Monday September 23rd

I apologize for the tardiness of this post....the week got away from me!

1. Welcome to Victoria, our newest chorister! We look forward to getting to know you!

2. Remember that your theory homework is due on rehearsal day. Please do one page per week.

3. Tango - this is a difficult piece and you are doing so well! Remember the differences between staccato (short notes) and legato (smooth singing).

4. Colour of Music - see how much you can memorize. We will work on this in class as well.

5. A Twist of the Tongue - the most difficult part of this piece is the text! Review the words slowly making without any pitches. The tempo is fast, so the text must be clear.

6. Please remember that we are in rehearsal as soon as you arrive. It is important that you save chatting with each other for breaks or after choir.

7. A reminder to bring your folder of music, a pencil and your theory book each week!

8. Great work everyone!

   
   

Sept 23 - Rehearsal Summary

Wow, what a great rehearsal today! Check out our practice tracks and resources here: https://www.vivasingerstoronto.com/file-share/ef73d057-3692-4528-b7ba-bf62471a1744

Here's a summary.

1. "Welcome to Music" song

2. Review expectations and rules

3. Warm Up

   1. Pitch exploration into head voice - with scarf

   2. Every chorister created their own, and then we echoed

   3. "Stand Up" song

4. "Star Songs" - reviewed English part

   1. Following melodic contour of line with movement

   2. Sang through the part

5. Musical movement

   1. Listening, responding, and moving to the piano....

      1. We worked on ascending/descending lines, legato vs. marcato, fast vs. slow, and sound vs. silence

6. "Seasons" - learned the chorus

   1. This song is created by a former Prep Chorister who is now in the Junior Chorus!

   2. Added actions (chorister created)

7. Started "All Are Welcome" - storybook plus singing

   1. introduction to "mi re do" patterns through the book

8. "Bluebird" - circle game plus singing

9. Started "Rhythm Rescue" - storybook plus theory

   1. ear training - echoing rhythms

   2. introduction to quarter notes ('ta') and 8th note pairs ('ti ti')

   3. sight reading - speaking/clapping rhythms in the book

10. "Colours" song

11. Sharing with our grown-ups!

12. "Goodbye Friends" song

Homework: Please listen to and try singing along to "Seasons" and "Star Songs" with the tracks in FileShare.

Sept 16 - Rehearsal Summary

We had a great second rehearsal. Here's a quick summary!

1)Hello song "Welcome to Music"

2)Setting expectations and music rules

3) Singing and standing positions for singing

4) Star Songs (English part)

5) Joined the Juniors for some Orff with Adam

6) Goodbye Song "Goodbye Friends"