Week of November 8, 2021

Cantare (Pro Arte and Cavalieri)

Please carefully practice the repertoire for our next performance (Nov. 21):

Tolepe Menenak – Practice to feel secure on your own part. Cavalieri basses – work on singing in the correct octave. Practice breathing at the end of each musical line and after fermatas. Memorize text by November 1.

Algonquin Prayer – Study your part and memorize text on page 8. Pages 6&7 – be certain you understand the performance directions given at the beginning of p. 6 and can sing your own part securely. Sopranos, the third time through omit the final “yo” on p. 6. Cavalieri – be certain to practice your independent part on page 7. Memorize text on these two pages as well. Pages 1-5 – review your part on Solfege syllables and practice reading Algonquin text once per day in rhythm. Memorize the English translation from the bottom of p. 3 through p. 5. UPDATE: listen to recording here!

Song of Creation – memorize text. Work on “tall” production of vowel sounds. Work on modifying R sounds. Feel the energy of the off-beats.

For the Beauty of the Earth – secure memory. Work on “tall” production of vowel sounds. Work on modifying R sounds. Work on rhythmic breathing, always preparing the breath in the shape of the next vowel to be sung. Memorize where breaths occur and where they do not happen. Memorize/practice dynamic changes. On larger intervals leaps, be sure to practice getting from note to note accurately without sliding.

Simply Gifts (Cavalieri) – memorize.

Service Music – Learn melodies on solfege. Sing through texts. Learn parts on “For the Fruit of All Creation”. Sopranos learn descant on first hymn.