April 11 agenda

This week's rehearsal will be in WL201. For information on finding the rehearsal location, click here for a post from last year: http://fsuchorus.blogspot.com/2016/03/rehearsal-venue-change-this-tuesday.html

Here's the plan:

7-7:10 warmup

10-20 Cantate Domino

20-30 Imagine

30-40 Gloria

40-7:55 The Road

55-8pm BREAK

8-8:10 Hallelujah

10-20 Ave verum

20-35 Kyrie

35-45 Sanctus

45-end We are not alone

After this week, one more rehearsal till showtime!

April 4 agenda

This week is our last rehearsal in Heineman until the concert. (We have to move to WL201 for 4/11 and 4/18.) That said, we will do a lot with concert placement this week. Be prepared to move around a lot!

Here's the plan:

7-7:10 warmup
10-40 figure out various concert configurations with

• Cantate Domino
• Gloria
• We are not alone
• For the beauty

40-55 Kyrie (needs note accuracy work)

55-8pm BREAK

8-8:15 Sanctus

15-30 Run to the manger

30-45 With drooping wings

45-9pm It's my desire

March 28 agenda

7-7:10 warmup
10-20 Cantate Domino
20-30 Gloria
30-45 Kyrie
45-8pm Sanctus
8-8:05 BREAK
5-15 We are not alone
15-30 Hallelujah
30-40 The road
40-45 Le doux
45-9pm For the beauty

April/May program order

Put your music in order now!

Click here to see the program order: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u3OEq48G-ZUinzKDBD35rQhnUm9WFsZjOTAF1D5N79k/edit?usp=sharing

Public Library concert details

Date: Tuesday, April 25
Time: 6pm warmup; 7pm concert
Location: Framingham Public Library, 49 Lexington St., Framingham, MA 01702
Room: Costin Room of the Main Library

Agenda for 2/28

7-7:10 warmup
10-20 Cantate Domino
20-40 review French/Canadian rep
40-50 Hallelujah
50-8pm With drooping wings
8-8:05 BREAK
8:05-9pm rehearse with Josée

2/21 agenda

That was great fun last night! More than that was how great you all sounded. This is going to be a wonderful concert.

Here's the plan for Tuesday:

7-7:10 warmup
10-20 Cantate Domino
20-30 Sanctus
30-40 We are not along (w/o solo)
40-55 The road not taken
55-8pm BREAK
8-8:10 French in America
10-20 Le doux chagrin
20-30 Dondaine
30-40 Ave verum corpus
40-50 Run to the manger
50-9pm Imagine

2/14 agenda

If you missed rehearsal last week, you missed the news that this will be my last semester at FSU. I have accepted a position at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Delray Beach, FL, starting on June 1. For more information:

http://stpaulsdelray.org/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-sunny-escape-3-perfect-days-in-delray-beach-florida-1452796534

I am sorry you might be finding out this way, and I will be happy to talk about this next week if you have any questions/concerns. In the meantime, I have asked some very suitable colleagues to express interest in leading the next generation of the FSU Chorus.

Here's the plan for Tuesday:

IMPORTANT REHEARSAL! We will be joined by our soloist at 8pm. Don't miss this one!

7-7:10 warmup

10-15 a slow review of Dondaine!

15-30 Come to the manger: interior parts

30-45 Kyrie

45-55 For the beauty

55-8pm BREAK

8pm: rehearsal with Josée!

2/7 agenda

7-7:10 warmup
10-20 It's my desire
20-35 Sanctus
35-55 The road not taken
55-8:05pm Gloria
5-10 BREAK
10-40 review all French rep
40-55 Come to the manger

1/31 Agenda

7-7:10 warmup
10-20 Imagine, working in reverse
20-25 quick review of Les Champs & French in America
25-35 Run to the Manger, starting with final section
35-40 Du Pain et des roses
40-50 For the Beauty
50-8pm Dondaine
8-8:05 BREAK
5-15 Kyrie
15-25 With drooping wings
25-40 Le doux chagrin
40-50 Hallelujah, working slowly
50-8pm TB dismissed; SA: Un Canadien errant

Jan 24 agenda

SYLLABUS CORRECTION: The library concert is April 25, not April 26. (All chorus events are on Tuesdays.)

Here's the plan:

• 7-7:15 distribute remaining music & warmup
• 15-7:55 review all French music
• 55-8pm BREAK
• 8-8:10 read Purcell
• 10-20 read Thompson
• 20-30 read Vivaldi
• 30-40 read Handel
• 40-50 work on Charpentier, assign Christe parts
• 50-9pm work on Rutter

Vachon concert audio

There are two types of audio files to listen to. (You will want to "right click" and open each link into a new window.)

The first kind are Josée's original recordings. These were the inspiration for my arrangements. You can find these here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b78ieolkltdet6c/AACIyGIfX9oJFRWL9TYs7o1Wa?dl=0

The second kind are electronic versions of my arrangements. These are the actual notes that you'll be singing. These are here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dkrdjl2a68boy9e/AABJiquTFs28NGb4EmDI7yBva?dl=0

Please note that there is no Vachon recording of "Le doux chagrin." Here is a YouTube performance of a slightly different version: https://youtu.be/bAYwvfT5YoQ Here's a struggling performance that's closer to our version: https://youtu.be/6k2wbJHxCBI?t=26s

Spring 2017 repertoire

If you lose your music, you can download new copies with these links. Numbers 10-15 are for the Vachon concert. (You will want to "right click" and open each link into a new window.)

#1 http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/images/b/bd/Kyrie_minuit.pdf

#2 http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/images/9/91/HandelHallelujah.pdf

#3 http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/images/6/67/VivaldiGloriaGloria.pdf

#4

http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/images/4/4d/K618_Ave_verum_VS_PML.pdf

#5 http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/images/sheet/pit-cant.pdf

#6 https://www.dropbox.com/s/071iejz7qj1vhbc/RoadNotTaken.pdf?dl=0

#7 https://www.dropbox.com/s/gkyom9lnwktzrwe/WeAreNotAlone.pdf?dl=0

#8 https://www.dropbox.com/s/uwvmwjjqthq4pti/faure.pdf?dl=0

#9 https://www.dropbox.com/s/xu94pv88aezyh44/Purcell.pdf?dl=0

#10 https://www.dropbox.com/s/x7zyl865qp5t6pi/Les%20Champs-Elys%C3%A9es.pdf?dl=0

#11 https://www.dropbox.com/s/pts1mch6qomvk0a/Le%20Doux%20Chagrin.pdf?dl=0

#12 https://www.dropbox.com/s/t54x8spi03msdul/French%20in%20America.pdf?dl=0

#13 https://www.dropbox.com/s/1mwbly5c1aq8fh9/Du%20Pain%20et%20des%20Roses.pdf?dl=0

#14

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sg7j5s8ckn98m5y/Dondaine%20la%20ridaine.pdf?dl=0

#15 https://www.dropbox.com/s/w0zmccokz1y2wch/Un%20Canadien%20errant.pdf?dl=0

#16 https://www.dropbox.com/s/k2dsx5gay7bbo87/imagine.pdf?dl=0

#17 https://www.dropbox.com/s/q6gip88ptft2exl/desire.pdf?dl=0

#18 https://www.dropbox.com/s/phfi4h4vtpx4q6b/manger.pdf?dl=0

#19 https://www.dropbox.com/s/iybxmlk5h42r50z/rutter.pdf?dl=0