Week of January 27, 2020

Please be sure to honor your at least 20 minutes per day practice commitment. Any and all effort toward keeping this commitment will be beneficial! Thanks!

Pro Arte:

We perform for Grace and Holy Trinity’s worship service on February 2nd – this Sunday!

PLEASE work on your music! This is what we plan to sing:

Stars I Shall Find – Please carefully review this piece and try to memorize. https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=10340265. Please use this recording as an aid. This will be included in the prelude.

Top part – Molly, Matilde, Grace, Marquita, Othniel, Renna, Mikhail;

Bottom part – Lauren, Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Chadwick, Mehr, Lilly. Chadwick and Mikhail sing one octave down.

Will There Really Be a “Morning?” – carefully review. Secure memory.

Mayan Song of Praise – review. We will sing it in the following sequence: English, Mayan Mopán, Spanish, English.

Nunc Dimittis – review entire piece on solfege. Let’s try this from memory on Sunday AM. Work on rhythmic accuracy and consonant placement at end of phrases.

Part 1 – Grace, Marquita, Rena, Molly, Matilde, Lilly, Mehr and Kamirra

Part 2 – Chadwick, Lauren, Siara, Sadie, Othniel and Mikhael

Samba Mass (The text and translation accompanies these practice notes. Please study the translation with your score, to fully understand the Latin text. Ignore the Credo, obviously, since it’s not included in Samba Mass.) S1 – Molly, Marquita, Grace, Renna and Othniel; S2 – Matilde, Lilly, Mehr and Mikhail T

S3 – Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Lauren and Chadwick. Work toward having these movements memorized. We need to have our faces up and out of our scores. http://www.kitbraz.com/tchr/hist/med/mass_ordinary_text.html

Kyrie – soprano 1 singers need to review mm. 30 to the end, particularly mm. 40 – 47.

Sanctus and Benedictus – review. Spend the most time on the Benedictus. Soprano 1 singers work especially hard on mm. 22 – end.

Review and securely memorize Winds of Peace. Remember new part divisions to be used while singing without the other groups. Part 1 – Grace, Marquita and Molly; Part 2 – Othniel, Matilde, Renna, and Kamirra; Part 3 – Sadie, Lilly, Mehr and Mikhail; Part 4 – Siara, Lauren and Chadwick.

Continue working on the following for future performances:

Samba Mass; Gloria – review entire movement using solfege, then text. Spend time speaking the text in rhythm, particularly at the highly syncopated sections. Agnus Dei – review entire movement. Spend the most time on p. 29 – end.

Week of January 20, 2020

All choirs for this Saturday:

Memorize words for the sing-along music: 

Winter Wonderland

Jingle Bells

America the Beautiful

This Little Light of Mine

Review and memorize Siyahamba.

Review and securely memorize Winds of Peace.  Pro Arte, since all of the groups will be missing one or two singers, please use the most recent part assignment.

Pro Arte:

We perform for Grace and Holy Trinity’s worship service on February 2nd – one week from this Sunday!

PLEASE work on your music!  This is what we plan to sing:

Stars I Shall Find – Please carefully review this piece. https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=10340265.  Please use this recording as an aid.  I am needing to add this back as an option, since adequate work hasn’t been done on the Agnus Dei. 

Top part – Molly, Matilde, Grace, Marquita, Othniel, Renna, Mikhail; 

Bottom part – Lauren, Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Chadwick, Mehr, Lilly.  Chadwick and Mikhail sing one octave down.

Nunc Dimittis – review entire piece on solfege. Finish memorizing. Work on rhythmic accuracy and consonant placement at end of phrases. https://www.sjmp.com/files/audio/24-vol5nunc.mp3

 Part 1 – Grace, Marquita, Rena, Molly, Matilde, Lilly, Mehr and Kamirra

Part 2 – Chadwick, Lauren Siara, Sadie, Othniel and Mikhael

Samba Mass (The text and translation accompanies these practice notes.  Please study the translation with your score, to fully understand the Latin text.  Ignore the Credo, obviously, since it’s not included in Samba Mass.)  S1 – Molly, Marquita, Grace, Renna and Othniel; S2 – Matilde, Lilly, Mehr and Mikhail  T

S3 – Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Lauren and Chadwick.

http://www.kitbraz.com/tchr/hist/med/mass_ordinary_text.html

Kyrie – soprano 1 singers need to review mm. 30 to the end, particularly mm. 40 – 47.

Sanctus and Benedictus – review.  Spend the most time on the Benedictus.

Agnus Dei – review entire movement.  Spend the most time on p. 29 – end.  I am hoping we can do enough work on this to perform it on Feb. 2nd.

Review and securely memorize Winds of Peace.  Remember new part divisions to be used while singing without the other groups.  Part 1 – Grace, Marquita and Molly; Part 2 – Othniel, Matilde, Renna, and Kamirra; Part 3 – Sadie, Lilly, Mehr and Mikhail; Part 4 – Siara, Lauren and Chadwick.

Continue working on the following for future performances:

Samba Mass; Gloria – review entire movement using solfege, then text.   Spend time speaking the text in rhythm, particularly at the highly syncopated sections.

Week of January 13, 2020

It can be tough to get back into the practice routine after the holidays! However, we have performances coming up! Please be sure to honor your at least 20 minutes per day commitment. Thanks!

Treble and Concert choirs

Memorize words for the sing-along music:

Winter Wonderland

Jingle Bells

America the Beautiful

This Little Light of Mine

Review and memorize Siyahamba

Review and securely memorize Winds of Peace.

Pro Arte:

Remember you have class on Tuesday January 21st 6:00-8:15 pm instead of Monday

Samba Mass (The text and translation accompanies these practice notes. Please study the translation with your score, to fully understand the Latin text. Ignore the Credo, obviously, since it’s not included in Samba Mass.) S1 – Molly, Marquita, Grace, Renna and Othniel; S2 – Matilde, Lilly, Mehr and Mikhail

S3 – Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Lauren and Chadwick.

http://www.kitbraz.com/tchr/hist/med/mass_ordinary_text.html

Kyrie – soprano 1 singers need to review mm. 30 to the end, particularly mm. 40 – 47.

Gloria – review entire movement using solfege, then text. Spend time speaking the text in rhythm, particularly at the highly syncopated sections.

Sanctus and Benedictus – review. Spend the most time on the Benedictus.

Agnus Dei – review entire movement. Spend the most time on p. 29 - end

Review and securely memorize Winds of Peace. Remember new part divisions to be used while singing without the other groups. Part 1 – Grace, Marquita and Molly; Part 2 – Othniel, Matilde, Renna, and Kamirra; Part 3 – Sadie, Lilly, Mehr and Mikhail; Part 4 – Siara, Lauren and Chadwick.

Nunc Dimittis – review entire piece. Begin memorizing. Work on rhythmic accuracy and consonant placement at end of phrases.

Part 1 – Grace, Marquita, Rena, Molly, Matilde, Lilly, Mehr and Kamirra

Part 2 – Chadwick, Lauren Siara, Sadie, Othniel and Mikhail

Week of January 6, 2020

Treble and Concert:

Memorize words for the sing-along music: 

Winter Wonderland

       Jingle Bells

       America the Beautiful

       This Little Light of Mine

 Review and memorize Siyahamba

 

Pro Arte:

Samba Mass

Kyrie – soprano 1 singers need to review mm. 30 to the end, particularly mm. 40 – 47.

Gloria – everyone should review the work done on this movement last week:  mm. 9-30 and mm. 79-100.  These two sections are essentially the same, except for text and some rhythms. 

Agnus Dei – review entire movement

Nunc Dimittis – review work from last rehearsal

       Part 1 – Grace, Marquita, Rena, Molly, Matilde, Lilly, Mehr and Kamirra

       Part 2 – Chadwick, Lauren Siara, Sadie, Othniel and Mikhael

Week of November 18, 2019

Concert and Treble

Please refer to last week’s instructions

Pro Arte/Cavalieri

Please remember, being part of this group means you are expected to learn and review your music at home during at least 20 minute practice sessions per day. This is part of the written choir commitment. Perhaps keep a check list of what you have worked on each day and try to touch all of the music once or twice over the week. Let’s try to improve in this area!

Please pay attention to part assignments. Be sure to mark your score accordingly.

Winds of Peace – review entire piece. Practice singing in a round with a choir friend. Grace and Marquita on part 1 with Treble Choir and one or two concert choir members; Molly and Renna on part 2 with concert choir; Matilde, Lilly, Mehr, Othniel and Mikhail on part 3; Kamirra, Sadie Siara, Lauren and Chadwick on part 4.

Stars I Shall Find - Top part – Molly, Matilde, Grace, Marquita, Othniel, Renna, Mikhail;

Bottom part – Lauren, Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Chadwick, Mehr, Lilly. Chadwick and Mikhail sing one octave down. Practice entire piece and begin memorizing.

Mexican Lullaby – Continue learning parts for mm. 108 – end. S1 – Molly, Marquita, Grace, Renna and Othniel; S2 – Matilde, Lilly, Mehr and Mikhail; S3 – Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Lauren and Chadwick. Grace is the soloist. Review entire piece. Memorize

African Noel - Top part – Molly, Matilde, Grace, Marquita, Othniel, Renna, Mikhail;

Bottom part – Lauren, Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Chadwick, Mehr, Lilly. Practice entire piece. Pay careful attention to rhythms.

Carol of the Light – memorize. Work on diction.

We Wish You a Joyful Holiday – Review parts: Pete, Mikhail and Chadwick sing Bass. Soprano – Grace, Marquita, Renna. Mezzo - Molly, Matilde, Lilly, Othniel. Alto – Mehr, Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Lauren.

Samba Mass – Review Kyrie, Sanctus and Benedictus. On the Benedictus, work out Soprano part for mm. 29-32. Review Agnus Dei through measure 44. At measures 30 – 32, divide the four part chords as follows: Grace, Marquita and Renna on part 1 (top); Molly, Matilde and Othniel on part 2; Kamirra, Lilly, Mehr and Mikhail on part 3; Sadie, Siara, Lauren and Chadwick on part 4 (bottom).

Will There Really Be a “Morning”? –Secure pitches and rhythms. Memorize. Mm.31-45 will be sung by Matilde and Lauren. Part division is: S1 – Molly, Matilde, Grace, Marquita, Othniel, Renna, Mikhail; S2 – Lauren, Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Chadwick, Mehr, Lilly. Review parts on pages 6&7.

Caritas Abundat – keep working out solfege and rhythm for this entire piece. Parts 2 and 3, pay careful attention to counting of tied notes. Division for Caritas Abundat: 1 – Lauren, Siara, Sadie and Kamirra; 2– Mikhail, Grace, Marquita, Renna, and Molly; 3 – Othniel, Matilde, Chadwick, Lillian, and Mehr. On the four part chords – Grace and Marquita take the top notes; Molly, Mikhail and Renna take the second to top notes; Othniel and Matilde take the third from top; Lillian, Mehr and Chadwick take the bottom notes.

Week of November 11, 2019

Treble and Concert:

Mayan Song of Praise – review and secure memory in all languages

Come, Worship the Lord – review and secure memory entire piece. Pay close attention to the placement of consonants at the end of phrases.

Tutu Maramba – Drill Portuguese language phrase by phrase through the bottom of page 4. The last measure of page 4 through the end of page 6 is in English. Practice speaking the text in rhythm, then on pitches. Part 2 singers need to review their notes on solfege. Part 1: Emily, Star, Lydia, Caleb, Zari, Trinity, Erionna; Part 2: Maria, Keziah, Chris and Evan. Part 2 needs to accurately learn their part! Secure memory. Emily, please learn the top soprano part at the bottom of page 5. The solfege syllables in the order of the pitches are: Teh, Sol, Sol, La, Teh, Sol, Mi.

Carol of the Light – Treble choir sings mm. 4-12. Concert and Treble – review entire piece. Finish memorizing.

Winds of Peace – review the solfege for the melody. Learn English text. We will introduce the Hebrew next week.

African Noel – Review - Trebles plus Maria, Keziah, Chris and Evan on part II; Emily, Star, Catherine and Lydia on part I.

Concert only:

PRIORITY FOR THANKSGIVING SERVICE:

For the Beauty of the Earth – Have this perfectly memorized! Drill phrases that are uncertain! Be certain to memorize where to breathe and not breathe. Work on consonant placement.

Sing Joyfully to God – Have this perfectly memorized! Drill phrases that are uncertain!

Review service music copies for the Thanksgiving service.

Pro Arte/Cavalieri

Please remember, being part of this group means you are expected to learn and review your music at home during at least 20 minute practice sessions per day. This is part of the written choir commitment. Perhaps keep a check list of what you have worked on each day and try to touch all of the music once or twice over the week. Let’s try to improve in this area!

Please pay attention to part assignments. Be sure to mark your score accordingly.

Winds of Peace – review entire piece. Practice singing in a round with a choir friend. Grace and Marquita on part 1 with Treble Choir and one or two concert choir members; Molly and Renna on part 2 with concert choir; Matilde, Lilly, Mehr, Othniel and Mikhail on part 3; Kamirra, Sadie Siara, Lauren and Chadwick on part 4.

Stars I Shall Find - Top part – Molly, Matilde, Grace, Marquita, Othniel, Renna, Mikhail;

Bottom part – Lauren, Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Chadwick, Mehr, Lilly. Chadwick and Mikhail sing one octave down. Review your part through m. 41. Work out solfege to the end of the piece.

Mexican Lullaby – Continue learning parts for mm. 108 – end. S1 – Molly, Marquita, Grace, Renna and Othniel; S2 – Matilde, Lilly, Mehr and Mikhail; S3 – Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Lauren and Chadwick. Grace is the soloist. Review entire piece.

African Noel - Top part – Molly, Matilde, Grace, Marquita, Othniel, Renna, Mikhail;

Bottom part – Lauren, Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Chadwick, Mehr, Lilly. Practice entire piece. Pay careful attention to rhythms.

Carol of the Light – memorize.

We Wish You a Joyful Holiday – Review parts: Pete, Mikhail and Chadwick sing Bass. Soprano – Grace, Marquita, Renna. Mezzo - Molly, Matilde, Lilly, Othniel. Alto – Mehr, Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Lauren.

Samba Mass – Review Kyrie, Sanctus and Benedictus. On the Benedictus, work out Soprano part for mm. 29-32. Work out solfege on Agnus Dei through measure 44. At measures 30 – 32, divide the four part chords as follows: Grace, Marquita and Renna on part 1 (top); Molly, Matilde and Othniel on part 2; Kamirra, Lilly, Mehr and Mikhail on part 3; Sadie, Siara, Lauren and Chadwick on part 4 (bottom).

Will There Really Be a “Morning”? –Secure pitches and rhythms. Memorize. Mm.31-45 will be sung by Matilde and Lauren. Part division is: S1 –Molly, Matilde, Grace, Marquita, Othniel, Renna, Mikhail; S2 – Lauren, Kamirra, Sadie, Siara, Chadwick, Mehr, Lilly. Review parts on pages 6&7.

Caritas Abundat – keep working out solfege and rhythm for this entire piece. Parts 2 and 3, pay careful attention to counting of tied notes. Division for Caritas Abundat: 1 – Lauren, Siara, Sadie and Kamirra; 2– Mikhail, Grace, Marquita, Renna, and Molly; 3 – Othniel, Matilde, Chadwick, Lillian, and Mehr. On the four part chords – Grace and Marquita take the top notes; Molly, Mikhail and Renna take the second to top notes; Othniel and Matilde take the third from top; Lillian, Mehr and Chadwick take the bottom notes.

Week of November 4, 2019

Treble and Concert:

Mayan Song of Praise – review and secure memory in all languages

Come, Worship the Lord – review and secure memory entire piece. Pay close attention to the placement of consonants at the end of phrases.

Tutu Maramba – Drill Portuguese language phrase by phrase through the bottom of page 4. The last measure of page 4 through the end of page 6 is in English. Practice speaking the text in rhythm, then on pitches. Part 2 singers need to review their notes on solfege. Part 1: Emily, Star, Lydia, Caleb, Zari, Trinity, Erionna; Part 2: Maria, Keziah, Chris and Evan. Part 2 needs to accurately learn their part! Secure memory. Emily, please learn the top soprano part at the bottom of page 5. The solfege syllables in the order of the pitches are: Teh, Sol, Sol, La, Teh, Sol, Mi.

Carol of the Light – Treble choir sings mm. 4-12. Concert and Treble – review entire piece. Finish memorizing.

Winds of Peace – review the solfege for the melody. Learn English text. We will introduce the Hebrew next week.

Concert only:

For the Beauty of the Earth – Secure memory, drilling phrases that are uncertain. Be certain to memorize where to breathe and not breathe. Work on consonant placement.

Sing Joyfully to God – Secure memory, drilling phrases that are uncertain.

Will There Really Be a “Morning?” – Continue learning your own part and memorize.

Review service music copies for the Thanksgiving service.

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