Rehearsal Summary - December 7th

Hi Juniors,

I can't believe we're officially done rehearsals for 2020! Thank you so much and congratulations on all your hard work this year.

You will find a summary of today's rehearsal below:

1. Warm up - scale with solfege and variety of rhythmic patterns, solfege exercise, "8-7-6" shake out

2. Sang through "Remembering Decembers"

3. Shared what we are most looking forward to in December this year

4. Read "Home Alone"

5. Sang through "Somewhere in My Memory"

6. Theory - combined group - homework: up to p. 18 (due January 11th)

7. Sang our Goodbye Song for the last time in 2020!

I look forward to our concert this Saturday at 6:30 pm. I know you will enjoy the Junior Chorus videos, as well as getting to see the other choirs perform :)

Have a lovely Winter Break and see you in January ☺️.

Best wishes,

Ayanda

Rehearsal Summaries for Nov. 30, Dec. 7 and Dec. 14

These rehearsals are all focussed on preparation for the recordings of Fair Phyllis and Les Mis, due on January 15, 2021.

You will receive recordings of all pieces to play in your ear to guide you, with an accompaniment and a singer performing your part. They will be sent to you over next few weeks, and will also be posted here.

Here is the summary of all movements of Les Mis:

Medley - Les Mis

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Download PDF • 56KB

Here is the Recording Guide for your recording process:

RECORDING GUIDE - VIVA Singers Toronto - Adult Choirs

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Download PDF • 87KB

Here are the rehearsal files to reinforce your part of "On My Own" from Les Mis.

On my Own from page 20 SOP

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Download M4A • 1.06MB

On my Own from page 29 ALTO

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Download M4A • 1.09MB

Here is the youtube accompaniment to do a sing through of the medley. For rehearsal purposes only.

LesMisforrehearsal - NO ADS

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Download MP4 • 32.81MB

Rehearsal Summaries for Nov. 30, Dec. 7 and Dec. 14

We are preparing to record movements of our own parts of the musical, Les Mis. Attached is the Recording Guide which is a guideline for the recordings due on January 15, 2021. EVM members have the choice of recording any or all of the 5 movements we have covered.

You will record with a singer singing your own part and a piano accompaniment in your ear, provided by us. We will email this file to you, and post it here as well.

Here is the summary of movements which you can record:

Medley - Les Mis

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Download PDF • 56KB

Here is the Recording Guide:

RECORDING GUIDE - VIVA Singers Toronto - Adult Choirs

.pdf

Download PDF • 87KB