Alto Rehearsal Notes

February 3, 2026

2025-26 Spring Alto 1, Alto 2 Rehearsal Notes

 

If you missed a rehearsal, search for the date you missed to see which pieces were rehearsed. Questions or additional notes, please don’t hesitate to contact Liz Berk berkden@comcast.net or Cynthia Sorn cls208@comcast.net.

 

1. I Started Singing
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– M52: No breath.

– M73: Change first note to 1/4 w 1/4 rest. 

– M76: No “oi” in voice.
– M78: No breath.      

– M80: “Dawm” for “dime.”

 

2. Hope is the thing with feathers

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– M51: Mark repeat back to top of page 5, note second verse text.

 

3. Birds of Passage  
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– M48: “Craw” for “cry.”    

– M62: “Delight” is “di-light.  

– M96: “Clime” is “clawm.”    1

– M104: “Night” is “nawt.”

-M109: “Rhyme is “rhawm.”
– Page 12: Pick a phrase.

4. Always Something Sings

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– All altos on bottom line at all times.

– M85: “Still” – put L at very end. Watch Jane. 

– M94: “Sings” is “see.” Do not re-enter if run out of breath. Jane will conduct voicing the ending “s” in “sings.”

5. The Tree House

 

Landfall

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– M23: “When” is “hwhen.”  

– M25: K at very end.  

– M46: “Rage” is “rayh.”

– M39: Observe hold.

– M42:  “-ce” at very end before “a single.”

– M46: “Rage” is “rayh.”

– M80: Observe hold.

 

The Orchard

 

Alder

 

 

6. Where Light Begins:

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– Generally, mark measures where we sing with another part.

– M37: Unison.

– M40: Crescendo.

– M44: Decrescendo.

– Many unisons on page 11.

 

7. This Sky Falls

 

8. Shadow River

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– Generally mark alto unisons with at least one part.

– M27-28: No breath before “my.” Breath after “command.” 

– M34: Breath after lone.    

– M36: Cut off 1/8 note.

– M40: Slower.  

– M46: “Heav’n” is very short.

– M50” “A” is on the beat.

– M52-53: No break.  

– M59: Get “twah” of “twilight” out quickly.

– M62: Cut off on 3.

– M65: Note fame is on E.  

– M68: Note rest.  

– M71: Breath after “-ing.”   
– M76-79: No break. 

– M80: Note rest on beat 3.   

– M82: Sing low F# if able.