Notes from rehearsal 5/27/13

We will do "May I be filled" (with flute, etc., like we figured out last week) on 6/30 plus we will perhaps do "Imago Dei."

Elaine is sending out pdf of this last  - please print and bring copies with you to rehearsal.

6/23 We are not singing as far as we know.

Reminder: Aug. 4 - Gospel according to Pooh service - piece TBA

6/16 for Mozart Alleluia here is the plan:
3x thru, stagger start, end together, so....
part 1 sing 3 2/3 times :)
part 2 sing 3 1/3 times
part 3 sing 3 times
Sherri will be in part 3 and will give us signal when Part 3 starts their last time.


We also practiced "Deep Peace" and it went really well - yay!!

We also practiced Calypso Alleluia (1036 blue hymnal)
- this will be for welcome back service in fall (date on calendar I think, otherwise TBA)
- we decided to try it as a round - start staggered, end all at once - did not necessarily decide how many times thru

We also started "In stiller nacht" by Brahms - it is bee-yew-tee-full!!!! Sherri volunteered to put it into Noteflight so easier to read the female parts - we have the SATB music so it will be good for either mix of voices... not too hard to teach to boys so we can consider it as a possible all-sing piece, or quartet, or.... the possibilities are, as they say, endless.

I am getting loopy.
bye

Imago Dei Possibly for June 30

Hi

It came to me in the middle of the night:  could we say I had a vision?

Perhaps this song would be perfect for a service on Building Own Theology.  It's tentatively set for June  30.  I wrote to  Terre to confirm  the date.  Several of us have sung it before.   IF it doesntwork  go to You Tube and search

“Imago Dei” — Video created for a worship service of the song Imago Dei by Jill Kirsten Warner

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notes from rehearsal 5/20/13

In no particular order:

• No rehearsal next week unless anyone's interested. Elaine will be at the Fellowship but lots of people are out of town. Give a shout out via email if you are going to be around and want to sing! Rehearsal after next week as scheduled until you hear different; Elaine may find from the poll that summer availability calls for rehearsals or something. She will update us.
• We played with the turquoise hymnal a bit and found some fun stuff.
• We will offer to sing for 5/28 after all (Ed's Memorial Day svc) - turquoise hymnal #1025
• Please keep vowels dark
• Please enunciate carefully
• Stand by for service order/confirmation
• Procedure:
• 1x thru everyone singing top part
• then break into 4 part round
• watch Elaine for last verse signal
• as each part gets to last note, stay there and stagger breathe til all arrive and watch Elaine for cut-off
• Other pieces from blue hymnal we played with and can add to repertoire if they're not already there or in a new arrangement:
• 1036 Calypso Alleluia and 
• 1031 (May I be filled with loving kindness)
• For the latter we worked out a new arrangement:
1. 1x thru piano and flute!! :)
2. voices only (1st verse)
3. voices and piano (2nd verse)
4. voices and piano and flute (3rd verse)
• Basically it rocks.
• For 6/30 - we will do "Breaths" (Listen more often...) from the green/blue hymnal - I don't have the number handy as I correct this here on the fly today :)  (23may) - will update later ... probably. We do not think we can be ready with "We Shall Be Free" or have all the requisite people for "Bright Morning Stars" 

We said "¡Hasta luego!" to Heather - it was our last time to have her until September :(   Heather let us know if you want to sing with us via Skype! :)

As always please correct this as you see fit or let me know if you see nec. edits you'd like me to do.

APRIL 13 2014

We  have had some non specific conversation about She Sings doing a service--- so I  tentatively put us on the calendar for next April.

Mark Your Calendars Many dates for us to sing

I met with Terre today and we are  hoping to sing the following---  pending results from the doodle poll re who is available.  

JUNE 9     Breaths   #  1001   also known by first line: LISTEN MORE OFTEN TO THINGS THAN TO BEINGS  (We've done it before and we can put it together in 1 rehearsal. ) 

JUNE  30  Building own Theology

WE SHALL BE FREE   the song by Garth Brooks that Tiffanie brought to us OR    if it is not ready:   BRIGHT MORNING STARS

JULY  7  NIGHT OF POWER about Mohammed’s first receiving of the first part of the Koran—  not sure  yet:  possibly a chant?    or  from WSSR  We’ve got the Power- we would lead the congregation in this.   

July  28      FYI  guest speakers are from her previous church in Athens—they will do all the music.  

Aug  25  Terre plans this as the welcome back day.  I  hope we can all be here.  Music is not set yet for it.  She's not sure what she's doing with the day yet but it traditionally marks the END OF SUMMER  WELCOME BACK for folks who have been away.

October  27   Wanting Memories

DECEMBER  1   TENTATIVE   Peace Congregational and us  singing together at a service for each church.     Terre wants to be sure that the service reflects UU beliefs as well as Christian beliefs.

December 8    Tentative:  She Sings does Aramaic   version of the Lords Prayer.   

December 16th     the Monday  before WSSR  plan to stay   till   7: 30

December 20  Dress Rehearsal for WSSR

December  21   WSSR

Notes and working on the repertoire

Note - I added the stuff from 5/20 and a few that we mentioned at rehearsal from before. -Sclay
Note again - I added stuff we discussed adding on 6/10/13 - Sclay
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We are singing  twice  this Sunday May 19

1.  Om Mani Pe Me Hung  as of Wed, it is planned that we will sing it ourselves and the congregation will be asked  to join us when they feel comfortable

2.  Mediation on Breathing  ( When I Breath in I breath in love)

Please make every effort to be in the rehearsal room ready to sing at 10

Here's my first draft of our repertoire.  Please add what I've  missed.  I can send the excel file to anyone who wants to work with that.


NOTE (6/17/13) Please do not refer to this list any longer - updated/active repertoire list is in a separate post now. Access it here or via the top link in the lefthand sidebar.

Our repertoire
	23rd Psalm   McFerrin
	Adiemus  by Karl Jenkins
	All is Well  by  Meg Barnwelll
	Alleluia   Jay Alhouse
	Breaths    # 1001 (Listen More Often to Things)
	Bright Morning Stars
	Comfort Me
	Deep Peace
	Donna Nobis Pacem
	He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
	Heart of the Mother
	I am Willing
	Jazz Alleluia
	Kore Evohe   and all from Winter Solstice May I be Filled with Loving Kindness (blue hymnal #1031)
	Meditation on Breathing  ( When I breath in )
	Minuit Mozart "Alleluia" grey hymnal #384
	O Vos Omnes Om Mani Pe Me Hung
	Pachelbel   in grey hymnal
	Pie Jesu
	Round and Round Székely áldás
	There are no strangers here
	Untill We are Gathered Again Side by Side When Our Heart is in a Holy Place
	When the Song of the Angels is Stilled
	When Your Heart is in a Holy Place Woyaya
In Process
	Cantelena  by Karl Jenkins
	Bach Aria Calypso Alleluia (blue hymnal #1036)
	Fantasia    that  Sara gave us
	Wanting Memories
	We Shall Be Free When will the fighting cease? (blue hymnal #1025)
Requests:	The Women are Singing Tonight
	Bless the Beasts and the Children Winnie the Pooh Medley
	Songs from the recent  " Choir"  past
	Open the Window  Children
	Everybody's Got a Place in the Choir
	and there are many more that could go here

Ideas for Evening with She Sings

Ideas for Evening with She Sings  this is just our first brainstorm-- feel free to add more!!

  SAT          SEPTEMBER  28            6 p

Welcome  from Cabaret

Clay  Bewitched bothered and bewildered

Chandler   If I loved you

Sherri    Duets or trios  Adelaide’s Lament

Heather   and Nate:  ?  piano and violin

Tiffanie  Flute  duet

Recorder pieces  for our yet to be formed She Plays Recorder or something like that

Paula  Have Some Madera My Dear

               Faith Hope and Charity

He Aint Heavy He’s  My Brother  Susan Susan and Elaine

We  Shall Be Free  all 

Blues riff   Sara and Sherri