Dear Ensemble and Vocalise Singers and Families,
It’s evaluation time! Several of you have already been seen
and have done a great job! Your conductors look forward to hearing the rest of
you in the next couple of weeks. Please
sign up via the links sent through email. If you can’t make any of the times
offered, please email cassie@cantabile.org. Please
arrive 15 minutes before your time-slot. Ensemble A only: please bring your completed musicianship workbook for
final review with ALL mistakes corrected - see the marking page at the beginning for a list of questions that need
to be corrected. (If your musicianship book has not been handed back to you
yet, it will be brought to your evaluation for you – don’t worry.)
Please
prepare:
- All
of your repertoire: have it so well memorized that you can sing it
alone! This includes text, dynamics, phrasing and breathing, cut-offs, etc.
- Three
minor scales: natural, harmonic, melodic. (See links at the bottom for
extra help.)
- Key
signatures: Vocalise and Ensemble B should recognize all key
signatures, Ensemble A should know up to four sharps or flats.
- Solfege: know
how to label a melody with solfege for the purposes of sight-singing. You
should also know how to write in the counts for any time signature where the
quarter or the eighth note gets the beat.
Monteverdi
Vespers
Please review the
schedule below for rehearsal and concert dates, times, and locations. A summary
of information including drop-off and pick-up instructions will be coming to
you via email. Make sure to bring your own water and snack to every
call. Families will be contacted by Amelia Turvey from the Cantabile
office to sign up for chaperoning duties. For ticket info, please go to the Stanford
ticket office. Singers, please listen to
the mp3 files you received by email. The success of your performance dependings
greatly on your ability to put your simple melodies in the highly complex
context that is the other vocal and instrumental parts. You must practice with
the recordings and get used to knowing when your entrances are. You
can also click HERE to listen to a performance. (Note: #11 is at 53:50, #12 children begin singing at
1:04:00 (m. 65), #13 children sing from 1:23:50 to the end.)
Schedule for Monteverdi Choir and Tour Choir
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DATE
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DETAILS
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Mon, May 26
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Monteverdi Vespers
singers: rehearsal with Maestro Jessop at Foothills Church, 6:00-7:30pm. Wear
Cantabile t-shirt and black pants.
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Wed, May 28
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Monteverdi Vespers
singers: orchestra rehearsal at Stanford Memorial Church, 6:30-8:00pm. Wear
Cantabile t-shirt and black pants.
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Fri, May 30
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Monteverdi Vespers
singers: dress rehearsal at Stanford Memorial Church, 7:30-9:00pm – music
must be memorized! Wear Cantabile t-shirt and black pants.
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Sat, May 31
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Monteverdi Vespers
Performance at Stanford Memorial Church. Call time 6:00pm, concert 7:30pm.
Arrive in full performance uniform. Music must be memorized!
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May and June
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Evaluations - please
sign up via the links sent through email!
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Thurs, June 19
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Tour rehearsal
3:00-6:00pm and tour meeting for singers and families 6:00-7:30pm.
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Fri, June 20
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Tour rehearsal
9:30-12:00pm
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Sat, June 21
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Tour rehearsal
9:30-12:00pm
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June 22-July 2
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Passion of Italy Tour
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Minor Scales
Minor scales (natural, harmonic, and melodic) WILL be on your evaluation! Please make sure you know how to sing them accurately by practicing them at home both with a piano (or guitar) and a cappella. Check out these short videos to help you:
You can also check out the channel of “musictheoryguy” on youtube for lots of online theory lessons! Here are his lessons on minor scales:
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