rehearsal 7/19/17

****No rehearsal again until July 10. Elaine away next week. July 4 holiday following week.******


Present:
Sara S.
Sarah M.
Paula
Elaine
Scott T.
Susan



We:

• sorted old music - pretty much only kept the 3 pieces we have been working on most recently
• rehearsed the Tim McGraw piece "Humble and Kind"
• rehearsed "Cum Sancto Spiritu"
• wished Elaine happy travels

Feel better Sherri!!!! We are all thinking about you. <3

Choir notes 6/12/17

Sherri feel better! Jay hope you got lots done!

Present:
Elaine, Scott J., Sara S., Sarah Mc., Susan

Upcoming probable dates:
Aug. 20 - Out of the Stars - eclipse
Sept. 17 - Dance Alleluia
Cum Sancto Spiritu  - also in September - TBA
The idea was dancing around, too, to do "Cum Sancto" as a small group piece sometime during the summer.

Tim McGraw song requested by Terre - We took a listen - Elaine is getting music...

Elaine Faithful doing service about trees. July 9 - looks like only Scott J, Elaine and Susan C... we're open to ideas…

UPDATE:  We are not singing July 9.  Due to our rehearsal calendar— we would only have 1  day to rehearse and so I  told her we were unable to do it.

We went over: This is my home (the Sibelius hymn), Cum Sancto Spiritu, Dance Alleluia, Out of the Stars.

!!!!!!!!!*****
Next week we will do folder-clean-out! Please bring any and all old music so we can turn in to Elaine.
!!!!!!!!!******

Test

uh oh - notes from 4/24

uh oh bc I'm so late
Elaine jinxed me by saying what a good job I'd been doing re the blog. doh!

at least we're not singing this week - I'd like to think I would have been on time with this if we were.



anyway...
in no particular order...

• Cory will be here Monday 5/1 to rehearse "Why Walk When You Can Fly" with Sherri, Sara S., and Susan
• everyone (I believe) got on the doodle poll and let Elaine know the dates they will not be here over the summer - as far as they know so far... - if you haven't done the doodle or let Elaine know your availability please do so
• Paula learned some fun new warmups during her music retreat at The Mountain which we used Monday
• Rehearsed:
• Boyce "Alleluia" - we had shelved this but dusted it off now - to keep handy for whenever it might work - no specific service in mind
• Sibelius "Finlandia" grey hymnal #159 - but it's called something else in the hymnal
• I think that is for Riley's service? I did not note :(
• anyway... Scott has an interesting story about the origins of the piece which he will tell while one or all of us hum in the background
• then all sing both verses - parts:
• Sop: Paula and Sherri
• Alto: Sara S and Susan
• Tenor: Sarah M and Scott
• Bass: Jay
• we aren't singing tomorrow but anyone who is attending, we prepped hymn #51 (grey hymnal) bc it's slightly challenging - may need to help lead the congregation

bye

rehearsal notes 4/17/17

Present:
Elaine
Sherri
Sara S.
Sarah M.
Jay
Susan

For Riley's memorial (May 7, 2pm, at UUFC):

• Choir:
• Why Walk When You Can Fly - Sherri solo, Susan and Sara S. backup, Cory piano
• I Know This Rose Will Open - (grey hymnal 396) - Susan, Sherri, Sara, Jay - once unison, 3x round - sing in order of names for the round - SOFT! we might play with some dynamics and get stronger in the middle round part, we'll see next week
• Woyaya (we didn't rehearse this but I'm guessing we'll plan to do it same as we did it recently for service?)
• Hymns will be How can I keep from singing and Rising Green, maybe a third? I feel like I missed writing one down...

For this coming Sunday 4/23:

• Keep on the Sunny Side 
• Solos for verses: 
• Sara S. verse 1
• Sarah M. 2
• Susan 3
• Elaine and Scott join everyone for chorus - harmonizing OK!
• Chorus 2x at end - some talk of repeating the final line again slowly for effect, Grand Ol' Opry style... 
• Paula on piano
• Please meet at UUFC at 10am for rehearsal/warmup

We are not singing Sunday 4/30

Scott T. has let Elaine know he will have time to sing over the summer (Yay)! There is the possibility at least of some duos, etc. as the summer evolves... Please try to think of your summer plans and have any pertinent absence dates handy next week at rehearsal.

Just a thought: tho the Gcal is public, not that many people access it - Elaine do you want to have people's summer dates on there? Then if anyone has changes they can either just edit their own dates or let me or Sherri know and we can do it for them, but you'd always have the most accurate dates to reference... juste une idée... If so I can input everyone at or after rehearsal next week... 

rehearsal notes 4/10/17

Rehearsed:

• Breaths (for this coming Sunday 4/16 - EASTER) - 
• altos be alert to tendency to go flat
• everyone watch Elaine for final za-ah
• Elaine will give notes, then boys have 4 measures of bum-bums before the rest start in
• we will be sans Sara S. :(
• please meet in sanctuary at 10h for pre-service rehearsal
• Keep on the Sunny Side (for Sunday 4/23)
• latest idea: verses will be in solos, chorus all together
• I think we decided to do the last chorus twice
• for now solos are: verse 1 Sara S., verse 2 Sarah M. (I might have those two switched in my head?), verse 3 Susan
• harmonize on chorus as/if you like
• we will be sans Murphy-Jacobses :(

We are not singing 4/30

Please note that Easter breakfast is at 9:30 Sunday.

rehearsal notes 4/3/17--FEEL BETTER SHERRI!!!!!

Singing this next Sunday. I'm actually up to date on the gcal currently. Crazy!

Please come at 9h45 with your voices already warmed up in the car so we can try to polish "All Will Be Well" which is still slightly rough, and so we can pick up on "Woyaya" which is in pretty good shape.

Some tidbits you may or may not already have:

• "Woyaya" (blue hymnal #1020)
• we're doing just two times each on the two repeated sections
• no ritard at the end
• Renée and Jorge are joining us on this (drum and guitar, respectively) 
• beginning will be slightly different:
• boys will start their bom-bom's as normal - two bars
• then instruments join in - two more bars (well really 1.5)
• then rest of the voices
• Sara Summers will be on S2 if no Sherri and will do harmony where poss.
• "All Will Be Well"
• Jorge is doing guitar on this now so that Sara S. can sing S2
• try to aim for feeling now: prayerful, pleading etc
• on the "and so"'s for the final chorus, let S2 do them alone

Please chime in on the group email if you think of anything I've forgotten - or feel free to add them in the blog comments - they will still get emailed to everyone either way.