Thank you all for an exciting rehearsal on Tuesday. You are beginning to own these scores and on Tuesday there were many magical moments. I can't wait for this concert! Tell your family and friends as it will be worth the drive to Halifax.
Nothing profound today. Please remember times and venues:
Saturday 10 - 12:30 at Bethany (w SNSC)
Tuesday 7-10 pm at St. Patricks (w SNSC)
Friday 7-10 pm at St. Patrick's (w SNSC - dress rehearsal)
On Tuesday please be on time as we only have an hour and a half alone before rehearsing w SNSC.
On a more somber note, I would like to express on your behalf, our sincere condolences to Christina on the passing of her grandfather. His was a life well lived.
Take care everyone. Stay healthy. See you Saturday.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Thursday Thoughts
Good morning everyone:
We have two rehearsals left until the concert and one of those is in St. Patrick's with SNSC. The music is learned, but not polished and still performances are not consistent - it seems sort of hit and miss. So in the last two rehearsals we have together before the dress, everyone needs to get out of the scores more and we need to build in consistency of great performances.
It is my goal to get through the entire list below on Tuesday. Pieces are listed in order of importance - again thinking of the need to practice consistency of great performances in rehearsal:
Then Shall I Leap into Love - Enman (baritones remember the 8ve doubling m. 59-69)
Rosa Mystica - Balfour (please memorize opening and be prepared to rehearse recessional and sing at the same time!)
Nunc Dimittis - Part (beautiful work on this piece Tuesday. Women please remember dynamic changes on SSAA section beginning at m. 41)
i thank YOU God - Whitacre
Lay A Garland - Pearsall (review. Pay attention to your function in the chords)
Agneau de Dieu - Lang
Gloria (from Missa Brevis) - Raminsh
Agnus Dei - Barber
Please note that the rehearsal on Tuesday, May 24th will be at St. Patricks and will go until 10 pm. Camerata will have the first part of the rehearsal alone, from 7-8:15pm We will use the single line formation again in St. Patrick's for Camerata. After the break, we will rehearse the second part of the concert with SNSC. (Geoff, we will definitely need the risers for rehearsals and concert)
Thank you to our IT guru, Sean for posting the March concert on the choir website. Go to the choir only section and give a listen.
Please remember the rehearsal with SNSC on Saturday, 10 am at Bethany. If you have not attended 2 of your required 3 rehearsls, please plan on attending on Saturday and work on the second half of the concert. In general, if you are able to come and sing, please do.
Have a great weekend and stay healthy! :)
We have two rehearsals left until the concert and one of those is in St. Patrick's with SNSC. The music is learned, but not polished and still performances are not consistent - it seems sort of hit and miss. So in the last two rehearsals we have together before the dress, everyone needs to get out of the scores more and we need to build in consistency of great performances.
It is my goal to get through the entire list below on Tuesday. Pieces are listed in order of importance - again thinking of the need to practice consistency of great performances in rehearsal:
Then Shall I Leap into Love - Enman (baritones remember the 8ve doubling m. 59-69)
Rosa Mystica - Balfour (please memorize opening and be prepared to rehearse recessional and sing at the same time!)
Nunc Dimittis - Part (beautiful work on this piece Tuesday. Women please remember dynamic changes on SSAA section beginning at m. 41)
i thank YOU God - Whitacre
Lay A Garland - Pearsall (review. Pay attention to your function in the chords)
Agneau de Dieu - Lang
Gloria (from Missa Brevis) - Raminsh
Agnus Dei - Barber
Please note that the rehearsal on Tuesday, May 24th will be at St. Patricks and will go until 10 pm. Camerata will have the first part of the rehearsal alone, from 7-8:15pm We will use the single line formation again in St. Patrick's for Camerata. After the break, we will rehearse the second part of the concert with SNSC. (Geoff, we will definitely need the risers for rehearsals and concert)
Thank you to our IT guru, Sean for posting the March concert on the choir website. Go to the choir only section and give a listen.
Please remember the rehearsal with SNSC on Saturday, 10 am at Bethany. If you have not attended 2 of your required 3 rehearsls, please plan on attending on Saturday and work on the second half of the concert. In general, if you are able to come and sing, please do.
Have a great weekend and stay healthy! :)
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Thursday Thoughts
Good morning everyone,
There were some lovely moments in rehearsal on Tuesday. This music is getting off the page and really taking shape. Good work!
I have been asked for the concert order so am enclosing it here. Please copy it and put it in your folders:
(First half – Halifax Camerata Singers )
i thank YOU God for most this amazing day –Whitacre (solo - Paula)
Lay A Garland – Robert Lucas de Pearsall
Then Shall I Leap Into Love – Edward Enman
Agneau de Dieu – Lang (solo quartet: Christina, Laura, Chris, Lynn)
Nunc Dimittis – Arvo Part (solo - Danielle)
Totus Tuus – Peter Togni *
Rosa Mystica – Andrew Balfour *
Intermission
(Second half: HCS/SNSC)
A Mass through the Ages)
Kyrie (from Missa Papae Marcelli) – Palestrina
Gloria (from Missa Brevis) – Imant Raminsh (solo: Ann B.)
Sanctus (from Requiem) - Gabriel Fauré
Agnus Dei - Samuel Barber (solo: Judith Burdett)
Dona Nobis Pacem (from the Mass in b minor) – J. S. Bach
The Hour Has Come - Srul Irving Glick *
For Tuesday the rep list is as follows:
i thank YOU God for most this amazing day – Eric Whitacre
Lay A Garland – Robert Lucas de Pearsall
Then Shall I Leap Into Love – Edward Enman
Nunc Dimittis – Arvo Part
Rosa Mystica – Andrew Balfour * (please begin to memorize)
Gloria (Missa Brevis) - Raminsh
Agnus Dei - Barber
The Hour Has Come - Glick
Some of you have attended 0-1 SNSC rehearsals. In addition to the HCS rep, please be familiar with the last three pieces on the list for Tuesday as I must get to them this week.
Note that the next SNSC rehearsal is Saturday, May 14.
Some of you have been asking about rehearsal dates/times, days off, etc. I am attempting to keep the blog calendar up to date, and right now the calendar should be up to date to December 31, 2011. If you have questions or think that there may be an error, by all means please contact me.
Thanks to all of you who have updated your Facebook pages to include the Camerata poster and info on the concert. Please continue to do that and help spread the work about the concert - coming up in three weeks!
Finally, let's remember the Xara concert coming up on Saturday, May 14, 8pm at St. Matthew's on Barrington Street. Christina and the Xara young women have been working hard on this very interesting program called "Played" and will be taking it to Festival 500 in the summer. Let's all get out there and support our little sister choir.
Have a great weekend everyone. I will be on PEI on Friday helping our daughter celebrate her graduation from UPEI with her DVM degree. Her lifelong dream is finally realized - it doesn't get better than that!
There were some lovely moments in rehearsal on Tuesday. This music is getting off the page and really taking shape. Good work!
I have been asked for the concert order so am enclosing it here. Please copy it and put it in your folders:
(First half – Halifax Camerata Singers )
i thank YOU God for most this amazing day –Whitacre (solo - Paula)
Lay A Garland – Robert Lucas de Pearsall
Then Shall I Leap Into Love – Edward Enman
Agneau de Dieu – Lang (solo quartet: Christina, Laura, Chris, Lynn)
Nunc Dimittis – Arvo Part (solo - Danielle)
Totus Tuus – Peter Togni *
Rosa Mystica – Andrew Balfour *
Intermission
(Second half: HCS/SNSC)
A Mass through the Ages)
Kyrie (from Missa Papae Marcelli) – Palestrina
Gloria (from Missa Brevis) – Imant Raminsh (solo: Ann B.)
Sanctus (from Requiem) - Gabriel Fauré
Agnus Dei - Samuel Barber (solo: Judith Burdett)
Dona Nobis Pacem (from the Mass in b minor) – J. S. Bach
The Hour Has Come - Srul Irving Glick *
For Tuesday the rep list is as follows:
i thank YOU God for most this amazing day – Eric Whitacre
Lay A Garland – Robert Lucas de Pearsall
Then Shall I Leap Into Love – Edward Enman
Nunc Dimittis – Arvo Part
Rosa Mystica – Andrew Balfour * (please begin to memorize)
Gloria (Missa Brevis) - Raminsh
Agnus Dei - Barber
The Hour Has Come - Glick
Some of you have attended 0-1 SNSC rehearsals. In addition to the HCS rep, please be familiar with the last three pieces on the list for Tuesday as I must get to them this week.
Note that the next SNSC rehearsal is Saturday, May 14.
Some of you have been asking about rehearsal dates/times, days off, etc. I am attempting to keep the blog calendar up to date, and right now the calendar should be up to date to December 31, 2011. If you have questions or think that there may be an error, by all means please contact me.
Thanks to all of you who have updated your Facebook pages to include the Camerata poster and info on the concert. Please continue to do that and help spread the work about the concert - coming up in three weeks!
Finally, let's remember the Xara concert coming up on Saturday, May 14, 8pm at St. Matthew's on Barrington Street. Christina and the Xara young women have been working hard on this very interesting program called "Played" and will be taking it to Festival 500 in the summer. Let's all get out there and support our little sister choir.
Have a great weekend everyone. I will be on PEI on Friday helping our daughter celebrate her graduation from UPEI with her DVM degree. Her lifelong dream is finally realized - it doesn't get better than that!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Next Season - our 25th Anniversary!
Some of you have been asking about next season so I am posting it here (click on each page to see a large version of the image). The concert dates have been chosen after a lengthy process and sometimes going through various combinations of possibilities. With the exception of the possible run out of Psalmo on March 25, 2011 (unlikely but still possible) and the working through the concept of the fundraising concert for late May 2012, the rest of the season is complete. (Barring you finding a mistake I have made with a date which doesn't exist! ) However although I am publishing it here, this is for your eyes only and is not for public release. In addition, along the way there may have to be a change for some unforseen reason. If that happens I will send you an updated season outline with a new revision date at the top. I hope you are as excited about the programs as I have been in putting them together. I believe that this is a 25th Anniversary season of which we all be proud.
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