{"id":4404,"date":"2025-09-23T19:16:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T23:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concordwomenschorus.org\/wp\/?p=4404"},"modified":"2025-10-06T20:35:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T00:35:33","slug":"soprano-1-first-soprano-rehearsal-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/concordwomenschorus.org\/wp\/soprano-1-first-soprano-rehearsal-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"[soprano 1] First Soprano Rehearsal Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><b>September 23<\/b><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" style=\"\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"\">\n<div style=\"\"><u style=\"\"><font color=\"#000000\">Grown Wild (whole piece):<\/font><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"\"><em><font color=\"#000000\">Notes:<\/font><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">First note: put a little &#8220;h&#8221; before the &#8220;oo&#8221;<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Universal: Drop the &#8220;r&#8221; in &#8220;conjured,&#8221; &#8220;girl,&#8221; &#8220;her,&#8221; &#8220;years,&#8221; &#8220;hear,&#8221; etc.<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Mm 17-24: Keep &#8220;and gave her to me&#8221; rhythmic and bring out that text when you have it; back off a bit when you don&#39;t<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 37: first sopranos (and only first sopranos) drop the &#8220;spr&#8221; in &#8220;springtime&#8221;; keep the tone pure&#8211;don&#39;t wobble<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 38: Keep the pitch high on beat 4 (C)<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 45 and wherever it occurs: Watch Jane on &#8220;Months, years&#8221;<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 53: Keep the pitch high<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Mm 61 &amp; 63: Stress the &#8220;will&#8221; of &#8220;willingness&#8221;&#8211;but don&#39;t slow down<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 74: Be careful not to bash &#8220;the&#8221; on beat 4<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"\"><font color=\"#000000\">\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"\"><font color=\"#000000\"><em>Breaths:<\/em>\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Obviously, anywhere a breath is written into the score<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 30: Quarter out after beat 1 (&#8220;me&#8221;)<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 52: Take out the dot on beat 1 (so it&#39;s a held-over beat, quarter rest, two-beat triplet)<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 56: &#8220;touch&#8221; is a half note followed by a quarter rest; don&#39;t bash beat 4 (&#8220;and&#8221;)<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 63: Take out the quarter rest (hold the full three beats, like the other two parts)<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 80: Quarter out after beat 1 (&#8220;I&#8221;)<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 83: Not really a breath, but a lift between &#8220;sky&#8221; and &#8220;like&#8221;<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 86: Not really a breath, but a lift between &#8220;sky&#8221; and &#8220;we&#8221;<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 89: Quarter out after beat 1 (&#8220;up&#8221;), but NO BREATH in measure 90<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 91: Quarter out after beat 1 (&#8220;up&#8221;), but NO BREATH in measure 92<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 93: Quarter out after beat 1 (&#8220;up&#8221;), but NO BREATH in measure 94<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 95: Quarter out after beat 1 (&#8220;up&#8221;)<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 96: Breath between &#8220;wild&#8221; and &#8220;grown&#8221; (make it a big one)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"\"><font color=\"#000000\">\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"\"><u><font color=\"#000000\">O Come, Emmanuel (measure 69-end)<\/font><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Universal: Good initial K on &#8220;come&#8221; followed by a tall vowel (aw)<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 69: Remember that the entrance is pp<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Crescendo over the long held notes in this section<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 13: Watch Jane<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 16: Watch Jane<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"\"><font color=\"#000000\">\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"\"><u><font color=\"#000000\">What Child? (beginning-measure 60)<\/font><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Remember the beginning is soft<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Re the &#8220;bums&#8221;: give all quarter notes their full value, but close immediately to the &#8220;m&#8221;; keep light!<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">When singing the melody, sing the line, but keep it in the body, supported&#8211;don&#39;t go Minnie Mouse<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Listen for vertical cleanliness, while still maintaining the forward motion&#8211;don&#39;t drag<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measures 16 (and wherever this pattern occurs): Observe the 1\/8-note rest, then get into the legato line<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 51: Watch Jane<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"\"><font color=\"#000000\">\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"\"><u><font color=\"#000000\">Stars I Shall Find (measure 22-end)<\/font><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Jane is conducting in 2<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Keep it in the body, supported&#8211;no pretty and mediocre<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Where applicable, breathe ahead of the downbeat&#8211;don&#39;t slow it down<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Universal: &#8220;Stars I shall find&#8221;&#8211;keep all those vowels tall (aw)\u00a0<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Mm. 37-38: A reminder to sing the &#8220;aw&#8221; of &#8220;find&#8221;<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Mm. 49-50: Practice keeping the &#8220;eh&#8221; of &#8220;rest&#8221; stable<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 56 into 57: No breath<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 58: No ritard!<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"\"><font color=\"#000000\">\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"\"><u><font color=\"#000000\">Siyahamba (measure 47-end)<\/font><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Keep the tone long and in the body<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">ENERGY!<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Don&#39;t jump the syncopations<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">A reminder: no Julie Andrews finals &#8220;t&#8221;s (e.g., &#8220;light&#8221;)&#8211;make them more of a dentalized &#8220;d&#8221;<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">&#8220;We&#8221; is ooo-eee (with the eee on the beat)<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measure 63: Don&#39;t scoop the repeated Ds<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Measures 72 &amp; 76: Big crescendo into &#8220;Siyahamba&#8221;<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"\"><font color=\"#000000\">\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"\"><u><font color=\"#000000\">Lux, Movement IV: Gloria in Excelsis (Letter E [page 9]-end)<\/font><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"\">\n<ul style=\"\">\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Keep it in the body, supported&#8211;don&#39;t go all Up with People<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Stress the &#8220;De-&#8221; and lighten up on the &#8220;o&#8221; of &#8220;Deo&#8221;<\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\"><font color=\"#000000\">Learn the pitches cold!<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"gmail-gs\" style=\"margin:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:auto;font-family:\"Google Sans\",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium\">\n<div class=\"gmail-\">\n<div id=\"gmail-:2l3\" class=\"gmail-ii gmail-gt\" style=\"direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem;overflow-x:hidden\">\n<div id=\"gmail-:2m8\" class=\"gmail-a3s gmail-aiL\" style=\"direction:ltr;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:auto hidden\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><b>September 16<\/b><\/div>\n<div><u><br \/><\/u><\/div>\n<div><u>Elaine Hagenberg,\u00a0<i>O Come, Emanuel\u00a0<\/i>(mm 88-end):<\/u><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Universal throughout\u00a0the piece: make sure the vowel in &#8220;Come&#8221; is tall and narrow (caw-m)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Measure 88: watch Jane<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">There is a lift after the 2nd beat in measures 104, 106, and 108<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Crescendo on the held note in measures 101, 103, and 105<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>Ruth Morris Gray,\u00a0<i>Stars I Shall Find<\/i>:<\/u><\/div>\n<div><i>Coda&#8211;pages 11 &amp; 12:<\/i><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Maintain a soft, warm, velvet tone<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Measure 64 (poco rit.): watch Jane<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Universal:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Check the roadmap for the whole piece (repeat page 10 to page 4; skip to coda on page 7)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Jane was conducting in 2, FYI<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Flip the &#8220;r&#8221; in &#8220;rest&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>Ruth Morris Gray,\u00a0<i>What Child?\u00a0<\/i>(beginning-m. 52):<\/u><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">&#8220;Bum&#8221;: sing the held notes on &#8220;m&#8221;<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Don&#39;t rush (or drag)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Sing the line, especially when singing the melody&#8211;don&#39;t be &#8220;note-y&#8221; (note-y is naughty!)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Measure 40: observe the 1\/8 rest after &#8220;raise&#8221; (and everywhere it occurs)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Watch cut-offs in general<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>Ruth Morris Gray,\u00a0<i>Siyahamba<\/i>\u00a0(measure 47-end):<\/u><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Please note that this needs to be performance-ready by October 26<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Universal: round the &#8220;e&#8221; in &#8220;We&#8221;<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Universal: don&#39;t sing a bright &#8220;t&#8221; on &#8220;light&#8221;; make it more of a dentalized &#8220;d&#8221;<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Universal: put a good &#8220;d&#8221; on &#8220;God&#8221;<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Universal: stress the second syllable of &#8220;siyahamba&#8221;&#8211;don&#39;t bash out the &#8220;ba&#8221;<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Mm 72-73: no breath, crescendo, and absolutely no vibrato<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">Learn the pitch (A) at the beginning of measure 80<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:15px\">No ritard to the end<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>Dan Forrest,\u00a0<i>I. 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