I Feel a Song Comin’ On is an appropriate name for this year’s spring concert. It is a compilation of a variety of ballads from other countries as well as some oldies and other familiar tunes that Bruce & Linda have arranged beautifully. Then with magnificent composers like Rutter creating songs like “Pie Jesu” our repertoire is well rounded. We are privileged to have violin accompaniment on “There is Sunshine in My Soul Today” and "Ha Shalom" as well. And the stirring, “A Psalm of Life” with French horn accompaniment is a magnificent way to close the concert.
We hope you are inviting all your family and friends to our Spring Concert this Saturday May 9. We know they will enjoy it.
Performers need to be at the Caldwell High School Auditorium at 5:45 pm to begin final rehearsal before the concert at 7:30 pm. Binders should be cleaned out of any loose papers and free of anything you might have put on the front or sides; music is quietest if put into plastic covers. Please do not wear perfume as some may be allergic to it.
Also the refreshment committee asks that each of us bring a plate of cookies for the refreshment table for after the concert.
The order of the songs remains as follows (unless a change is directed):
1. “I Feel a Song Comin’ On”
2. “Home of My Heart”
3. “Ku-Ku”
4. “Loch Lomond”
5. “Ha Shalom”
6. “April Showers”
7. “Embraceable You”
8. “There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today”
9. “Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”
10. “Pie Jesu”
11. “A Psalm of Life”
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
April 21, 2008 Rehearsal
Our Spring semester of Una Voce's group vocal class is drawing to a close and now we are just putting on the finishing touches for the Spring Concert. It's especially good that many have memorized most of the first 7 numbers and can be more responsive to Linda's direction. It's going to be a great concert.
We were privileged to have Mark Givens, playing the french horn, practice with us on Pie Jesu. What a gifted and talented musician he is. He is Cherie Givens' son.
Linda is doing auditions for anyone wanting to participate in solos or ensembles during the Spring Concert. Please contact Linda as soon as possible.
The order of songs for the concert remains the same as listed in previous posts. We will be placed in standing order on the 28th, then on the 5th will be dress rehearsal. At the dress rehearsal it is not necessary to wear the blouse you will be wearing at the concert just bring it so they can get a picture of how all the colors will look.
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We were privileged to have Mark Givens, playing the french horn, practice with us on Pie Jesu. What a gifted and talented musician he is. He is Cherie Givens' son.
Linda is doing auditions for anyone wanting to participate in solos or ensembles during the Spring Concert. Please contact Linda as soon as possible.
The order of songs for the concert remains the same as listed in previous posts. We will be placed in standing order on the 28th, then on the 5th will be dress rehearsal. At the dress rehearsal it is not necessary to wear the blouse you will be wearing at the concert just bring it so they can get a picture of how all the colors will look.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
April 7, 2009 Rehearsal
We had a report of wonderful oos and ahs from two ladies from McCall who were listening to last week's rehearsal. With the concert nearly upon us, be sure to start inviting your family and friends and have them clear the date, May 9, for our Spring Concert. And be sure to find a long sleeved, button front, pastel blouse to wear at the concert. Details of the Spring Concert are at your right ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
The order of the songs is as follows: (try to have the first 7 memorized)
1. “I Feel a Song Comin’ On”
2. “Home of My Heart”
3. “Ku-Ku”
4. “Loch Lomond”
5. “Ha Shalom”
6. “April Showers”
7. “Embraceable You”
8. “There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today”
9. “Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”
10. “Pie Jesu”
11. “A Psalm of Life”
Bruce handed out the Christmas Concert CDs last week so see him if you didn't get yours.
REMINDER: If you must miss a rehearsal because of illness, emergency, or any other reason, please call Linda Walker ahead of time. (208) 230-4344. There should be no unexcused absences.
The order of the songs is as follows: (try to have the first 7 memorized)
1. “I Feel a Song Comin’ On”
2. “Home of My Heart”
3. “Ku-Ku”
4. “Loch Lomond”
5. “Ha Shalom”
6. “April Showers”
7. “Embraceable You”
8. “There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today”
9. “Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”
10. “Pie Jesu”
11. “A Psalm of Life”
Bruce handed out the Christmas Concert CDs last week so see him if you didn't get yours.
REMINDER: If you must miss a rehearsal because of illness, emergency, or any other reason, please call Linda Walker ahead of time. (208) 230-4344. There should be no unexcused absences.
Monday, April 6, 2009
March 31, 2009 Rehearsal
After a week off for Spring Break and many of you missing tonight we are eager to have the last few rehearsals be very effective. We hope you are being successful as you learn your music in preparation for the concert on May 9.
The order of the songs is as follows: (try to have the first 7 memorized)
1. “I Feel a Song Comin’ On”
2. “Home of My Heart”
3. “Ku-Ku”
4. “Loch Lomond”
5. “Ha Shalom”
6. “April Showers”
7. “Embraceable You”
8. “There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today”
9. “Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”
10. “Pie Jesu”
11. “A Psalm of Life”
Reminder: If you must miss a rehearsal because of illness, emergency, or any other reason, please call Linda Walker ahead of time. (208) 230-4344. There should be no unexcused absences.
The order of the songs is as follows: (try to have the first 7 memorized)
1. “I Feel a Song Comin’ On”
2. “Home of My Heart”
3. “Ku-Ku”
4. “Loch Lomond”
5. “Ha Shalom”
6. “April Showers”
7. “Embraceable You”
8. “There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today”
9. “Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”
10. “Pie Jesu”
11. “A Psalm of Life”
Reminder: If you must miss a rehearsal because of illness, emergency, or any other reason, please call Linda Walker ahead of time. (208) 230-4344. There should be no unexcused absences.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
March 17, 2009 Rehearsal
Hello once again this week. Time is flying by and it’s hard to believe that we are just 6 rehearsals away from our Spring Concert on May 9. We hope Milana’s accompaniment CD is a big help to you as you practice the music at home over the next 2 weeks.
Bruce handed out a REMINDER: No rehearsal next week, March 24th. SPRING BREAK! If you know someone who wasn’t here this week, please let them know.
Tonight we reviewed 6 of the first 7 songs of the program that we are to have memorized. “Ha Shalom” was the one missed. In addition we also practiced, “There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today” & “Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”. Then we did a quick run through of “A Psalm of Life”.
At this point this is the order of songs in the Concert, and they have asked us to have the first 7 memorized:
1. “I Feel a Song Comin’ On”
2. “Home of My Heart”
3. “Ku-Ku”
4. “Loch Lomond”
5. “Ha Shalom”
6. “April Showers”
7. “Embraceable You”
8. “There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today”
9. “Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”
10. “Pie Jesu”
11. “A Psalm of Life”
Enjoy Spring Break and we’ll see you on March 31.
REMINDER: If you must miss a rehearsal because of illness, emergency, or any other reason, please call Linda Walker ahead of time. (208) 230-4344. There should be no unexcused absences.
Bruce handed out a REMINDER: No rehearsal next week, March 24th. SPRING BREAK! If you know someone who wasn’t here this week, please let them know.
Tonight we reviewed 6 of the first 7 songs of the program that we are to have memorized. “Ha Shalom” was the one missed. In addition we also practiced, “There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today” & “Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”. Then we did a quick run through of “A Psalm of Life”.
At this point this is the order of songs in the Concert, and they have asked us to have the first 7 memorized:
1. “I Feel a Song Comin’ On”
2. “Home of My Heart”
3. “Ku-Ku”
4. “Loch Lomond”
5. “Ha Shalom”
6. “April Showers”
7. “Embraceable You”
8. “There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today”
9. “Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”
10. “Pie Jesu”
11. “A Psalm of Life”
Enjoy Spring Break and we’ll see you on March 31.
REMINDER: If you must miss a rehearsal because of illness, emergency, or any other reason, please call Linda Walker ahead of time. (208) 230-4344. There should be no unexcused absences.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
March 10, 2009 Rehearsal
This week we spent much time going over some tricky harmonies and timing on some of our songs. We reviewed “Ku-Ku”, “Pie Jesu”, “April Showers” and “I Feel a Song Comin’ On” as well as “Loch Lomond”.
Correction: Last week regarding “Loch Lomond”… I said to drop the 'g' on sleep-ing and com-ing and gloam-ing. Linda has decided that she wants us to sing as written on sleeping and coming and to drop the 'g' only on gloam-ing. We also learned that ‘gae’ is pronounced gee (long e) and ‘take’ is pronounced tyke. Just sing the way we might hear the true Scottish sing.
On “April Showers” there is a potential problem twice near the end of the song where the altos I & II sing the word a-long . The tendency is to sing the ’ng’ too soon making a not so pretty sound. As we have 3 notes to cover in the word ‘-long’, it might be better to sing ‘la-ah-ah’ and only at the very end add the ‘ng’ , or just forget the ‘ng’ altogether. Also, as this is a barbershop harmony, we should not sing with a vibrato especially at the very end of this song.
This brings our repertoire to 11 songs, the first 7 they would like us to have memorized:
“I Feel a Song Comin’ On”
“Home of My Heart”
“Ku-Ku”
“Loch Lomond”
“Ha Shalom”
“April Showers”
“Embraceable You”
“There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today”
“Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”
“Pie Jesu”
“A Psalm of Life”
Have fun memorizing. And thanks to Milana for making practice CD’s available for $5.
See you next week.
Correction: Last week regarding “Loch Lomond”… I said to drop the 'g' on sleep-ing and com-ing and gloam-ing. Linda has decided that she wants us to sing as written on sleeping and coming and to drop the 'g' only on gloam-ing. We also learned that ‘gae’ is pronounced gee (long e) and ‘take’ is pronounced tyke. Just sing the way we might hear the true Scottish sing.
On “April Showers” there is a potential problem twice near the end of the song where the altos I & II sing the word a-long . The tendency is to sing the ’ng’ too soon making a not so pretty sound. As we have 3 notes to cover in the word ‘-long’, it might be better to sing ‘la-ah-ah’ and only at the very end add the ‘ng’ , or just forget the ‘ng’ altogether. Also, as this is a barbershop harmony, we should not sing with a vibrato especially at the very end of this song.
This brings our repertoire to 11 songs, the first 7 they would like us to have memorized:
“I Feel a Song Comin’ On”
“Home of My Heart”
“Ku-Ku”
“Loch Lomond”
“Ha Shalom”
“April Showers”
“Embraceable You”
“There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today”
“Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”
“Pie Jesu”
“A Psalm of Life”
Have fun memorizing. And thanks to Milana for making practice CD’s available for $5.
See you next week.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
March 3, 2009 Rehearsal
This week in addition to reviewing several songs, we added our last two songs to our repertoire, a beautiful arrangement by Bruce and Linda Walker of a well-known traditional Scottish song “Loch Lomond” and the stirring and magnificent “A Psalm of Life”.
FYI: Loch Lomond is a freshwater Scottish loch, lying in Central Scotland. It is the largest lake in Great Britain, and a popular leisure destination.
Bruce and Linda’s arrangement of the song finds the melody interchanging between the sopranos and altos and many times we will find 4 part harmonies. We are reminded to pronounce the words as the Scottish would by dropping the ‘g’ in words like sleep-in or com-in or gloam-in. (which by the way means twilight; dusk)
“A Psalm of Life” reminds us that what we say and do should always be to lift and love and brighten the life of another. Technically, as there are many phrases that end in ‘er’ (like light-er, bright-er, sweet-er, fleet-er, an-oth-er, oth-er, strong-er, long-er) watch that you drop the r so that the sound is not harsh.
This brings our repertoire to 11 songs, the first 7 they would like us to have memorized:
“I Feel a Song Comin’ On”
“Home of My Heart”
“Ku-Ku”
“Loch Lomond”
“Ha Shalom”
“April Showers”
“Embraceable You”
“There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today”
“Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”
“Pie Jesu”
“A Psalm of Life”
Have fun memorizing.
FYI: Loch Lomond is a freshwater Scottish loch, lying in Central Scotland. It is the largest lake in Great Britain, and a popular leisure destination.
Bruce and Linda’s arrangement of the song finds the melody interchanging between the sopranos and altos and many times we will find 4 part harmonies. We are reminded to pronounce the words as the Scottish would by dropping the ‘g’ in words like sleep-in or com-in or gloam-in. (which by the way means twilight; dusk)
“A Psalm of Life” reminds us that what we say and do should always be to lift and love and brighten the life of another. Technically, as there are many phrases that end in ‘er’ (like light-er, bright-er, sweet-er, fleet-er, an-oth-er, oth-er, strong-er, long-er) watch that you drop the r so that the sound is not harsh.
This brings our repertoire to 11 songs, the first 7 they would like us to have memorized:
“I Feel a Song Comin’ On”
“Home of My Heart”
“Ku-Ku”
“Loch Lomond”
“Ha Shalom”
“April Showers”
“Embraceable You”
“There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today”
“Abide With Me; ‘ Tis Eventide”
“Pie Jesu”
“A Psalm of Life”
Have fun memorizing.
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