So today the choir managed to complete the
ENTIRE SONG (in solfage) INCLUDING DYNAMICS (to a
tiny extent) for Ave Maria! WOOHOO! Good job guys! The only thing is… we can do
better. We can be more focused during practice so that we can continue to have practices that are at least as
productive or maybe even more!
We have exactly 7 full-day practices left
to cantabile and therefore, Prague. Do you know how many hours of practice that
is? 45.5 hours.
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| AAARGH! |
And think about everything we need to do.
Yagi, buwa, ting tan qin, lenggang, ave maris stella, oremus and 2 new scores
whose names I’ve forgotten, and all the Christmas carols. We need to learn the
notes, learn the rhythm, learn the dynamics and then we need to be in sync with
each other, make sure we are in tune and then memorise everything and be good
enough to go on stage without clutching our scores.
How are we gonna do all of the above, 8
times over, plus the Christmas carols, in 45.5 hours? If we really put in the
effort and really strive to sing well and focus
and not get distracted then we can definitely do even better than we have in the past.
another thing that was brought up during practice was that we have a
2-weekish break after wednesday. let's all be very good choristers, work
like stakhanov and practice practice practice during this time. then
when we come back from break we'll impress both miss thams!and then, maybe we'll do so well that everyone'll be impressed with our performance that they'll say 'Gee, that choir's brilliant! i'm coming back next year'. and then we'll do really well for the Prague festival and touch all the little old ladies' and men's hearts and we'll be like
Our homework is that we need to put words
to the notes for both Ave Maria and Oremus, so make sure that you practice.
Miss J Tham told us all about the basic rules for singing in Latin yesterday so
I’m sure it won’t be too taxing
because we all remember the rules, right? Right!
Regina caeli is on the
mixpod, along with the dude’s version of yagi bushi. I couldn’t find the female
version for some reason. If you have the link for it, please send it to me.
As usual, if I’ve
missed anything out, please tell me so that I can add it in.
Ankita
