Week of March 16, 2026
Please use what would have been rehearsal time to fully work on the following:
Finish fully memorizing:
The Water is Wide
Old Joe Clark
Mountain Lullaby
Coal Tattoo
Review work we did on new pieces (recordings below) and try to work ahead:
Stand Up
As time allows, work on places you know you need to review on the rest of our repertoire:
United We Dream
Country Roads
Compassion Walks
Can You Hear
Lift Every Voice
Week of October 27, 2025
Treble and Concert Choirs
The Goldfish (in Three Songs for Children’s Chorus) – review and memorize. Look especially at how the text on the last page is different from the text at the beginning.
Grannies and Grandads – Review where rests happen in vocal part. Memorize text, especially stanzas. Review the last page/ending.
When Deh Yo Ha – review
Lift Every Voice – memorize all three stanzas.
Come with Hearts and Voices Sounding – memorize text. Review notes, especially your part at the two-part “Alleluias”.
Cantare
When De Ya Ho – review
Lift Every Voice – memorize
Compassion Walks the City Streets – memorize
#United we Dream – review and secure parts, especially mm. 25 – 32. Try to memorize. Link to recording
Country Roads – Study “road map” – repeats, etc. Review parts at mm. 21 – end. Work especially on the counting and pitches for the “oo” section.
Can You Hear – Review and secure parts, especially section E. Study repeats/”road map”. Link to recording
Emarabini – review
Week of April 21st, 2025
Concert/Treble Choirs Notes for next week and beyond
Song of Friends – review memory, particularly difference between first and second stanzas
Gong Xi – review who sings at the repeat (treble choir always starts at m. 9 on text). Practice each Chinese phrase several times in rhythm. Be sure this is thoroughly memorized.
Three Dominican Songs - #2 – be sure to accurately memorize text and tune for mm. 9-12; #3 –This needs the most work of all. Be sure to drill each phrase of the text in rhythm – there is a pronunciation guide at the beginning of the music. Practice pitches where there are two parts.
Allahu Akbar – be sure memory is secure.
Artza Alinu – review and be sure the memory is secure
Two Little Kittens – secure memory
Week of Feb. 24, 2025
Cantare: For Good -please refer to this recording for practicing rhythms and parts (but not this singing style.)
Week of February 10, 2025
Cantare practice notes for Feb. 23 worship service at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church:
Review all the hymns and service music, paying close attention to the following:
-Soprano descant for Hymn 390 – Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
-Psalm 37 – everyone needs to get familiar with the text and practice chanting it on your own part (F is ‘Do’)
-Sanctus, S-128, C is ‘Do’
-Fraction Anthem, S-154, D is ‘Do’, Black note heads get one pulse, open note heads get two pulses.
-Practice reading text for all the hymns and then put it with the tune. We will sing all the hymns in unison. The tune is the top note of the treble staff.
Repertoire:
-O Taste and See – be sure to memorize this and carefully review you part for measures 34 – end.
-Love One Another – this is a new piece. We made great progress on it Monday night. Please review your part on solfege – D is ‘Do’. Put with text. Work toward memorizing. Here is a recording:
love one another, john bell, iona - Google Search – Listen to the clear consonants! 😊
-Sisi ni moja – review and secure memory. Carefully study the length of note values before rests.
-Baraka na wewe - review and secure memory.
Week of September 30, 2024
Use these notes to practice for next week!
Treble and Concert Choirs
Artza Alinu – Review mm. 5-52 – Practice speaking text in rhythm. At the beginning F is Do, practice your own part on solfege syllables (should have been writing those in during rehearsal). At m. 38 there is a key change and G becomes Do. Practice singing with text – pronunciations were given in rehearsal and will be reviewed at coming rehearsals. Concert Choir members should practice to become confident on part II
Tosca – pp. 85-88 - practice text pronunciations (give during last couple rehearsals) on “Children’s” line. Work on how to fit text with the rhythm. Practice counting number of beats between phrases. Review top choral line on pp. 139 – 144 – Te Deum text.
Mo Li Hua – review text by drilling each phrase several times (a good practice technique for all music as we work on memorization).
Song of Friends – memorize.
Other pieces to review: Allahu Akbar, Hashivenu and Three Dominican Songs, No. 1.
Cantare
We expect each singer in this group to make note of what they need to work on during the week.
We are currently focusing on the following pieces:
O Taste and See – learn notes on solfege syllables – E-flat is DO.
Tosca, pp. 85-86 and pp. 139 – 144 – Italian pronunciation and counting rests between phrases.
Baraka Na Wewe – please memorize
Mo Li Hua – Drill each phrase – begin memorizing.
Imagine – work on exact rhythms and memorize
Song of Friends – memorize
Sisi ni Moja – pitch accuracy and dynamics
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (Pro Arte) – review entire piece
Fey O! (Cavalieri)
In addition to the hymns, we will perform the following on October 27:
O Taste and See
Baraka Na Wewe
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
Siyahamba (maybe)
Week of September 23, 2024
Treble and Concert Choirs
Artza Alinu – Review mm. 5-36 – Practice speaking text in rhythm. Knowing that F is Do, practice your own part on solfege syllables (should have been writing those in during rehearsal). Begin practicing with text as well – pronunciations were given in rehearsal and will be reviewed at coming rehearsals.
Tosca – pp. 85-88 - practice text pronunciations (give during last couple rehearsals) on “Children’s” line. Work on how to fit text with the rhythm. Review top choral line on pp. 139 – 144 – Te Deum text.
Mo Li Hua – review text by drilling each phrase several times (a good practice technique for all music as we work on memorization).
Song of Friends – memorize.
Other pieces to review: Allahu Akbar, Hashivenu and Three Dominican Songs, No. 1.
Cantare (combined Pro Arte and Cavalieri)
We expect each singer in this group to make note of what they need to work on during the week.
We are currently focusing on the following pieces:
Tosca, pp. 85-86 and pp. 139 – 144 – Italian pronunciation and counting rests between phrases.
Baraka Na Wewe – please memorize
Mo Li Hua – Drill each phrase – begin memorizing.
Imagine – work on exact rhythms
Song of Friends – memorize
Sisi ni Moja – pitch accuracy and dynamics
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (Pro Arte) – review through m. 41. Study to the end.
Fey O! (Cavalieri)
Week of November 27, 2023
Preparation for Dec. 15th concert:
The singers should listen with their scores to help secure parts and help with memory work. Please have fully memorized by next rehearsal.
Treble and Concert-
Consider Yourself the recording cuts off a little at the end but the main sections for study are here.
Pro Arte-
Week of November 13, 2023
Preparation for Let it Snow:
All choirs may prepare for Jesus Child by practicing with this recording.
Students may try to rehearse Sleigh Ride with this recording but most time should be spent on Jesus Child.