The directions to Edgewood-Oxford were posted a while back on the blog at this address:
http://xaraxinger.blogspot.com/2010/10/where-is-edgewood-oxford-united-church.html
Friday, February 4, 2011
Teams for Sweet on You
Hi everyone!
Thanks for your willingness to pitch in and help tomorrow. It makes what is otherwise an insurmountable task possible!
Here are the teams:
Thanks for your willingness to pitch in and help tomorrow. It makes what is otherwise an insurmountable task possible!
Here are the teams:
Team 1: Jenny, Stephanie, Robin, Melissa, Simone, Dave
Where: Meet at Edgewood-Oxford United Church at 3:00 p.m. (Map of this location will be posted above)
What: Load up tables and chairs, travel to MMA to drop off, put them in place at 5 p.m. Return tables to the church at the end of the night.
Team 2: Brianna, Emma, Shannah, Jade
Where: Meet at Edgewood-Oxford United Church at 3:00 p.m.
What: Count and pack up dishes at church, unload them at MMA, help set tables, then take them back to church, wash them, and put them away.
Team 3: Michelle, Sarah, Liz, Mackenzie, Deirdre, Sarah Sa
Where: Meet at MMA at 4:15
What: Decorate and set tables, bus tables, trash all table cloths at end of night, save ALL table decorations, sort the decorations into like groups, sweep and mop the floors
Team 4: Amy, Sara, Kallie
Where: Meet at MMA at 4:30
What: Make sure all food is here, cut it, display it, plan it for the tables according to map and dietary needs, be in charge of restocking tables but ensure that food will last the night.
Team 5: Julia, Erin Danielle, Zoe
Where: meet at Goodspeed house at 3:30 p.m. - 3493 Connolly St
What: Retrieve silent auction items from Goodspeed house and deliver them to MMA, set up auction items with bid sheets, staff tables during breaks, deal with payment/distribution at end, help display live auction items (be Vanna White)
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Working Concert Order (may be updated after this rehearsal)
Love Songs Of Old:
Madrigals (16th-17th C):
Come Again, Sweet Love (Small Ensemble I)
Weep, O Mine Eyes (Small Ensemble II)
Faire Phyllis (Small Ensemble III)
Il est bel est bon (full choir)
Mackenzie Costron: When I am Laid
Johannes Brahms (19th C): Vier Lieder und Romanzen aus dem Jungbrunnen, Op. 44
1. Nun stehen die Rosen in Blüte
2. Die Berge sind spitz
3. Am Wildbach die Weiden
4. Und gehst du über den Kirchhof
What'll I Do? (Irving Berlin) - 1920s
Duet: Blue Skies (Sara and Julia with Michelle)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - 1940s
BREAK - Jazz combo plays
Love Songs Near and Far:
My Funny Valentine, arr. Zoe Leger (full group)
Rock-a-Bye Baby arr. Michele Weir (Small Ensemble I)
Bye, Bye Blackbird arr. April Arabian Tini (Small Ensemble II)
Draw Me a Circle arr. Michele Weir (Small Ensemble III)
Dancing in the Dark arr. Ryan Billington (full group)
Frobisher Bay (Northern Canada)
Fare Thee Well Love (Eastern Canada)
Solo: Danny Boy (Brianna Coombs)
Water of Tyne (England)
Kaipaava (Finland)
Solo: ?? (Deirdre)
Las Amarillas (Mexico)
Madrigals (16th-17th C):
Come Again, Sweet Love (Small Ensemble I)
Weep, O Mine Eyes (Small Ensemble II)
Faire Phyllis (Small Ensemble III)
Il est bel est bon (full choir)
Mackenzie Costron: When I am Laid
Johannes Brahms (19th C): Vier Lieder und Romanzen aus dem Jungbrunnen, Op. 44
1. Nun stehen die Rosen in Blüte
2. Die Berge sind spitz
3. Am Wildbach die Weiden
4. Und gehst du über den Kirchhof
What'll I Do? (Irving Berlin) - 1920s
Duet: Blue Skies (Sara and Julia with Michelle)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - 1940s
BREAK - Jazz combo plays
Love Songs Near and Far:
My Funny Valentine, arr. Zoe Leger (full group)
Rock-a-Bye Baby arr. Michele Weir (Small Ensemble I)
Bye, Bye Blackbird arr. April Arabian Tini (Small Ensemble II)
Draw Me a Circle arr. Michele Weir (Small Ensemble III)
Dancing in the Dark arr. Ryan Billington (full group)
Frobisher Bay (Northern Canada)
Fare Thee Well Love (Eastern Canada)
Solo: Danny Boy (Brianna Coombs)
Water of Tyne (England)
Kaipaava (Finland)
Solo: ?? (Deirdre)
Las Amarillas (Mexico)
Friday, October 29, 2010
Sunday Details (Edgewood Oxford Church Performance + Rehearsal)
Hi everyone!
Well, we are almost there!!! Here are details about our last weekend of regular rehearsals before our first concert of 2010-11...
Church Performance: Sunday, October 31 at 9:15 ( for a 10:30 service)
SCHEDULE
9:15 Warm up, learn hymns, rehearse pieces
10:00 Change, finish your new black belt (you will have to cut it to length and attach a provided piece of velcro)
10:30 Service
DRESS: full concert dress (black gowns, black hose, black soft shoes, hair pulled off face
REPERTOIRE:
Kyrie
Remember Me
Da Pacem
Vivos Voco
LUNCH: Let's have lunch together somewhere???
REHEARSAL:
1:30 Warm up
1:45 Hilary (cellist) arrives - Hebrew Lovesongs and Nada te turbe
5:30 Home!
Don't forget snacks ... if you forgot to bring one on your week, maybe this would be a good week to beef up the snackage? It's going to be a long (but AWESOME day)!!!!
Good luck putting the final touches on your memorization!
Christina
Well, we are almost there!!! Here are details about our last weekend of regular rehearsals before our first concert of 2010-11...
Church Performance: Sunday, October 31 at 9:15 ( for a 10:30 service)
SCHEDULE
9:15 Warm up, learn hymns, rehearse pieces
10:00 Change, finish your new black belt (you will have to cut it to length and attach a provided piece of velcro)
10:30 Service
DRESS: full concert dress (black gowns, black hose, black soft shoes, hair pulled off face
REPERTOIRE:
Kyrie
Remember Me
Da Pacem
Vivos Voco
LUNCH: Let's have lunch together somewhere???
REHEARSAL:
1:30 Warm up
1:45 Hilary (cellist) arrives - Hebrew Lovesongs and Nada te turbe
5:30 Home!
Don't forget snacks ... if you forgot to bring one on your week, maybe this would be a good week to beef up the snackage? It's going to be a long (but AWESOME day)!!!!
Good luck putting the final touches on your memorization!
Christina
Monday, October 25, 2010
Da Pacem
Hi Lovelies!
The Canadian Chamber Choir sang Da Pacem live at Podium this year and CBC recorded it. It's now available online. It's not a perfect recording (the soprano 1s were all sick and they sound tired!) and the CCC altos have much more vibrato than we do but the phrasing and handling of text is right on most of the time. FYI, there are only 9 women singing. I'd recommend listening to it a few times while looking at your score - you may discover further musical nuance and, at the very least, reinforce the good work we did today! You can find it here:
Of all the pieces on our program, I would say that we haven't found meaning and expression yet in this one. The text is so simple that it's easy for us to just communicate a "peaceful haze" while we sing a beautiful piece. For Jeff Enns' sake (and ours!) I think we can bring more to this. In the context of the entire concert, this is the moment when our grief finally achieves peace; when we finally accept the loss of the one we love and realize that we are ready to move forward (which we do, in Vivos Voco!). So, this isn't just a "happy haze" of peace ... instead, it's a poignant, cathartic statement of peace. While our loved one may have already released his/her life, this is the moment when WE are ready to release. Imagine holding a helium balloon (symbolizing the life of the one we loved) that desperately wants to soar into the sky. We have been holding onto that string, with our arm upstretched, all through the concert. In Nada te turbe, we realize we aren't afraid anymore and it's time to let go. Da Pacem is the moment when we finally open our hand and release. It's a bit sad, kind of quiet and simple, but also deeply freeing.
Let's see if we can bring something more powerful to this piece when we sing it in church next Sunday.
The Canadian Chamber Choir sang Da Pacem live at Podium this year and CBC recorded it. It's now available online. It's not a perfect recording (the soprano 1s were all sick and they sound tired!) and the CCC altos have much more vibrato than we do but the phrasing and handling of text is right on most of the time. FYI, there are only 9 women singing. I'd recommend listening to it a few times while looking at your score - you may discover further musical nuance and, at the very least, reinforce the good work we did today! You can find it here:
Of all the pieces on our program, I would say that we haven't found meaning and expression yet in this one. The text is so simple that it's easy for us to just communicate a "peaceful haze" while we sing a beautiful piece. For Jeff Enns' sake (and ours!) I think we can bring more to this. In the context of the entire concert, this is the moment when our grief finally achieves peace; when we finally accept the loss of the one we love and realize that we are ready to move forward (which we do, in Vivos Voco!). So, this isn't just a "happy haze" of peace ... instead, it's a poignant, cathartic statement of peace. While our loved one may have already released his/her life, this is the moment when WE are ready to release. Imagine holding a helium balloon (symbolizing the life of the one we loved) that desperately wants to soar into the sky. We have been holding onto that string, with our arm upstretched, all through the concert. In Nada te turbe, we realize we aren't afraid anymore and it's time to let go. Da Pacem is the moment when we finally open our hand and release. It's a bit sad, kind of quiet and simple, but also deeply freeing.
Let's see if we can bring something more powerful to this piece when we sing it in church next Sunday.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
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