Thursday Thoughts

Hello all,

Thanks to you all for a good rehearsal Tuesday night. Thanks especially to Christina to working on vowel production early on in the rehearsal. the improvement was huge when you were concentrating on single vowels and in " the moment"  As the rehearsal wore on, if was interesting to listen to the vowel colours " morphing" into your best generic guess!  Good vowel production needs to become a habit and something which I will pursue relentlessly in rehearsals,  so please pay attention to the concept from now on, especially those of you who have not already had vocal training in this area.  As we do more of this and especially in the workshops with Elise Bradley next week,  note the troublesome vowels and begin your self awareness there. You can already hear the difference when the choir sings the "before and after" vowel examples and so, this needs to be fully integrated into repertoire more and more.

Stuff to Remember:

- please bring t shirt money next week. New singers will be given the new Camerata 25th Anniversary  t shirts free of charge. Returning singers who want another t shirt  will be charged the choir's cost - not sure what that will be but Tenille will let you know.  Her plan is to have the t shirts at rehearsal next Tuesday so please remember to bring in your money.

- Elise Bradley workshop next Saturday,  October 1 at Bethany United. We are opening up the workshops to include 15 auditors so if you know of conducting colleagues or singers who might like to observe Elise in action please give them Tenille's contact info.  We have already accepted 5 auditors in the first day the info went out, so please let your students, colleagues and friends know about this.   As this is part of the Camerata outreach program, the cost is minimal, only $10 - enough to cover lunch.. 

- the link to a really fine recording of the Togni "Silentio" is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGtcPn-JOQo&feature=related    Please give it a listen with the score in front of you.

- people who have spoken to me about the Howell's solos please be prepared to sing them next Tuesday.

Rep for next Tuesday will include:

Howells:

Salvator mundi 

Psalm 23 ( for the EB workshop)
Requiem I (for the EB workshop) - tuning is an issue here and we need to work on making sure intrevals are secure.
Psalm 121 (for the EB workshop)
Requiem aeternam 2 (for the EB workshop) - everyone go over your parts and make sure intervals are secure.

Lord's Prayer - Enns (for the EB workshop)

Silenctio - Togni

Have fun with the music and remember - it will get better only when everyone knows the scores intimately. Have a great week!