Rehearsal notes

We had an excellent showing for Bring-a-Friend night on Monday!  Thank you to all who brought someone.  We hope they consider joining!

Here are a couple videos of “Bring Me Little Water Sylvie,” a folk song from the American south, which we started learning at rehearsal this week.  If you’d like some extra practice to feel comfortable with the body percussion, the third video is a tutorial that can help.

Bring Me Little Water, Silvy – Zero8 & Bel Canto Choir Vilnius
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Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie Women of the Sea Chanters Chorus
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Bring Me Little Water, Silvy [Body Percussion Tutorial w/Moira Smiley]
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General Rehearsal Notes:
-Please look over the “Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie” videos above.  We practiced the first eight beats of the 16 beat body percussion pattern and learned the A section of the song by rote, without using music.  This is a song that would traditionally be passed orally generation to generation without sheet music.
-We reviewed notes for the second movement of American Tapestry, and started learning notes for the third movement.
-We reviewed notes for the second movement of the Gospel Mass and started learning notes for the third movement.
-Please study the portions of both American Tapestry and Gospel Mass that were reviewed at rehearsal so notes are confident next week.

Sopranos:
American Tapestry (II. Celebration)
Crescendo on do? m.19 into m.20 and decrescendo on do? m.23 into m.24
Don't start so loud at m.18 so there is room to grow on the crescendo
Match the men's dynamic level when women come in at m.34

Gospel Mass (II. Gloria)
Crescendo on glory in m.15


Altos:Gospel Mass (II. Gloria)
Listen for same “oooh” shape
Watch out for key changes 
Diction
Dynamic contrast on longer notes




Tenors:
No notes submitted from section leader




Basses:
American Tapestry (II. Celebration)
m. 10-17 Keep the "skips" crisp and articulate
m. 51-52 unison
m. 68 watch the rhythm


Gospel Mass (II. Gloria)
m. 2 hold the "est" of "high-est" for its full value into the next measure
m. 15 crescendo from "glo" to “ry"
m. 37 Watch the piano volume
m. 44 don't forget about the repeat