Sound Files for Played

Hi lovelies!

The sound files for Played are here:
https://public.me.com/arumai

The password is: satakieli7

Click on "Xara Music" and you have the full set list!  Julia will let us know if they all work!

Repertoire Order and Text Links

Hey everyone - here is the chart I was talking about in rehearsal that lists each piece, the composer, the language, and the text links to the narrative of Played.  Click on it to view it in full size.  Please download it and read it through!

Movement notes from the Power Weekend

Hey Ladies

Thanks for all your hard work this weekend. I am SO excited about this show, especially now that we have started to dig in to the music and movement.

Just a reminder to check in with members of your section if you missed any of the power weekend. We worked on several of the pieces in terms of movement, so it will be important to catch up on what we did. Here is a brief summary of what we worked on with some key terms:

Warmup: spinal undulations, throwing the net, poking

Essassa - we worked on the first page of spoken text, moving in groups with low centers

Chant for a Long Day - we started in mixed scattered, finding your “home” on the stage, transitioning between standing and sleeping by end of piece

Urok - we worked in three groups to devise sections of movement for each spell

Urok groups:

Group 1/Spell 1: Deirdre, Claire, Tenille, Mackenzie, Sarah Sl, Michelle
Group 2/Spell 2: Brianna, Kallie, Liz, Amy, Jenny, Sara, Melissa
Group 3/Spell 3: Simone, Sarah Sa, Erin, Julia, Margaux, Camila, Emma, Robin

Instructions: Create a ritual for each section that is teachable to the rest of the group. Be inspired by the text translations and interesting rhythms or vocal patterns. It does not have to be literal.

Spell 1 - we worked through the whole section extensively
Spell 2 - we worked pg 11, 2nd system through to the end of the spell
Spell 3 - we worked most closely on the last page (pg 13)

Lu-li-li-lu-la - flocking exercise, in clumps moving in unison with organically changing leadership, starting in one large group and breaking off into sectional groups as each part is introduced (m 1 - ~m 72); pulsing in one big group (m 73 - m 102)

Sisarueni - the processional, starting in aisles and offstage, moving throughout the space (balancing the space), and then stillness (facing front) on “chorus” motif (ie pickup to m 11 - m 18)

Ikimilikiliklik - we worked on the clapping/stomping section, lightness in the upper body

Final Concert Order

First Set

Come Again, Sweet Love 

Weep, O Mine Eyes

Faire Phyllis

Il est bel est bon

When I am Laid in Earth  Mackenzie Costron, mezzo soprano

Care selve  Deirdre Kellerman, soprano

Vier Lieder und Romanzen 

aus dem Jungbrunnen, Op. 44

Nun stehen die Rosen in Blüte

Die Berge sind spitz

Am Wildbach die Weiden

Und gehst du über den Kirchhof

Silent Noon  Kallie White, soprano

What’ll I Do? 

Blue Skies  Julia Grieve and Sara Jellicoe

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Intermission #1

My Funny Valentine

Rock-a-Bye Baby

Draw Me a Circle

Bye, Bye Blackbird

Dancing in the Dark

[3 pieces by Zoe]

Intermission #2

Frobisher Bay 

À la claire fontaine  Simone Lemieux, soprano

Fare Thee Well Love

Live Auction

Water of Tyne

Danny Boy  Brianna Coombs, soprano

Kaipaava 

Las Amarillas

Finding Edgewood-Oxford United Church

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

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:

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)

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)