Thank you for an amazing retreat weekend. It was so wonderful to spend so much time getting to know one another, making music together, eating yummy food, and stretching! :) Now we get into our regular Sunday routine of rehearsals - we've got this week's schedule as well as some important info to share. Please make sure to review Erin's homework blog posts with all her notes regarding divisi. We don't want to have to spend more time going over the divisi in rehearsal if we can help it! Please also review the memorization schedule which was posted on the blog this week.
Plan for Sunday Sept 13
1:15 Warmups
1:35 Music
3:15 Break
3:30 Choir Handbook & Fundraising Discussion
3:50 Music
5:00 Blocking
Attendance & Fees
Reminder that any unavoidable known absences must be communicated to Erin, Claire, and Christina no later than Sunday, September 13th. Our email addresses are:
- Erin Gaudet: eringaudet06@gmail.com
- Claire Leger: claire.xara@gmail.com
- Christina Murray: conductor@xara.ca
Your choir fees are $150 for the year ($75 per term). These fees are due by Sunday September 27th. You can pay via cash or cheque made out to "Xara Choral Theatre", and all monies will be collected by Erin. If you'd like to work out a payment plan (paying in smaller instalments throughout the year) please speak with Erin directly to coordinate setting up a plan.
Reference Recordings
Christina has provided reference recordings for the following pieces so far:
- Mountain Nights (Hegyi Ejszakak) - Kodaly
- Tundra - Gjeilo
- Ariana's Lament - Schafer
- I See You - Mika arr. Jen McMillan (this is the SATB version but we are singing the SSAA version)
You can download the recordings via this link:
Thanks everyone! As always feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns throughout the week! See you on Sunday!
The only sound file that seemed to work for me was Ariana's Lament, the others don't seem to be loading. Am I the only one with this problem?
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