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Hi everyone,
Great work last Tuesday! We really gained ground in Stories Part I. Next week, my hope is to sing through the entire work. We did some great preparation before, on Part II, and you'll find Part III to be comfortingly easy.
After our break, we'll primarily work on the double choir piece, which we have never entirely done in combination! It may be smart of us to split for about 20 minutes to review; I'll consult Brenda about that, and you'll find out. It's such a stunning piece, and I can't wait to combine the two choirs. Please spend time reviewing the fast section, slowly reading aloud the text in rhythm.
Also, if there's time we'll get more work done on "Serenade to Music," since Vaughan Williams's shifting tonalities rather threw you off in the lines given to the different sections. If we run out of time, we'll certainly devote time and attention to it at the following rehearsal. One way to get individual help on "Serenade" is to sing along with the YouTube recording, to accustom yourself to the shifts in key and to your own section's assigned solo lines. It's only eight minutes long, so think how much progress you can make by listening to it four times over! The other short pieces are coming along very nicely, thanks to your responsiveness last week.
That's all for now: now go work on your music! See you next week.
Solveig
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