a community chorus in their 27th Concert season
Rehearsal Notes and Rehearsal Order
March 11
Bass Sectional at 6pm in the Sanctuary.
March 11 Rehearsal
We will begin rehearsal together for warm up and then break into sectional rehearsal. Bass and Tenor will go to the choir room and Soprano and Alto will stay in Trinity Hall. After the break we will come together and run sections of each piece.
Check the seating chart March 11. I have made some changes!
Rehearsal Notes from February 25 rehearsal:
Sing to the Lord
- Everyone speak the text in rhythm on the first page
- Tenors need to hold your notes to the downbeat of measure 19
- Tenor 2...sing with the basses measures 8 - 16
- Everyone, peace 5 breathe between 'sky' and 'and', breathe between 'high' and 'and'
- Remember the different articulations between the Pah section and the Mum section. You should have 'Pah' and 'Mum' written on those pages to remind you!
Simple Gifts
- Bass and Tenor, speak text in rhythm at the beginning. Be aware of when you need to take a breath
- Soprano and Alto, review words on page 4. "'twill be in the cool of the birth and the pine". Speak the text in rhythm
Morning Has Broken - keep the line connected
Homeward Bound - page 13 and 14, please mark the beats where you move on the ahhh. There are three beats in each measure. Check for the attachment to the email I send out.
Saints Bound - remember to watch me on the first page. Still not able to do what I want. it will slow down in measure 6 and then again in measure 10. Remember how we worked on singing the words when unison and door on the parts with harmony? We need to do the same articulation when you add the words back in. Harmony sections need to be detached, short, and bouncy.
Children of God - page 44, remember the crescendo(getting louder) on the long notes beau......tiful, beau......tiful. First measure.
Altos - some are still not going up to the unison C on the last line.
Give Me Jesus - I need more V in the word give. Please look up at the bottom of page 7 and breathe with me! Notice that you need to begin getting louder quickly then it tapers back to quiet. The next phrase is shaped the same way.
Lord, I Know I Been Changed - page 6, watch me! body in measure 38 must be separated. You are sobbing there.
Every Time I Feel
- Soprano and Alto, review the words on the bottom of page 3. You start on beat 4 in measure 16. Most of you are coming in too early.
- Bass and Tenor, review words at the bottom of page 3 to the top of 4
- Everyone.....circle, mark, draw glasses....something so you know that measure 44 is different.
- Everyone....also you need to be aware that the top of page 8 repeats the moving in my heart. You cut off on beat 3 in measure 54. Strong quarter notes at the beginning of measure 55, lift (breathe) between Spirit and I in measure 56.
Amazing Grace....begun = bIHgun
Watch your rhythm change and rest on beat one of measure 126.
- Page 5, measure 60, crescendo shield into and.
Thank you for all your hard work!!
Semester Dates
March 4 - No Rehearsal (Lundi Gras)
March 11 - Bass Sectional 6:00pm and Rehearsal at 7pm
March 18 - Alto Sectional 6:00pm and Rehearsal at 7pm
March 25 - Rehearsal for everyone begins at 6:30pm
April 1 - Dress Rehearsal at First Baptist Fairhope 7pm
April 4 - First Concert, 7:30pm, Spanish Fort UMC
April 7 - Second Concert 2:00pm, First Baptist Fairhope
Listening Links
Do NOT get married to these tempos or their articulation. These are just so you can hear the whole product together.
Sing to the Lord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4uoXf9FM1g
Simple Gifts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXDW-J3U2g4
Morning Has Broken https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpypZT9WFR4
Homeward Bound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaQYQnrPgSM
Saints Bound for Heaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiuMeWxK18s
Give Me Jesus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGuCYMmfEyo
Every Time I Feel the Spirit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EhBUVV3EcE
Amazing Grace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2arm5ydeJc
Concert Repertoire
Sing to the Lord Alice Parker
Simple Gifts arr. Mack Wilberg
Morning Has Broken arr. Mack Wilberg
Homeward Bound arr. Mack Wilberg
Saints Bound for Heaven arr. Howard Helvey
Children of God arr. Camp Kirkland
Give Me Jesus arr. Douglas Wagner
Lord, I Know I Been Changed arr. Bruce More
Every Time I Feel the Spirit arr. Greg Gilpin
Amazing Grace arr. Mack Wilberg
Daphne High School Chorus will be featured on our concert.
Member Information
2018 - 2019 Repertoire
GospelFest
Every Time I Fell the Spirit arr. Greg Gilpin
Swingin’ With the Saints arr. Mark Hayes
Lord, I Know I Been Changed arr. Bruce More
Give Me Jesus arr. Douglas Wagner
The Storm Is Passing Over arr. Barbara Baker
Children of God arr. Camp Kirkland
Lighting of the Trees
Various Christmas Selections
Christmas Concert 2018
Gaudete Bob Chilcott
Messiah G. F. Handel
parts of the Christmas section
There Shall a Star Come Out from Jacob Mendelssohn
Carol to the King arr. Mack Wilberg
Candlelight Carol John Rutter
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy arr. Mack Wilberg
The Cradle Hymn Kim Andre Arnesen
A Carol Fantasia Harlan, Albritton, and Fettke
This Christmastide Donald Frazier
Mobile Symphony Holiday Concert
Hallelujah Chorus Handel
Candlelight Carol John Rutter
This Christmastide Donald Frazier
O Come, All Ye Faithful Mack Wilberg
Women’s chorus in a movement from the Nutcracker and Gesu Bambino
Spring Concert 2019
Sing to the Lord Alice Parker
Simple Gifts arr. Mack Wilberg
Morning Has Broken arr. Mack Wilberg
Homeward Bound arr. Mack Wilberg
Saints Bound for Heaven arr. Howard Helvey
Children of God arr. Camp Kirkland
Give Me Jesus arr. Douglas Wagner
Lord, I Know I Been Changed arr. Bruce More
Every Time I Feel the Spirit arr. Greg Gilpin
Amazing Grace arr. Mack Wilberg
Daphne High School Chorus will be featured on our concert.