Dear
Ensemble and Vocalise Families,
Happy
Thanksgiving! We’re just one and a half weeks away from our big concert! We see
each other one last time before the dress rehearsal.
PARENTS:
Cantabile still needs volunteers for Dec. 5th and Dec. 7th! You
can sign up here:
December Schedule
Dec. 2nd
– Vocalise’s last regular rehearsal before dress - MANDATORY
Dec. 4th
– Ensemble’s last regular rehearsal before dress - MANDATORY
Dec. 5th – Dress
rehearsal for Holidays With Cantabile, St. Joseph’s in San Jose
Attire:
IN UNIFORM – please come fully
dressed in your Cantabile uniform with hair/make-up done. We are taking photos
and we need you looking sharp!
Call
time: 5:30pm for Ensemble and Vocalise
Dismissal
for Ensemble: 7:00pm
Dismissal
for Vocalise: 8:30pm
Dismissal
for Aria: 9:00pm
Pick-up instructions: If you
are picking singers, you must park your vehicle and meet them in the lobby
of the church sanctuary. You will not be able to pull up outside the church
and wait in your car, and singers will not be able to go and find you outside.
Dec. 7th
– Holidays With Cantabile concert, St. Joseph’s
in San Jose
Attire: in uniform
Call time: 11:30am
Call time: 11:30am
Concert: 1:00pm
Dismissal: 3:00pm
Dec. 11th
– Ensemble rehearses PACO concert repertoire, Foothills Church,
5:00-7:00pm
Dec. 12th
– Nutcracker dress rehearsal (mandatory for all Nutcracker
singers), Center for Performing Arts, San Jose, 7:00pm start time (call
and dismissal times to be confirmed)
Dec. 13th
– Dress rehearsal for PACO concert, Cubberley Theatre, Cubberley
Community Centre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Time: 6:45pm
call time for a 7:00pm rehearsal, dismissal is 8:00pm at the latest
Participants: All
Vocalise and Ensemble singers minus the 8 Nutcracker singers
Attire: Cantabile
T-shirts and black pants
Dec. 13th–26th
– Nutcracker performances (8 designated singers per show)
Dec. 14th – Aria
performance at the The Villages Golf & Country Club, 2800 The Villages
Fairway Drive, San Jose
Call
time: 5:00pm
Rehearsal:
5:15-5:35pm
Performance:
5:45-6:15pm
Dec. 15th
– PACO concert, Center for Performing Arts - Menlo-Atherton
Auditorium, Menlo-Atherton High School, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton
Call time: 1:00pm
Concert: 3:00pm
Attire: TBA
What to
practice
BOTH
CHOIRS: everything should now be memorized!
Noel: Review the
choreography and the form of the piece:
Solos
Intro
(eh ma ma eh) x 8
Noel… x
4 -- STEPS
Kana
nge… x 2 -- BABY
Noel… x
4 -- STEPS
Interlude
(hom bwom) – SIDE STEPS (right first)
Noel… x
4 -- CLAPS
Kana
nge… x 2 –- TURNS (one part at a time: S1, S2, A1, A2)
Noel… x
4 – CLAPS à turn
to face front on final “Yesu me kwisa”, hands together on final syllable “to”,
open hands and look up with head and eyes on final percussion “boom”, freeze in
position!
Call of
Wisdom: Always sing on the vowels, not the consonants (i.e. “juuustiiice”,
not “jusssticcce”).
Silent
Night/Night of Silence: Keep reviewing the words.
Remember – you have to sing this in the dark, so you need to know it very well!
ENSEMBLE:
Donkey
Carol: Altos – keep
working on verse 4 (page 41-42). Remember at the bottom of page 42, when you
come in you echo the soprano entry by starting on a high E! Listen to the
recording emailed to you nail this tough section. All parts – review the last page (45), particularly the
pitches and rhythm on “Christ is born today”. Altos, on the last page, second
system, second measure, on the “ia” of “alleluia”, you have a Bb, but you are
mistakenly singing a B natural! Please circle this Bb and practice singing it
in context with the phrase.
Jingle
Bell Swing: Check your pitches in measures 42-43 (“jingle bell do bee dit”).
Man
With The Bag: Look over the last two pages (7-8). Also, circle the measure
that says “To Coda” so that you aren’t surprised when it comes along!
VOCALISE:
Mass: Check notes on page 20 (last page of Gloria). Sopranos: fix the c natural in measure 95. Soprano 2s: go over the
notes in measures 97 to the end. Altos: go over measures 93-94 for tuning accuracy.
Angel: Make sure you know what notes you’re singing in the chords added on the last page.
Angel: Make sure you know what notes you’re singing in the chords added on the last page.
Happy Practicing!
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