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IN REVERSE ORDER cos this is the most important thing we did

CLOUDBURST

Generally -

• We would be better singing this off by heart. It isn't crucial because there are music stands and Ollie doesn't mind us using them. But IF YOU START LEARNING IT NOW you might find you know it well enough by June. It would be good if we could (and we should)...
• Listen to it lots. Keep up to date with what we've learnt that week so we DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER AND OVER THE SAME THINGS the following week
• Pronounciation - AnnaLauren will be doing this properly but for now it's AH - GUA not A-GUA and EYE not HAY or HIGH. And POSO not hard Z.
• Take a breath where there are breath marks.
• Counting - It isn't babyish to have to write counting beats in the music. So if it helps, write down 1,2,3,4, above lengths of notes. (I do cos I'm a baby and can't count!)
• Dynamics
• Write things down in your copies.

Preceding entry - D is given. 3 beats are given (during which we can take a breath to save gasping on 3rd beat!) and we come in on 4th beat.
CONCENTRATE on entry.
Preceding Bar 1 - is pp
Bar 2- Watch Ollie's mouth, it will tell you when to go from a to o to m. Think of it as a bar of 4 beats and a bar of 3 beats. It's in 7/4. (You can even draw your own bar line in.)
Bars 3 -5 - Sing words at random. WATCH Ollie for coming in and then ignore him a bit. But not too much because we all need to WATCH for his ENORMOUS down beat at the 5/4 bar. MEN concentrate on counting.
Once the accent is sung on your entry note, drop down a dynamic so we can hear other entries.
Bar 6 - We should have all seen Ollie's big downbeat and be AH-GUA ing together. Breath mark.
Bar 8 - BASSES - give us a strong F natural
MEN - dim (cos you are!!!not!) slightly, to keep the energy going and enable you to keep up volume at bar 9
NO BREAKING OR BREATHING BETWEEN BAR 8 and 9
Bar 10 - dim on NO of SUENO
Bar 11 - SEBASTIAN is solo voice
Bar 16 - mf
Bar 22 - SOPS - are pp. Everyone else is mp
ALT IIs - Come in on same note as Sops. Make sure it's the same A
Bar 23 - ALTOS be careful of the E and D

KANARBIC - this will be sung OFF BY HEART for definite
Look at it for next week
TENORS - practise singing C A C D
If possible listen to the words for next week

ON HILLISUVI - this will be sung OFF BY HEART for definite
Think about coming in. How to come in and placing of note.
4 beats will be given - write it in copy
G note will be given - write it in copy
SOPRANOS - legato and PP at beginning. Come straight off on KAS
Bar 3 - cresc into the chord containing B flat and F natural
ALTO 1 - have a bit of a melody.
Ollie will bring us off on long note
ALTOS - Chesty top of page 2. (Easier for some than others!) Resonate and blend.
Bar 6 - Come off on 4 at the same time
Bar 11 - mp. ALTOS watch coming in on phrase and be together. Legato.
SOPS II, BASSES, TENORS are dim
Bar 13 - mf
BASSES - give us a strong A
TENORS - give us a sharper A
WRITE THIS IN YOUR COPIES, PLEASE
Put an ! above the very first chord
TENORS - put an arrow pointing upwards on the A I've just mentioned
SOPRANOS - circle the pp
Put a cresc marking in bar 3
Put a DEcresc marking in bar 5
SOPS and ALTOS mark your p at end of bar 6
MEN put a circle round dim at bar 10

NOTICES
1) DATE for CLOUDBURST concert is on SATURDAY the 6TH of JUNE - 7.30 at the REID HALL
2) We'll need a rehearsal the Saturday before this concert which is SATURDAY the 30TH of MAY
3) SATURDAY the 21ST of FEBRUARY is our EXTRA REHEARSAL with a bit of workshop stuff DAY. only Claire 1 can't come (boo!)
4) York is booked and accomodation is being sorted
5) Canongate and St Augustines have been provisionally booked for the 12TH of DECEMBER
Anne is still making enquiries/going to visit with Ollie a couple of places
Other suggestions were out of our price range or unavailable.
The WILD MONKEYS sorry MYRTLES have nicked our space at St Giles, which means we'll be doing our concert on the 6TH of DECEMBER.
There is a possibility we can do Priestfield the Wednesday before, but a concert on the 2ND might be a bit early. Let's just say this sort of stuff is still being looked into. THANKS, ANNE
6) WHITHORN is full for 2009 but will accommodate us sometime in 2010

Have a good weekend one and all, Jenny

# posted by rudsambass @ 12:09 pm