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.