Rehearsal Blog Update 03/20/2014

Dear Ensemble and Vocalise Singers and Families,

It's full speed ahead with our spring concert season! 

Carmina Burana

Please check your email regularly for Carmina updates. Below is a summary of the production schedule. All following events take place at the California Theatre, 345 S 1st Street, San Jose. Singers enter at the back of the theatre on Market Street ("musicians entrance"). 

Friday, March 21: Dress Rehearsal

MUSIC MUST BE MEMORIZED!

Rehearsal attire: Cantabile black t-shirt, black pants

6:15pm: CALL TIME, drop off at California Theatre, musicians entrance on Market St. 

6:30pm: warm up for all choirs begins in 3rd floor studio

9:30pm +/- 10 minutes: release time - please try to arrive to pick up your kids by around 9:25pm and be prepared to wait a few minutes if we are not quite finished. We appreciate your patience as we prepare for this exciting performance. Singers must sign out with a chaperone at the musicians entrance 

Saturday, March 22: Concert #1

7:30pm: CALL TIME upstairs, arrive in full Cantabile performance uniform

8:00pm: performance

10:00pm (or immediately after the concert): release time - singers must sign out with chaperone at musicians entrance 

Sunday, March 23: Concert #2

2:00pm: CALL TIME upstairs, arrive in full Cantabile performance uniform

2:30pm: performance

4:30pm (or immediately after the concert): release time - singers must sign out with chaperone at musicians entrance 

Important Event Information:

- Bring your own water bottle (with name clearly marked) and nut-free snack to every call

- To buy tickets: call box office 408-286-2600, tell Brenda you are a family member of a Cantabile singer. There aren’t any discounts but the symphony will wave all fees. Tickets will be left for you at will call. 

- Validated parking is available at the Park Plaza parking garage, 185 Park Avenue, San Jose. This is the building in which Scott's Seafood is located (across from the Tech Museum on Park Avenue).

Music and Rehearal Notes:

15. Amore Volat Undique

- Sing very staccato and project to the back of the room.

- Sing the “que” at the end of each phrase with an accent, followed by a decrescendo, and be careful not to go flat as you get softer.

- Watch the maestro very carefully for your cues – you must come in together, especially on your entries that begin with consonants like “captus…” and “fit res…”

- In your third line, there is a lift after “…cule”, another clear lift after “tur”, and a tempo change to watch for on “merito”.

- On your last line will be the biggest rit of all. The cut-off for your last note is the next downbeat that the Maestro will give.

18. Circa Mea Pectora

- Sing staccato on “manda liet”.

- Be STRONG, especially on the high As – “niet, niet, niet, niet, niet” – and remember that there are five.

22. Tempus Est Iocundum

- Remember that the first “chorus” is a baritone solo.

- Join in with the adult choir on “quo pereo, quo pereo, quo pereo”, and remember to pronounce it as “qwo”, not “qvo”.

- Come in STRONG on “oh, oh, oh”, and be prepared for an accelerando starting on “iam amore”.

25. O Fortuna

- Please memorize it for Friday’s dress rehearsal!

Below is the seating plan we used at the rehearsal. We may make changes on Friday, but this is how we will line up backstage, so please know your row number and who you are beside:

Max	Simon	Jessica A	Nimue	Sylvanna	Elizabeth	Sophie	Hannah
Alicia	Beth	Helena	Darya	Josephine	Payton	Leo
Anya	Amy	Jessica C	Celia	Gwen	Diana	Jessica F

Lost and Found

Several items have been picked up from the March 8^th Festival. Please email cassie@cantabile.org if you are missing any of the following:

-      -  blue zip-up sweater with hood and small white logo

-       - blue and grey zip-up sweater with USA logo

-       - black zip-up sweater with hood and large green and white “quiksilver” logo

-       - GAP hoody

-       - dark Old Navy pants, size 12

Repertoire To Practice

Click on the titles to watch videos of your repertoire. 

VOCALISE AND ENSEMBLE:

Music Down In My Soul

Red Boots On

Come and Sing

VOCALISE ONLY:

Don’t Go (no video available because this piece is brand new!)

The Garden Song (with Prep 2 and Prep 3)

El Vito (for girls only) – check out Caitlin’s solo! :)

Go Where I Send Thee

For Good (original soundtrack version)

ENSEMBLE ONLY:

A Little Jazz Mass 

Keep listening to the recordings you received via email!

Musicianship

Ensemble A: Up to page 36 is due for next week!

Ensemble B: Complete the first two lines on your “chords” worksheet.

Happy practicing!