Agenda for 3/10

A few items: Anne (tenor) provided the real Dido story from the Aeneid. You'll find it in the links list to the right.

For the performance, I'll be leading from the harpsichord. The other instruments will include baroque violins/viola, viola da gamba, and theorbo.

Here's the plan for Tuesday:

6:30-7 Witches & Second Woman, can you come early? Please email me if not, otherwise I'll expect you.
7-7:10 warmup
10-30 #38
30-40 #35
40-55 #6
55-8:05 #7 & #8
5-10 BREAK
10-20 review #11
20-35 review 14; 16; 18
35-9pm run 13-20

Agenda for 3/3

Awesome, awesome, AWESOME rehearsal last night. The choruses all sounded...well...awesome.

Here's an important video to watch:



Here's the plan for Tuesday:

6:30-7pm Dido/Belinda/Aeneas, please come early as you can. (I promise I won't get annoyed if late.) We'll look at all of your recitatives.

We'll focus on acts 2 & 3.
7-7:10 warmup
10-25 #23 w/ Belinda
25-40 #25 w/ Belinda
40-55 #28 w/ Sailor
55-8:05 #31
5-10 BREAK
10-20 #35
20-40 #36
40-9pm chorus dismissed for rehearsal of witches 

Agenda for 2/24

6:30-7pm
Pat, Daniela, Sadie: please come at 6:30 to cover the following:
#13, #15, #17, #19, #27, #30 (basically, anything that involves you!)

We will be focusing on the Act I choruses this week.
7-7:10 warmup
10-20 #1 chorus only
20-30 #4
30-45 #6 w/Belinda/2nd Woman
45-8pm #8
8-8:05 BREAK
5-20 #11
20-30 #14
30-45 #16 & #18
45-9pm #20

Agenda for 2/17

This week, we will focus on the choruses in Acts II & III. Here's the plan:

6:30-7pm: Dido & Aeneas (& Belinda, if possible) come early for recitative work

• we will do #5, #7, #9, #25, #27, #33

7-7:10 warmup

10-20 #23 w/ Belinda

20-35 #26 w/ Belinda

35-50 #28 w/ Sailor (Ed, please prepare this)

50-8:05 #31

5-10 BREAK

10-20 #35

20-35 #36

35-9pm We will run all of Act II. Soloists: know what's on your plate!

Revised agenda for 2/10

Due to some anticipated absences, this is a revised schedule for 2/10:

7-7:10 warmup
10-20 p. 4 chorus
20-30 review No. 23 (w/ Belinda)
30-40 No. 4
40-55 No. 6 (including Belinda/2nd Woman duet)

• Belinda/2nd woman: also prepare S1/S2 part at bottom of p. 14 and middle of p. 15; alto section will sing lowest part with you

55-8pm BREAK

8-8:10 No. 8

10-30 No. 11

30-40 review No. 20

40-55 Nos. 25-26 (Dido & Aeneas: you're on!)

8:55 Dismissed, except for Spirit (#27)

Here's a review of roles:

Dido: Cynthia 
Aeneas: Raymond 
Belinda: Julianna
Sailer: Ed Sawyer
Second Women: Vanessa
Sorceress: Pat
First Witch: Daniela
Second Witch: Sadie
Spirit: Sadie

Agenda for 2/10

We were low in numbers, but we had a solid rehearsal nonetheless! Here's the plan for Tuesday:

7-7:10 warmup
10-20 p. 4 chorus
20-30 No. 4
30-50 No. 6 (including Belinda/2nd Woman duet)

• Belinda/2nd woman: also prepare S1/S2 part at bottom of p. 14 and middle of p. 15; alto section will sing lowest part with you

50-8pm No. 8

8-8:05 BREAK

5-25 No. 11

25-30 review No. 20

30-40 review No. 23 (w/ Belinda)

40-9pm We'll try to put together Nos. 15-18 w/ soloists (Sorceress & witches)

Here's a review of roles:

Dido: Cynthia 
Aeneas: Raymond 
Belinda: Julianna
Sailer: Ed Sawyer
Second Women: Vanessa
Sorceress: Pat
First Witch: Daniela
Second Witch: Sadie
Spirit: Sadie

1/27 rehearsal agenda

Belinda & Sailor: please have your solos (below) ready.

7-7:10 warmup
10-25 Nos 16 & 18 (Ho Ho choruses)
25-40 No. 20
40-55 No. 23 Belinda solo w/ chorus
55-8:05 BREAK
5-20 No. 26 Belinda solo w/ chorus
20-35 No. 28 Sailor solo w/ chorus
35-50 No. 31
50-9pm meeting with soloists