Andrew’s Corner / Notes:

Thank you for all your hard work these past few weeks. Thank you again to Kayvon for all his work the last two weeks. I truly appreciate his willingness to help us out.

Please find rehearsal resources on the RESOURCES PAGE

Schedule:

SATB: Warm-up / announcements (7:15 pm – main room)
SA: Sectional – Touch on Last Mvt. & 4 (7:20) w/ Kayvon
TB: Mvt. 6  WORK (7:20) w/ Andrew
SATB: Mvt. 1 & 10 Review, sing through / work (7:45)
SATB: Mvt. 3, 4, 5 & 7 (if time) RUN (8:15)

Pronunciation tip of the week:

Always be careful to make sure consonants come before the beat. Breath goes in and immediately out, no glottal starts. As always… Be very careful of the “s” that when surrounded by two vowels it becomes a “zz” sound. In addition the “r” should be rolled or flipped, never a “hard R” sound as in th word “are.” Example: paradisi sounds like [pah-rah-dee zee].

Practice tip (repeated…):

When working through the music, be sure to use plenty of air / support / space. Try to ensure you’re not “chewing” vowels and using the pure forms of I (EE), E (EH), A (AH), O (OH), U (OO). Saying these vowels to yourself through the day can help you to become more familiar and catch yourself when diphthongs creep in!

If you are missing notes because of the words, sing on a neutral vowel until you have the rhythm / notes down. THEN (just as we do in rehearsal) speak the text by itself, THEN speak it in rhythm, THEN add the pitches with the rhythm and text. Everyone works through this at different paces. Try not to get frustrated if you’re not getting it all on the first try. Work for 10-15 minutes, take a mental break, then come back and do another 10-15 minutes. I am confident you will this to be a good method. If you can work through any of it with someone else who is in the ensemble, that’s great. Often, we learn from hearing what others are doing… in addition to learning by teaching.

I can’t wait to work with you all soon!

-Andrew