Notes from September 13th

HOMEWORK

• ·      Memorize Mountain Nights and I See You
• ·      Review Ariana’s Lament so that you don’t lose the work we did this week
• ·      If you want to audition for the solo in Ariana’s Lament, please prepare the last system of page 1 and the descending triplets at the top of page 5 (up to speed)

Music Notes

I SEE YOU

Measures 75 – 82 All parts, change “doo” to “doh” (back to “doo” at measure 83)

TABULA RASA

Page 4 – Solo lines will be sung as follows:

Soprano solo : Sop1A (Sop 1B stay on the Sop 1 line)

Alto solo : Alto 2A (Alto 2B say on Alto 2 line)

Movement Notes

Mountain Nights – see video (there will be some changes in exactly where people are standing)

Page 1

Stand and sing (three line U formation) – Ariana enters on the moving Alto line

Page 2

4^th measure (moving Alto line) form the triangle clump with Ariana at the apex. In place by the end of the moving Alto line

Page 3

First 2 measures : step forward on right foot and lean forward

Next 2 measures (Sop 1 entry) : look to the right (still leaning)

Next 2 measures (Sop 1 entry) : stand back up (still looking right)

Second system, second measure (when Sopranos start their pattern that moves up to a G) : begin walking behind Ariana, staying close together

Page 4

3^rd measure : left shoulder back, right foot step back (in time with the Alto moving eighths)

Last measure, top system : Fade quickly back to initial formation (in place before the fermata)