alto 1s will be singing with the soprano 2s in #11


The Seal Lullaby
  • Beginning thru m47
  • Sang through on “do”
  • Start softly follow the crescendos and decrescendos
  • Every musical line is important
  • Everything round sound/pucker lips


Other Notes
  • Monday will be at Florida Southern like normal
  • Dinner together at the Joinery will be Monday around 5 till we leave for rehearsal
  • Oct 28th rehearsal will be held at the Women’s Club


Next week we will tackle
Seal
Heilig
Musical Journey
Persephone

October 13th, 2024

10/13/2024

 

Rehearsal notes
​September 30

LCS Rehearsal
Sept. 30


Carol of the Drum
  • Tenors be mindful of Octavia jumps
  • On decedents don’t die - keep energy
  • Watch accents
  • Lyrics are Jesu - not Jesus


Sing Unto God
  • Worked parts
  • Sing “Da” on long musical phrases/words
  • Emphasize first note of the musical runs
  • Page 4 - look for who duets with you


Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
  • Worked counts m4-m24
  • Broke down words/parts for same measures
  • Tall vowels - British


Somewhere In My Memory
  • Sang m14-end
  • Wrote in solfège and sang it m30-m37


Additional Notes
  • Be ready for Sing Unto God Worked- get it solid
  • Find songs on YouTube
  • Heilog - we will finish working the notes
  • Tomorrow - work lyrics with timing
  • Carol of the Drum - Try to memorize
  • Persephone - new sound bite is coming
  • Somewhere - work till solid


Dinner together @ The Joinery on Oct 21 around 5 till time to head to rehearsal

REHEARSAL RELOCATION FOR 10/14/24

10/13/2024

 
Due to the Florida Southern campus being closed due to Milton, our rehearsal is being relocated to Shepherd United Methodist Church. 6885 Chelsea Oaks Dr, 33811. Please share w/ fellow Choral society friends. Normal time: 7-8:30.

Cyberbass rehearsal tracks

10/1/2024

 
https://cyberbass.org/Major_Works/Handel_GF/handel_Judas_Maccabaeus.htm

Sing Unto God rehearsal tracks

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