Rehearsal Notes April 14 2015

 In attendance:

Chandler  Fredendall Heusinkveld and  SCOT!!!     Welcome back! ( If you ever get a chance to read the blog, tell me if there  is 1 " t" or  2.)

Sherri  and Clay not well enough to attend.  Sara has her hands full with full time job and full time homecare for Jim. 

What a creative rehearsal we had!

Warmed up with Benedictus and  Kosi Riv'ya

Introduced Cantante Dominus for next year. Its just 2 parts and sounds much harder than it is. 

We worked on Om Mani Padre Hum and incorporated the singing bowl into the arrangement.  Since  the bowl plays D flat,  we are moving  the song to F minor --  which is one half step up from original key of E minor.   ( theory moment:  D flat  minor is relative  minor to F major.  C minor is relative minor to E flat major)     Chandler is handling the bowl.

Gong occurs during the singing and signals us to move to the next dynamic level.  As with meditation, we move from the world, which is a loud place to an inner quieter place then back out to the louder world.

 

General layout:

Gong

sing the phrase loud, do about 3 times listen for gong to signal

sing phrase medium about 3 times,  listen for gong

sing very softly about 3 times, listen for gong

sing medium, listen for gong

sing louder, listen for gong.   

Chandler will direct the last 3 notes and Elaine will play one very quiet high tone on the finger bells, for lack of correct term 

Taize chant-- reviewed briefly.