Dear Ensemble and Vocalise singers
and families,
Below is your
Holidays With Cantabile concert week schedule, and your final set of detailed
practice instructions!
Concert Week Schedule
Monday, December 1 Dress Rehearsal #1 at Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, San Jose
Aria: 4.30 pm Call Time / 7.45 pm Release Time
Vocalise: 5.00 pm Call Time / 7.45 pm Release Time
Ensemble: 6.00 pm Call Time / 8.30 pm Release Time
Aria: 4.30 pm Call Time / 7.45 pm Release Time
Vocalise: 5.00 pm Call Time / 7.45 pm Release Time
Ensemble: 6.00 pm Call Time / 8.30 pm Release Time
Please note: All call times
listed are the times that you are to be seated in the church ready to go on
stage. Please allow extra time for traffic/parking/drop-off.
Wear: wear
Cantabile concert uniform and soft-soled shoes
Bring: concert
shoes, water bottle, music, snack, coat, musicianship book if in Ensemble
Sign in: with the Choir Parent at the curb - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child into the church
Sign out: singers sign out with the Choir Parent in the Vestibule - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child down to the curb to meet you.
Wednesday, December 3 Dress Rehearsal #2 at Cathedral Basilica, San Jose
Call time for all singers: 4:30pm in the pews ready to go on stage
Sign in: with the Choir Parent at the curb - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child into the church
Sign out: singers sign out with the Choir Parent in the Vestibule - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child down to the curb to meet you.
Wednesday, December 3 Dress Rehearsal #2 at Cathedral Basilica, San Jose
Call time for all singers: 4:30pm in the pews ready to go on stage
Release times: 8:00pm
for Ensemble, 8:30pm for Vocalise, 8:45pm for Aria
Wear: NO uniforms
- wear WARM clothing and soft-soled shoes eg. sneakers (bring a coat)
Bring: coat, water, snack, homework/something to do during the break. Ensemble has a 25-minute break and Vocalise has a VERY LONG break.
Bring: coat, water, snack, homework/something to do during the break. Ensemble has a 25-minute break and Vocalise has a VERY LONG break.
Sign in: with the
Choir Parent at the curb - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child into the
church
Sign out: singers sign out with the Choir Parent in the Vestibule - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child down to the curb to you.
Saturday, December 6 Holidays With Cantabile concert at Cathedral Basilica, San Jose
Sign out: singers sign out with the Choir Parent in the Vestibule - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child down to the curb to you.
Saturday, December 6 Holidays With Cantabile concert
Bravi Call Time: 9.45 am
Aria Call Time: 10.00 am
Vocalise Call Time: 10.30 am
Ensemble Call Time: 10.45 am
Uniform: arrive wearing Cantabile concert uniform, make-up and hair done - there will not be time or space to change
Sign in: with Choir Parent at the curb - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child to Parish Hall
Sign out: in Parish Hall with Choir Parent - at the end of the concert, please follow the choirs to Parish Hall. Ensemble, Vocalise & Bravi Upstairs will be signed out from the upstairs room.
Aria Call Time: 10.00 am
Vocalise Call Time: 10.30 am
Ensemble Call Time: 10.45 am
Uniform: arrive wearing Cantabile concert uniform, make-up and hair done - there will not be time or space to change
Sign in: with Choir Parent at the curb - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child to Parish Hall
Sign out: in Parish Hall with Choir Parent - at the end of the concert, please follow the choirs to Parish Hall. Ensemble, Vocalise & Bravi Upstairs will be signed out from the upstairs room.
O Sifuni Choreography
Click HERE to see a choreography video I
made for O Sifuni. Please note that to make it easier, I’ve recorded the moves
as a mirror image of you, so when I move left, you move right. :)
Practice Recordings
Recordings have been emailed to you and more will come next week. PLEASE download these and listen as many times as possible in order to have everything fully memorized for the dress rehearsal!
Practice Recordings
Recordings have been emailed to you and more will come next week. PLEASE download these and listen as many times as possible in order to have everything fully memorized for the dress rehearsal!
Ensemble Musicianship
Please bring your musicianship
books (along with your music binders) on Monday, Dec. 1st. I will be
collecting them to see how you’re doing. (Do not complete additional pages
between now and Dec. 1st – any extra time should be spent on your
repertoire.) Books will be re-distributed at the first rehearsal after the
winter break; however, if you are interested in keeping your book over the
holidays, please email cassie@cantabile.org and we can easily arrange a pick-up.
Concert Repertoire List/Order
In approximate order:
O Sifuni Mungu (All Choirs)
Prep 3 and Intermediate pieces
Cool Yule (Intermediate and
Ensemble)
Inflammatus (Ensemble)
Vois Sur Ton Chemin (Ensemble)
Jesus Child (Ensemble)
Magic Prayer (Ensemble)
Bravi pieces
INTERMISSION
Aria pieces (tba)
Wie Lieblich (Vocalise)
Carols and Lullabies 1, 2, 3, 4, 6,
9 + Fum, Fum, Fum
It’s the Most Wonderful Time
(Ensemble, Vocalise, Bravi)
Star Carol (All Choirs)
Silent Night (All Choirs)
Ensemble Rehearsal Notes
Pieces that need work on memorizing text: Star Carol, Jesus Child, Silent Night
Pieces that need work on securing notes: Magic Prayer, O Sifuni page 11-end,
Pieces that need careful review and diligent practice: ALL! :)
O Sifuni Mungu – REVIEW PAGE 11-END
Pieces that need work on securing notes: Magic Prayer, O Sifuni page 11-end,
Pieces that need careful review and diligent practice: ALL! :)
O Sifuni Mungu – REVIEW PAGE 11-END
- Learn ALL English “interjections”
- For the key change section: altos
review your notes at the key change (bottom of pg. 11), and come in on “Let all
things their creator bless” along with P3 and Int. Sopranos stay on your held
“D” in measure 110. All voices sing the English interjections again (including
sopranos) starting on “And worship Him in humbleness”. Both parts please review
your pitches on page 12 – they are different than all other “O
Sifuni Mungu” lines!
- All parts review notes (chords) on
page 14 (“All men, all creatures, etc”) – these chords are different than the
first time you sing this chorus on page 8-9!
- Review notes on last page, measure
152-end
- Watch choreography video and
practice with it!
Cool Yule
- Remember gestures we added at the
end
- Thank you to everyone who tried out for
the solo. You all TRULY did a fabulous job and made my
decision almost impossible! Any one of you could have performed the solo
easily. My final decision was based not only on your individual audition
performances, but also on how well certain voices blended with others to form
our two solo groups. The soloists, as mentioned in our previous rehearsal, will be: Lara
Babu, Liya Land, Jasmine Pao, Mary Shenouda, Abigail Caine, Kristin Cheung,
Karuna Dharan, Laura-Ann Moore, Riva Rubin, Sarina Singh, Ishita Sood, Sophie Wang.
Inflammatus
- Measures 14-17 (your first 4
measures): Long vowels --> “iiiin fla”, not “innn fla”
- Measures 18-19: lean into “di” and
then come off (“in DIIIiiie, juDIcici”)
- Measures 20-23: start quietly and
build over the four measures, with a crescendo-diminuendo inside
each of those measures (i.e. “inflammaAAAtus et acceEEENsus…” etc.)
- Measure 24: tiny forte-piano on “di”, then a
slow, exciting crescendo through to the third beat of measure 25, and a final
diminuendo in measure 26 on last two notes
- Measure 30: strong alto entry, lots
of “f” and “c”
- Measure 32: sopranos come in
strongly to match the altos
- Measure 34: good “C” on “CConfoveri”
- Measure 36: another good “C”, and a long
vowel (“CCooon-fo-ve”, not “coNNN-fo-ve”)
- Measures 37-40: slow crescendo lead
by the sopranos, altos follow
- Measures 41-42 and again in 45-46:
subito piano, crescendo-diminuendo on “cooon-fooo-VEEE-re”
- Measures 43-44 and 47-46(end):
forte, good “C”, and a crescendo-diminuendo on “CCooon-fooo-veeeEEEERI GRAaaatia” :)
Vois Sur Ton Chemin
- “de” sounds like “duh”, not “deh”
- Listen to practice recording of
spoken text (sent via email)
- Watch conductor for tempo so this
doesn’t drag
Jesus Child – MEMORIZE WORDS
- Light, excited, like telling a story
to little kids
- Crescendo into the choruses strongly
- Watch conductor and be ready for
tempo changes in measures 33-35, 39-41, and at the end
- Altos review all pitches
- Memorize the dynamics of EACH verse
and chorus. In general, the verses get louder as we go from beginning to end
(if we sing them all at the same volume this piece will get boring!)
Magic Prayer
- Legato, gentle, soaring like a bird
in flight
- Make sure you’re solid on your
pitches – practice finding them after those long instrumental interludes
- Memorize DYNAMICS – especially on
the last page. Be ready for all crescendos/diminuendos and the final crescendo
on the last phrase. Cresc. all the way through the final note to the last beat!
The Most Wonderful Time
- Altos: please review your pitches!!!
- All: careful of the text on the
verse “with those holiday greetings…”
Star Carol – MEMORIZE WORDS!
- “See his star shining bright in the
sky this Christmas night” all in ONE breath
- “Hurry to Bethlehem…” is soft,
light, energetic, and with a big “H” on “Hurry”!
- All verses memorized except “See he
lies…” (measures 28-36), which is sung by Prep 3 and Intermediate. Come in
again at measure 38.
- The chorus in measures 38-46 is
legato and gentle (different from the other more spirited ones)
- Final verse (“Let us all…”) and
chorus are BIG – sing out!
Silent Night
- Verse 1 in two parts, verses 2 and 3
in unison
- Bravi boys sing your Bravi part
Vocalise Rehearsal Notes
Please note that you are no longer performing Gloria at the concert.
O Sifuni Mungu
O Sifuni Mungu
- Learn ALL English “interjections” in
case we add you to P3 and Intermediate
- Review your pitches on page 12 –
they are different than all other “O Sifuni Mungu” lines
- Review notes (chords) on page 14
(“All men, all creatures, etc”) – these chords are different than the first
time you sing this chorus on page 8-9
- Review notes on last page, measure
152-end
- Watch choreography video and
practice with it!
- If you’re interested in any of
the solos, please prepare them for next week
Wie Lieblich - Click HERE for
a recording
- Memorize all dynamics
- Measure 12: lean into LIEB-lich
- Measure 18: like a march
- Measure 37: more insistent as each
part enters in imitation, cresc. all the way to 49
- Measures 70-72: A good “fp”
- Carol #1: this one needs the most
work on memorization – it’s not as easy as it seems!
- Carol #2: Know how many
measures of piano are between each verse. Light second syllables!
- Carol #3: Those interested in
solos be prepared to sing them next week
- Carol #4: Watch Elena carefully for
breaths and phrasing
- Carol #6: Straight to the “ng” in
“ding” or “dong”. Those on the first, fourth, and fifth staves on
page 49 measure 59: practice your accuracy on those quick “ding
dongs”
- Carol #9: Light, a rocking motion
(rocking the Baby King to sleep). Review dynamics/accents. Make sure you’ve
looked at and memorized the slower sections.
The Most Wonderful Time
- Careful of the text on the verse
“with those holiday greetings…”
Star Carol
- All verses memorized! Know your
notes on the “Ahs” at rehearsal letter C
Silent Night
- Verse 1 in two parts
- Verses 2 and 3 in three parts – NO
Vocalise singers on the melody
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Practicing!
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