Week of March 2, 2020

Treble and Concert:

Tutu Maramba – Keep reviewing accurately singing pitches for the ending! Part 2 singers – continue reviewing notes on solfege for the entire piece. Part 1: Emily, Star, Lydia, Caleb, Zari, Trinity, Erionna; Part 2: Maria, Keziah, Chris and Evan. Securely memorize with accurate pitches (part 2)!

Winds of Peace – continue reviewing. Practice singing the rounds with a friend or sibling. Treble choir sings the first unison section on their own. Practice at home as though you were going to sing this as a solo.

Dona Nobis Pacem – review excellent vowel production and consonant placement. Be able to sing this as though it were a solo.

Two Little Kittens – review and memorize the entire piece. Pay attention to the “meaning” of the text and dynamics.

Siyahamba – review your part. Continue working on East Coast Algonquin language.

Keep reviewing Come Worship the Lord, Sing Joyfully, For the Beauty of the Earth and No Laugh Race

Pro Arte:

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

Finish memorizing the following movements:

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.

Carefully work on the following:

Gloria – review entire movement Soprano 1 especially needs to be more confident - work on good vocal technique (breath support, tall and open vowels). Begin memorizing.

Agnus Dei – review entire movement. Spend the most time on m. 47 – end,

especially Soprano 1. Memorize.

Joyfully Sing with Pleasure - Review notes and notes and rhythms for the entire piece. Mikhail, Chadwick and Mr. Pete will sing the bass line. Memorize

Mexican Lullaby – Review entire piece, particularly pp. 4&5 and pp. 8-10. Lilly joins part 1 on the three-part section. Be able to sing from memory. Grace, please finish learning the solo part on pp. 9&10.

Tutu Maramba – Memorize. Work especially hard on pitches for the chords on the last page.

Week of February 17, 2020

Treble and Concert

Tutu Maramba – Practice accurately singing pitches for the ending! 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 for the entire piece. Part 1: Emily, Star, Lydia, Caleb, Zari, Trinity, Erionna; Part 2: Maria, Keziah, Chris and Evan. Securely memorize with accurate pitches (part 2)!

Winds of Peace – review with your new part assignments. Practice consonants and tall vowels for English and Hebrew text. Practice singing the rounds with a friend or sibling. Treble choir sings the first unison section on their own. Practice at home as though you were going to sing this as a solo.

Dona Nobis Pacem – review and memorize. Be able to sing entire piece on solfege syllables. If time, we will test this at the next rehearsal.

Two Little Kittens – review and finish memorizing the entire piece.

Siyahamba – review your part and memorize text in various languages. Particularly work on East Coast Algonquin language.

Keep reviewing Come Worship the Lord, Sing Joyfully, For the Beauty of the Earth and No Laugh Race.

Pro Arte/Cantare

amba 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

Finish memorizing the following movements:

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.

Carefully work on the following:

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, practicing mostly on solfege syllables to finish learning notes.

Joyfully Sing with Pleasure - Review notes and notes and rhythms for the entire piece. Mikhail, Chadwick and Mr. Pete will sing the bass line. Begin memorizing.

Mexican Lullaby – Review entire piece, particularly pp. 4&5 and pp. 8-10. Lilly joins part 1 on the three-part section. Be able to sing from memory. Grace, please finish learning the solo part on pp. 9&10.

Tutu Maramba – review your part as assigned back at the summer camp. Work especially hard on pitches for the chords on the last page.

Week of February 10, 2020

Treble and Concert:

Tutu Maramba – Practice accurately singing pitches for the ending! 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 for the entire piece. Part 1: Emily, Star, Lydia, Caleb, Zari, Trinity, Erionna; Part 2: Maria, Keziah, Chris and Evan. Securely memorize with accurate pitches (part 2)!

Winds of Peace – review with your new part assignments. Practice consonants and tall vowels for English and Hebrew text. Practice singing the rounds with a friend or sibling. Treble choir sings the first unison section on their own. Practice at home as though you were going to sing this as a solo.

Dona Nobis Pacem – review and memorize. Be able to sing entire piece on solfege syllables. We will test this at the next rehearsal.

Two Little Kittens – review and begin memorizing the entire piece.

Siyahamba – review your part and memorize text in various languages. Particularly work on East Coast Algonquin language.

Keep reviewing Come Worship the Lord, Sing Joyfully, For the Beauty of the Earth and No Laugh Race.

Pro Arte:

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

Finish memorizing the following movements:

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.

Carefully work on the following:

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, practicing mostly on solfege syllables to finish learning notes.

Joyfully Sing with Pleasure - Review notes and notes and rhythms for the entire piece. Mikhail, Chadwick and Mr. Pete will sing the bass line. Begin memorizing.

Mexican Lullaby – Review entire piece, particularly pp. 4&5 and pp. 8-10. Lilly joins part 1 on the three-part section. Be able to sing from memory. Grace, please finish learning the solo part on pp. 9&10

Week of February 3, 2020

Treble and Concert:

Tutu Maramba – Practice accurately singing pitches for the ending! 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 for the entire piece. Part 1: Emily, Star, Lydia, Caleb, Zari, Trinity, Erionna; Part 2: Maria, Keziah, Chris and Evan. Securely memorize with accurate pitches (part 2)!

Winds of Peace – review awith your new part assignments. Practice consonants and tall vowels for English and Hebrew text. Practice singing the rounds with a friend or sibling. Treble choir sings the first unison section on their own. Practice at home as though you were going to sing this as a solo.

Dona Nobis Pacem – review and memorize.

Two Little Kittens – review and begin memorizing pp. 1-3. Familiarize yourself with the text for pp. 4-7.

Siyahamba – review your part and memorize text in various languages. Particularly work on East Coast Algonquin language.

Pro Arte:

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

Memorize the following movements:

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.

Carefully work on the following:

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, practicing mostly on solfege syllables to finish learning notes.

Joyfully Sing With Pleasure – This was distributed this past Monday.

Review notes and notes and rhythms for the entire piece. Mikhail, Chadwick and Mr. Pete will sing the bass line.

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