Concert Information for Vocalise
Wednesday, May 13: Dress Rehearsal
for Spring Concert at
Woodside Priory School, Portola Valley
Call Time
4:45 pm, Release 8:00 pm
Snack: Bring yourself a snack & water.
Friday, May 15: Dress Rehearsal
for All Choir Concert at First
United Methodist Church in Palo Alto
Call Time: 4:45pm, Release 7:45 pm (Aria Release 8:30 pm)
Uniform: EITHER wear something like a scarf
or sash that represents your family’s heritage and ancestry (eg. the colors of
your flag) with your Cantabile uniform, OR wear a full outfit (eg, traditional
dress) that represents your family’s heritage and ancestry, OR wear full,
Cantabile uniform. (No hats!)
Snack: Bring yourself a snack & water.
Saturday, May 16: All Choir Concert at First United Methodist Church in
Palo Alto
Call Time 11:30 am, Release at approx. 3:30 pm
Uniform: EITHER wear something like a scarf
or sash that represents your family’s heritage and ancestry (eg. the colors of
your flag) with your Cantabile uniform, OR wear a full outfit (eg, traditional
dress) that represents your family’s heritage and ancestry, OR wear full,
Cantabile uniform (blue ties). (No hats!)
Snack: Bring yourself a snack & water.
Sunday, May 17: Spring Concert at Woodside Priory School, Portola
Valley – in the chapel.
Call Time 2:00 pm, Release at approx. 6:00 pm
after the reception and Will Todd performance
Formal
Cantabile uniform (blue ties)
Snack: Bring yourself a snack & water.
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Vocalise Rehearsal Notes
Shine
Measures 11-13 - practice the rhythm
and make sure to lift before every move.
Last measure of page 19 - write your
next note (soprano and alto sustain the same note, tenor and bass move)
Everybody - practice measures 85-88
Tenor and Bass - practice you first
entrance, don't count on others.
Alto part - practice measures 57-72
(includes the key change)
Tenor part - practice key change
(move from Cb to A and then C#)
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Throughout the song -
"Water" with a soft t' (almost like a d')!
Practice rhythm in measures 44
Measures 82-84 - Don't sing
(join on "Like a bridge..." refrain)
Measures 71-75 - Only Men+Solo (no
Soprano & Alto)
Past Life Melodies
For the Nair Nair part, you should
only wait for your group's cues (count the fingers Gwen is showing):
Group 1 - cue 3 join Nair Nair, cue 2a sing
half way through and fade out, cue 3a harmonic singing.
Group 2 - cue 4 join Nair Nair, cue
2a sing half way through and fade out, cue 3a harmonic
singing.
Group 3 - cue 2a fade out, cue 3a harmonic
singing.
Group 4 - cue 1a move from the note D to B, cue
2a fade out, cue 3a harmonic singing.
Group 5 - cue 1 start Nair Nair, cue
2a sing half way through and fade out, cue 3a harmonic
singing.
Group 6 - cue 3 move from the note A to B
(lower), cue 2a fade out, cue 3a harmonic
singing.
Group 7 - cue 5 move from the note A to B, cue
2a fade out, cue 3a harmonic singing.
Day Break
Bring out more of these consonants:
day breaks, daybreak, shines, warmth, land.
Pages 4-5 - prolong the first vowel
of "Stre--tching her arms"
Alto - Practice page 8 ("feeling
the warmth...")
Alto - Notice the difference in your
melody in page 5 and page 13 ("as the Sun rises")
Soprano II - Practice page 8
("feeling the warmth...")
I Hear America Singing
There is lack of confidence in
measure 25 ("Sing together...")
Peter Go Ring-a dem Bells
Sing confidently the first note of
every new verse/chorus - support the young ones
Review words ("I wonder where
mother...", "I wonder where sister...")
Come and Sing
Make sure you're confident with the
second ending (Ah...)
Lilacs
Alto - Practice measures 8-9 and
16-18
Soprano II - Practice measures
16-18
Spring Waters
Review words
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