Agenda for 2/23

7-7:10 warmup
10-15 review Little Tree
15-25 review The Eyes of All
25-35 Because You Live
35-50 The Road, pp.16-end, working towards unaccompanied singing
50-8:05 Choose Something, pp.74-77, pp.71-74
5-10 BREAK
10-20 Bittersweet pp.1-4
20-30 review Concord
30-40 review divisi (pp.4-end) in Give me your tired
40-50 read Because I would not stop
50-9pm review Lonely people

agenda for 2/16

7-7:10 warmup
10-20 read Little Tree
20-35 work on Sure on This
35-55 work out divisi on Give Me Your Tired
55-8pm BREAK
8pm-20 Things That Never: review in reverse order
20-35 The Eyes: review in reverse order
35-50 The Road: look over parts pp.16-20, go on to final pages
50-9pm To Laugh

Agenda for 2/9

Barring any nor-easters:

7-7:10 warmup
10-20 Concord
20-40 Because you live: go through all of it
40-8pm Choose something: review 77-end; add 73 (bottom)-75
8-8:05 BREAK
5-20 The road: pp.16-20
20-35 Bittersweet: pp.5-end, starting with "new" passage at top of p.7
35-50 Sure on this: review pages in reverse order 
50-9pm: review divisi; add divisi on p.6

Bittersweet [Autumn]: live performance

The Choir of First Church in Boston sang Mary's piece yesterday morning as part of a service focused on musical members of the church (composers, performers, etc.). This explains why an autumn-themed piece was performed in January!

Agenda for 2/2

Please note: page numbers refer to the page numbers printed on the page, where available.

6:45-7pm meet with all new singers
7-7:10 warmup
10-25 Things that never: pp.9-11
25-35 The Road: pp.12-16
35-50 Choose something: pp.77(bottom)-end
50-8pm read Late October, assign divisi
8-8:05 BREAK
5-25 Bittersweet: pp.8-end
25-40 The eyes of all: pp.3-4
40-55 Lonely people: untexted sections
8:55 DONE (except for new singers)

YouTube audio

YouTube videos of most of the pieces are now posted in the right column. Not everything is available, but most everything is.

To convert YouTube to mp3 audio, use the link further down the right column.

Agenda for 1/26

Congratulations on a successful first rehearsal. We made our way through a good chunk of the music, and we'll conclude our reading at the 1/26 rehearsal.

If you are new to this group, remember: we have an entire semester to learn the music. We are just reading right now, and there will be plenty of time for you to feel comfortable with the music.

For those early-comers, I have a rehearsal from 6:15-6:45 next week in Heineman. You are welcome to come in, though.

Here's the plan:

6:55 Tori: I'd like to give you a quick vocalization to assess if you are soprano or alto. Please come a wee bit early.
7-7:10 warmup
10-20 Concord
20-8pm read final three pieces (not yet handed out)
8-8:05 BREAK
5-15 These things never die
15-20 Give me your tired (adding missing page & reading)
20-30 Lonely people: do all "lonely people" sections
30-40 Sure on this: pp.6-7
40-50 Hallelujah: we need to conform rhythms on the verses + we'll work on the final page
50-9pm All new people: I will give you a quick assessment for vocal placement.

See you then!