Second Soprano Rehearsal Notes

Soprano 2 Notes

11/25/2025

Good evening,

We went over pieces we haven't looked at in a while.

O Come

m. 4 “Ho” Higher, lighter G,.

m. 5 Crescendo, lift that G

Crescendo all long notes (unless marked with a decrescendo, obvs)

m. 37 Keep G high

m. 39 Higher C

m. 58 etc. All the dotted quarters will be cut off on beat 2. Watch Jane for them. This will give us more breath.

m. 60 “Ee – man – yoo – ehl” (Change from Ih) But don't punch the ee.

m. 65 No vibrato

m. 88 Watch (broadening)

m. 95 Bright “el” (ehl)

What Child

m. 29 Mezzo forte

m. 51 Watch (rit and decrescendo)

m. 60 Accel.

m. 75 – 79 Count! We need to come in correctly and strongly on m 80.

Stars I Shall Find

Quick consonants, before the beat.

This needs energy, consonants.

Shalom

m. 4 The “sha” is directed by Jane

m. 5 In 2

m. 15-16 Crescendo decrescendo

Again, all long notes (that are not marked decrescendo) should crescendo

e.g. m. 23

m. 67 Higher C

m. 69 Breath after “you” – will hopefully help with the dreaded G

m. 74-75 No breath

m. 79 In 4

m. 90 Breath after the G

m. 99 In 2

m. 101 Keep the hum going til Jane cuts us off.

Lux in Tenebris

m. 136 Watch (rit)

Have a lovely Thanksgiving.

Linde