February 24, 2009 Rehearsal

At last we have a date for our Spring Concert. It is Saturday May 9 at the Caldwell High School Auditorium where we have performed in the past. When we have all the songs and their order in the performance , we will get you all the details in a single entry. So watch for this colorful Treble Clef sign . . . . that will be your notice of anything to do with the Spring Concert.

Tonight was spent in review of several of the songs listed below. We are asked to memorize “I Feel a Song Comin’ On” & “Home of My Heart” which will be a fitting way to begin the concert. Others we reviewed were “Ku-Ku”, “Embraceable You”, and “Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”.

If you haven’t done this already, Bruce asked us to pick up & read a policy sheet explaining how Una Voce is both a Performance Ensemble and a Group Voice Class. They ask us to please follow the attendance policy carefully.

This brings our repertoire to 9 songs:
“I Feel a Song Comin’ On”
“Home of My Heart”
“Ku-Ku”
“Ha Shalom”
“April Showers”
“Embraceable You”
“There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today”
“Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”
“Pie Jesu”

We missed you Bruce. Get feeling better.

February 17, 2009 Rehearsal

Tonight we were introduced to a lively Finnish Folk song, “Ku-Ku” and the melodic & harmonious “Home of My Heart”. We reviewed “I Feel a Song Comin’ On”, “Embraceable You” and “Ha Shalom”. Bruce modified the previous arrangement of “April Showers” into a much easier to read treble arrangement. The altos thank you.

Bruce asked us to pick up & read a policy sheet explaining how Una Voce is both a Performance Ensemble and a Group Voice Class. They ask us to please follow the attendance policy carefully.

This brings our repertoire to 9 songs”
“I Feel a Song Coming On”
“Home of My Heart”
“Ku-Ku”
“Ha Shalom”
“April Showers”
“Embraceable You”
“There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today”
“Abide With Me Tis Eventide”
“Pie Jesu”

We look forward to seeing you all next week.

February 10, 2009 Rehearsal

So sorry we missed the entry for last week. This editor was ill and didn't attend.

We were informed tonight of the death of Ronda Mendenhall’s son yesterday. He had been ill for several years. Our hearts go out to Ronda and her family at this time. The funeral will be this Saturday Feb 14, 2009 at the Letha LDS Church at 10:00 am. (Letha is west of Emmett about 12 miles)

Tonight our rehearsal began with an SSAA a cappalla arrangement of “Embraceable You", followed by a barbershop arrangement of another oldie, “April Showers”. We also reviewed “Pie Jesu” at which time Bruce gave us a brief Latin lesson on the 5 Latin vowel sounds.
--The small i is pronounced as a long e sound.
--e or ae together as eh
--An o sound is part way between ah and o. (forming the mouth as if to say o and saying ah inside the mouth)
--And the u is oo.
-- R at the beginning of a word is always trilled in Latin.

This brings our repertoire to 7 songs

“Ha Shalom”
“Abide With Me Tis Eventide”
“There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today”
“Pie Jesu”
“I Feel a Song Coming On”
“Embraceable You”
“April Showers”

We are searching for a venue to have our Spring Concert on May 2, if anyone knows of one please let us know.

See you next week.