Hi Chorus,
Here are some notes from the April 12 rehearsal. Adella was kind enough to come and play for us, which was wonderful, but because of that and the fact that we were missing several chorus members, I'm not going to be updating any of the audio files this week.
Cory's words: Prepare and build on your skills. You are improving in so many ways, but still have little things you need to work on, such as: warmth from Altos, plus add a little vibrato; Basses, don't be plodding and bring up volume, but be careful how dark it gets; Tenors, hit the upper notes and don't sound strained; Sopranos, make sure your notes are warm & keep it out of your nasal passages. On high notes, don't be shrill and watch the vibrato. Four part harmony, four parts should be heard. I need to hear four parts. Must build up on skills. It's not enough to just get it one week. Must be consistent. We don't want everything to go south during a performance. write things down. Work & pray; maximize your time at rehearsals. Don't fall off after 9:15. 100% right to the end.
Next week, during the first hour, Cory will be working with individual sections (sopranos, altos, tenors, basses), while the rest of the chorus practices with Amy. We all need to be there and on time! A section should sound like a section, not like an individual with back-up singers. Cory says: You have to work together as a section to produce a sound. If what we're hearing is a bunch of individual voices that are combined in a choir, what we have is 35 voices. Not sections and a choir. 35 individual singers. That's great, but it's not a choir. Work together to create a really good sound. One of the songs Cory said to work on for next week is "Kids." Another was, "You'll Never Walk Alone." Make sure you know your parts on these songs.
Also, next week Cory will be mixing us up and we won't be sitting in sections anymore.
I took a few minutes and cleaned up the song notes page. I've got it organized under sections and also under each song. I add to this page every week, so you might want to go take a look.
Here are some notes from the April 12 rehearsal. Adella was kind enough to come and play for us, which was wonderful, but because of that and the fact that we were missing several chorus members, I'm not going to be updating any of the audio files this week.
Cory's words: Prepare and build on your skills. You are improving in so many ways, but still have little things you need to work on, such as: warmth from Altos, plus add a little vibrato; Basses, don't be plodding and bring up volume, but be careful how dark it gets; Tenors, hit the upper notes and don't sound strained; Sopranos, make sure your notes are warm & keep it out of your nasal passages. On high notes, don't be shrill and watch the vibrato. Four part harmony, four parts should be heard. I need to hear four parts. Must build up on skills. It's not enough to just get it one week. Must be consistent. We don't want everything to go south during a performance. write things down. Work & pray; maximize your time at rehearsals. Don't fall off after 9:15. 100% right to the end.
Next week, during the first hour, Cory will be working with individual sections (sopranos, altos, tenors, basses), while the rest of the chorus practices with Amy. We all need to be there and on time! A section should sound like a section, not like an individual with back-up singers. Cory says: You have to work together as a section to produce a sound. If what we're hearing is a bunch of individual voices that are combined in a choir, what we have is 35 voices. Not sections and a choir. 35 individual singers. That's great, but it's not a choir. Work together to create a really good sound. One of the songs Cory said to work on for next week is "Kids." Another was, "You'll Never Walk Alone." Make sure you know your parts on these songs.
Also, next week Cory will be mixing us up and we won't be sitting in sections anymore.
I took a few minutes and cleaned up the song notes page. I've got it organized under sections and also under each song. I add to this page every week, so you might want to go take a look.
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