Dear Singers,
Thank you for a lovely rehearsal Tuesday, and a heartfelt welcome to all singers joining us that rehearsal! It has taken me a couple of days to update our list. I have shared a snippet of our rehearsal with Dmitro Malyi, and he was delighted with the singing as well as our "Privit!" greeting. It was very well received and a meaningful moment between us all.
Let's be sure to remember name tags in the next rehearsal - that has slipped my mind thus far. It makes a difference. First name only is fine, but do make it large enough for someone to see at a moderate distance.
NOTES
We have made our way through the first movement of both Malyi and Fauré, as well as a few notes in other movements.
We have also expanded warm up to more thoroughly address:
Posture and Breathing for singing, and to some extent,
Diction and Resonance.
Next week during warm up, I intend to work more on the actual sound of the voice, the activity of the chords in singing (phonation). Please give thought and continue to:
practice posture and breathing for singing during the week.
practice vocalizing (including speech) with supportive posture and breathing.
As you arrive to rehearsal, put your mind to these ideas as well as the great fun it is to see each other and know we will spend an evening singing.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Resources will continue to appear on our web site: go.middlebury.edu/communitychorus/ - then look for the link, "Chorus Member Resource Site," down a little bit on the page (or use this direct link). There, see the "Resources" tab on the top right.
Next rehearsal is Tuesday, September 20, 6:30 PM, College Chapel. We may continue to record parts of our rehearsal for review and appreciation!
Sunday rehearsals begin on September 18! Join Tim Guiles in the Chapel, 6:30 PM.
Zoom may be available if requested this week, and for this week please contact me.
NEXT REHEARSAL
Malyi and Fauré: Movement 2 will be the focus in both cases, but we will sing something of other movements. (This didn't happen last rehearsal, as I chose to focus on a complete work-through of the first movement of each.) We will review the first movement of each piece, but please review them on your own so we can move on to dig in to some of the most challenging music in the concert.
Fauré: in the previous week, I asked you to listen to movement 5, Agnus Dei, to appreciate the lyrical melodic quality of some parts, and change in harmonic color of others. This week, I would like to spend some time with that movement and explore how it is similar to and different from the first movement.
Sincerely,
Jeff