No rehearsal until Aug. 19

Sara and Paula and Susan Cl. will do Pooh stuff this Sunday.
She Sings isn't scheduled to sing again until Sept. 1.

When Choirs Sing Many Hearts Beat as One

Saw this on the UUmusicians network just now and thought  you all might find it interesting.  I haven't even READ it  yet...  hmmn  the link doesn't seem  to be alive-----  out of time to figure it out


http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/07/09/200390454/when-choirs-sing-many-hearts-beat-as-one

notes from rehearsal 7/8

In attendance: Elaine, Sara, Susan Cl.

Susan Ch. unfortunately had to step down from the song plans for Eve's 7/21 service but as always we are so lucky to have so many talented people, and especially the scheduling gods were smiling on us b/c Sara is able to step in and it is coming together pretty well tho we are glad we have another whole week plus a Monday for prep.

That is my run-on sentence for the day.


Some upcoming stuff from Elaine's recent meeting with Terre:

• on 9/15 we will sing "We're Family and We're a Tree" by Tom Chapin
• the much-awaited All Sing has been scheduled for 10/6
• we will probably rehearse on the Sundays 9/22 and 9/26, possibly before service or possibly just after
• Elaine will ask for people to write if they're interested and then do a doodle
• the All Sing will be mixed gender and mixed age
• we will sing "All God's Children Got a Place in the Choir" which has some fun stuff for kids to jump in with

Wow it occurred to us this evening that we are in a time of Extreme Transition for so many of She Sings' members: some positive things and some negative and some in-between but all Big and reality-bending.

Here's to courage and patience for all those who are dealing with Life Tectonics in one way or another. If you don't have any challenges on your horizon at the moment, send some vibes to the others. 

Prayer of the Children

Link to the lyrics

Notes from "rehearsal" 7/1 - revisited

(Sorry for the repeat email - I'm making it do the notifications again because of the orange/bolded clarification.)

The quotes are because it was more chatting and wine-ing than rehearsing but still rates a post.

In attendance were:
2 Susans
1 Elaine
honorable mention: Sara


Elaine and I apologize that neither of us got around either

• to confirming what was on the blog last time (there indeed will be no rehearsals/services for the month of July***) 
• or to spreading the word that at the last minute Sunday she and Susan and I decided it would be fun to meet at my house for wine and song Monday in lieu of normal rehearsal.

Anyway. Subsequent to the no-She-Sings-July decision we were asked to sing for Eve Stevens' service on 7/21. Long story short, what we're working on --for anyone interested and available, no pressure-- is "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)" which Josh Groban made known (see vid at bottom). Eve's service is to be --if I understand correctly, Elaine please correct/specify-- roughly kind of a big "All Will Be Well" message so we were looking for something uplifting/encourage-y.

We didn't think of simply doing "All Will Be Well" I think mostly due to lacking Heather's guitar contribution, but also we'd probably need more prep for it to sound comparable to how we did before voice-wise, too, since there are so many of us who are unable to take part these days.

Anyway I will send out an email with the pdf for the song above if you would like to access it. (Please don't tell the copyright gods - feel free to go purchase your own if you prefer at musicnotes.com in F maj.)

So far with Elaine's guidance and accompaniment Susan and I are kind of doing with it what we did with "He ain't heavy" but others are welcome to join us as long as you can come to all rehearsals between now and then. This will not be able to be a jump-in-at-the-last-minute piece and the fewer the voices the more stuck we will be arrangement-wise so if you come we will be counting on you for both rehearsals and for the service itself.

***Ergo, there is still no rehearsal in July except for this piece/service. So if you cannot make both of the next rehearsals and the service, there is indeed no She Sings stuff for you to worry about this month.

Here's the Josh Groban song:

We are doing it a good bit faster and changing the multi-voice/fadeout stuff at the end (still in progress). Verse 1 solo Clay, verse 2 solo Chandler... still working out harmonies for the refrain.

Elaine and Susan please remind me if there was something else to announce - seems like there was but it escapes me.

I guess it's movie song time

One good post deserves another... I watched "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" last night - fairly good but perhaps the best part is this song from the wondrous (as always) Glen Hansard...

Lyrics

New Resource for Music

Just found this


http://acappellacentral.com.au/resourceindex


while looking  for the score to Gabriella's Song which is from the movie As it Is in Heaven.  Here
is  a you tube link to the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxmgkxRrpZE

I think it would be great.  The subtitles are on the screen.

http://lyricstranslate.com

Gabriella's Song

It is now that my life is mine
I’ve got this short time on earth
And my longing has brought me here
All I lacked and all I gained

And yet it’s the way that I chose
My trust was far beyond words
That has shown me a little bit
Of the heaven I’ve never found

I want to feel I’m alive
All my living days
I will live as I desire
I want to feel I’m alive
Knowing I was good enough

I have never lost who I was
I have only left it sleeping
Maybe I never had a choice
Just the will to stay alive

All I want is to be happy being who I am
To be strong and to be free
To see day arise from night
I am here and my life is only mine
And the heaven I thought was there
I’ll discover it there somewhere

I want to feel that I’ve lived my life

Read more at http://lyricstranslate.com/en/gabriellas-sang-gabriellas-song.html#yBLqRFpQTUtimSwH.99