agenda for 10/22

Soloist auditions will be held on 11/5 during rehearsal. More on that later...

6:45-7 I'll meet with any women who wish to review solos.

7-15 warmup

15-35 Home for the Holidays...a cappella!

35- 8pm Vivaldi #12, working backwards

8-8:05 BREAK

5-20 Vivaldi #9 & #4, work bridges from previous movements

20-35 Vivaldi #2, mm.48-55, then 55-end, beginning to 48

35- 50 Still Still, mm.23-38, bridges and ending

50-9pm men only: Zion hoert, if there are enough men!

Solo audition signup and Agenda for 10/15

I need to find out ASAP who is auditioning for solos and what solos people are auditioning for. For information on available solos--including newly linked YouTube audio--, click here. 

If you are interested in auditioning, click here to fill out the registration form. Please fill out this form before the 10/15 rehearsal. The audition itself will be in early November.

Here's the plan for next week:

6:45-7pm (for any women who come early): review solos
7-7:15 warmup
15-25 Cantate Domino: first half, possibly second
25-45 Vivaldi #2, mm.55-end; beginning to m.55
45-8:05 Vivaldi #7, mm.9-37; mm.53-end; mm.40-53
5-10 BREAK
10-25 Still, still, mm.6-17; mm.23-38
25-40 Home for the holidays, work straight through

8:40: women may leave
40-9pm: men Zion hoert

Agenda for 10/8

7-7:15 warmup

15-30 Cantate Domino

30-50 Vivaldi #12, mm. 36-54, mm.1-32

50-8:00 Vivaldi #8

8-8:05 BREAK

5-25 Vivaldi #5

25-40 Home for the Holidays pp-6-8

8:40 Men dismissed

8:40-9pm women go over Vivaldi solos

Information on Solos

Vivaldi

• #3: duet (two sopranos or soprano/alto)
• listen here
• #6: soprano solo; can be sung by an alto
• listen here
• #8: alto w/ choir; can be sung by a soprano (could be sung by a man, though not preferred)
• listen here
• #10: alto; can be sung by a soprano
• listen here

Home for the Holidays

• one solo, or the solo can be divided between two or three
• priority given to men, as the Vivaldi has female priority

There will also be other solo opportunities in the concert, such singing a solo verse of a carol that we sing with the audience. These won't be auditioned specifically, but choices of soloists will come out of those who audition for the above solos.

Agenda for 10/1/13

7-7:15 warmup

15-30 work Home for the Holidays pp.3-5

30-50 work Vivaldi #12

50-8:05 work Still, Still

5-10 BREAK

10-25 work Vivaldi #2, mm55-end

25-40 work Vivaldi #7, mm.62-end

8:40 sopranos go home

40-45 altos read Vivaldi #10

8:45 altos go home

45-9pm men read Wachet auf (new piece)

Agenda for 9/24

This was a great rehearsal! I'm so happy to have so many new members among us.

Yesterday, we worked on the following movements:

• 1
• 5
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 11

Next week, we'll continue reading through the Gloria. Hopefully, I'll have some non-Gloria music ready to read.

There are a number of soprano and alto solos in the Gloria, including a duet for soprano and alto. The specific solos are listed in the music you received last night and are also posted in the right column of this blog. In the coming weeks, I'll let you know about soloist auditions--but it's not too early to start planning for this!

Choral scores + solos & duets

These are now posted in the right column of this blog. For the Vivaldi, all solos/duets are for women's voices. If interested in a solo/duet, start looking/listening now!

There will be more repertoire this semester, but we'll be starting with the Vivaldi.