| Thanks so much to all of you for a fantastic opening rehearsal weekend! I hope you all had as much fun as I had—it’s always great to see those of you that I only get to see during the summer. Quick reminder that we do not have rehearsal this upcoming Monday (the 16th). We will begin our Monday rehearsals on the 23rd with our fantastic associate directors: Sanford Dole and David Irvine. They’ll guide the ship until the return of our maestro at the July workshop. Due to some last-minute singer activity, Allan had to do a little re-voicing on the fly. He has provided a new seating chart (also on the website and in the resources section of these emails). All kinds of other notes and bits of information can be found in the email below! |
| In this email:Solo opportunitiesRehearsal notes and markingsRehearsal recordingsUpdates to the websitePronunciation guide: Va, pensiero |
| Solo opportunities There are a few different solo possibilities this summer. Unless we learn otherwise, solo auditions will be held before the July 19 rehearsal at 9 am. Please sign up to indicate your interest in auditioning via this form. It’s okay if you’re not absolutely sure yet—we ask folks to sign up to make sure our directors allocate enough time to hear everyone. Lo dello Soprano, ms 62-64 Alto, ms 63-64 Everywhere I Go Solo 1: Any voice, ms 17-22 and 33-39 Solo 2: Soprano or Tenor, ms 49-54 and 57-62 Solo 3: Soprano, ms 76-77 and ms 86 If the River Leaves Without Me Soprano, ms 2-6 and 39-46 Goodnight Moon Soprano, ms 42-47 and 57-61 Across the Universe Baritone, ms 34-42 Tenor or alto, ms 38-42 Small group high voices, ms 72-78 The Parting Glass Any voice, ms 4-25 |
| Rehearsal notes and markings Allan has very kindly and dedicatedly sent his initial music notes—mostly breath markings and divisi indications—in before his trip to Spain, and they have been entered into our rehearsal notes sheet, as well as those notes that I was able to capture at yesterday’s workshop (those are mostly soprano-specific notes; sorry, folks!). There are a few other note-takers who may add additional notes and I will update the sheet accordingly. Ordinarily the rehearsal notes would be viewable via our website. At the moment we are having some technical difficulties, so in the interest of efficiency, I thought I would provide a link to the raw spreadsheet so that folks who would like to get started marking their music can do so. When the page is working on the Consort site, I’ll be sure to update it as well. |
| Rehearsal recordings Saturday’s workshop rehearsal was recorded via my laptop—it’s the first time I’ve used that function, and so there may be a few spots of silence (especially during the first recording, since I didn’t realize my laptop was going to sleep and it may have disturbed the recording—sorry about that!). The videos also aren’t edited, so enjoy the additional chatter and close-ups 🙂 Here is the link to those for anyone who missed Saturday or would like to refresh themselves on anything Kevin said. This will be, I believe, our only rehearsal with him until Consort Week, so I highly recommend giving them a watch if you missed. I can’t promise there will be recordings of other rehearsals, but if anyone thinks they would be useful, please feel free to email me and let me know you’d like them—if people seem interested, I’ll do my best to record and provide. |
| Pronunciation guide: Va, pensiero For those who want a more in-depth audio pronunciation guide for the Verdi piece, this is a fantastic video by a native Italian speaker made specifically for opera choruses. She goes into a little more depth than what we probably need—for example, I would say not to worry too much about closed vs open vowels—but otherwise I hope it will be helpful! |
| Upcoming Rehearsals All rehearsals, unless otherwise specified, are at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Belvedere (3 Bayview Avenue) Associate Rehearsal with Sanford Monday, June 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Repertoire: Zadok (Handel), Abendfeier (Schumann), Resounding Praise (Petker), Gloria (Haydn), Gabriel’s Oboe (Johnson), Parting Glass (Snyder) Associate Rehearsal with David Monday, June 30 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Repertoire: Kyrie & Hosanna (Quintana), Lo dello (Cohoon/Cook), If the River (Esmail), Goodnight (Whitacre), Everywhere (Coker), Bohemian, Across Associate Rehearsal with Sanford Monday, July 7 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Repertoire: Moonlight (Memley), O Magnum (Memley), Zadok (Handel), Abendfeier (Schumann) Gloria (Haydn), Hebrew (Verdi), Gabriel (Johnson) |