Rudsamblog

Hello!
Apologies for the delay in writing these.

Last Wednesday we worked mainly on the new Thea Musgrave set. It was largely note-bashing done in sectionals but brought together towards the end, with good progress made!

We mainly worked on Dreams and Subway Piranhas, but some of I saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tale too.

Main points are:
1. Some tricky intervals - it's worth sitting down to work out which are semi-tones and which are tones (or use solfa) as lots of accidental!
2. Look for the moments that we all join together and sing in unison.
3. Right from the start with the Piranhas piece, diction needs to be good.
4. In Dreams start to think about dynamics which build the shape of the piece.

We also worked on After Culloden. The key hear is listening to all the parts as each of us have different lines which come and go - so need to let them come through. Timing is difficult sometimes (because of the different tunes being sung) so really need to listen! Blend was sounding really nice though.

Hope that is helpful!
Marie-Claire

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