13 October 2012 Soli Deo Gloria News & Notes

Butter Braids

Marie Suter (Thanks so much!) is leading one of our key fundraisers beginning this week. Butter Braids and Caramel Rolls are delicious, and profitable to our choir. Please support Soli through selling these treats to friends and co-workers, and with your purchase. The money we raise supports OUR choir, so don't forget to sell these to friends and family.

Bake & Craft Sale

Scheduled for Nov 19, our bake & craft sale is another way to support Soli. Think about planning a treat or craft to sell, and plan on shopping for gifts!

Rehearsal upstairs, in the Sanctuary, so we can test out concert seating/standing arrangements and acoustics.

Concert Program Advertising

Advertising for our concert program is another was to support Soli Deo Gloria. The current form for advertising is on the website: Concert Advertising Agreement. Also, be sure your advertisers have a copy of the image guidelines, so their ads will be crisp and clear. Ads are very affordable, and reach an audience that is interested in supporting the arts.
Due date: Monday, November 5.

More on the Music...

Charpentier
Some of you may have heard Charpentier’s popular Prelude to Te Deum at a wedding, or as the opening tune for the European Broadcasting Union’s program Vienna’s New Year’s Eve Concert. For many of us, that’s about all that we know of this composer. However, Charpentier (1643-1704) was a very prolific and important French composer of the Baroque era, who was highly recognized and appreciated by his contemporaries.

Charpentier was trained in Italy, where he acquired a thorough understanding of contemporary Italian musical practice. This he brought back to Paris. From about 1660-1687 he worked as a house composer to Marie de Lorraine, duchesse de Guise, who was known as “Mlls de Guise.” Charpentier composed a considerable quantity of vocal works for her, including masses, oratorios, and psalm settings. During this time he also accepted many outside commissions. When Moliere had a falling-out with the composer Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1672, it was Charpentier who, for the next fifteen years, composed music for Moliere’s plays. During this time, Charpentier also composed for the Jesuits; this Messe de Minuit probably dates from 1690 and was composed for the great Jesuit church of St. Louis in Paris.

Very little of Charpentier’s music was published during his lifetime. But he himself collected his music, as well as his theoretical discussions, in many volumes. In November 2009, one of these theoretical volumes in Charpentier’s own hand was discovered in a library in Bloomington, Indiana. So Charpentier continues to be re-discovered for the important composer that he was.

Stoplight Vocal Tip
How’s your posture? When you drive, do you assume the “Mario Andretti” race-car posture, leaning way back and almost prone? Even in a comfortable seat, that’s hard on your back. Check your posture this week at that stop light. Are your spine and neck lined up over your “sit bones, ” those little pointy bones that you – well – sit on? If you make an effort to line all those up – sit bones, spine, neck head - you will have less tension in the singing portion of your body. And that’s our goal: no tension in your shoulders, back, neck, head, so that the vocal mechanism is free to work. And, at that stop light, don’t let the turned-up-bass in the car next to you dissuade you from your tension-free posture.

Practice Music Links

Gary DeKler and Taralena David are working on practice CDs. In the meantime, please try to listen to the recordings below. It's even more helpful if you can read your sheet music while you listen.

In Dulci Jubilo (Scheidt)

Messe de Minuit pour Noël - Kyrie (Charpentier)

Messe de Minuit pour Noël - Gloria

Messe de Minuit pour Noël - Credo

Messe de Minuit pour Noël - Noel, Sanctus & Benedictus, Agnus Dei

MIDI files in parts (not yet vetted by director): Charpentier Messe de Minuit pour Noel To try these, right-click and save the files to your "My Music" folder first. Information on Playing MIDI files. I have had good success with VanBasco's Karaoke player, which is free; it plays the parts as synthesized orchestra instruments.

Prayer Requests

Please continue to remember Harry Borowski in your prayers; he has brain cancer. Barbara Rosner has a melanoma on her ankle. Let us know if this are others we should remember in prayer for the Soli Deo Gloria community.


13 October 2012
Dear Kristin, We're glad you're here--hope you're enjoying the season. Don't forget--we're rehearsing upstairs in the Sanctuary this week.
Calendar Oct 15: Butter Braid Sales continue October 15: Rehearsal in sanctuary Oct 22: Butter Braid Orders due, with payment Oct 29: Butter Braids delivered Oct 29, Nov 26, before rehearsal: 40th anniversary committee Nov 5, 5:30pm: Board Meeting, Room 21 Nov 19: Bake & Craft Sale Dec 3, 5:30pm: Board Meeting, Room 21 Dec 8, 3pm: Christmas Concert May 4, 2013: 40th Anniversary Concert	In this newsletter Butter Braid Fundraiser Bake & Craft Sale scheduled Columbus Day reminder Rehearsal on Oct 15 in SANCTUARY More on the Music - Charpentier Stoplight Voice Tip: posture Practice Music Links Prayer Requests
Butter Braids Marie Suter (Thanks so much!) is leading one of our key fundraisers beginning this week. Butter Braids and Caramel Rolls are delicious, and profitable to our choir. Please support Soli through selling these treats to friends and co-workers, and with your purchase. The money we raise supports OUR choir, so don't forget to sell these to friends and family. Bake & Craft Sale Scheduled for Nov 19, our bake & craft sale is another way to support Soli. Think about planning a treat or craft to sell, and plan on shopping for gifts! Oct 15: Rehearsal in Sanctuary Rehearsal upstairs, in the Sanctuary, so we can test out concert seating/standing arrangements and acoustics. Concert Program Advertising Advertising for our concert program is another was to support Soli Deo Gloria. The current form for advertising is on the website: Concert Advertising Agreement. Also, be sure your advertisers have a copy of the image guidelines, so their ads will be crisp and clear. Ads are very affordable, and reach an audience that is interested in supporting the arts. Due date: Monday, November 5. More on the Music... Charpentier Some of you may have heard Charpentier’s popular Prelude to Te Deum at a wedding, or as the opening tune for the European Broadcasting Union’s program Vienna’s New Year’s Eve Concert. For many of us, that’s about all that we know of this composer. However, Charpentier (1643-1704) was a very prolific and important French composer of the Baroque era, who was highly recognized and appreciated by his contemporaries. Charpentier was trained in Italy, where he acquired a thorough understanding of contemporary Italian musical practice. This he brought back to Paris. From about 1660-1687 he worked as a house composer to Marie de Lorraine, duchesse de Guise, who was known as “Mlls de Guise.” Charpentier composed a considerable quantity of vocal works for her, including masses, oratorios, and psalm settings. During this time he also accepted many outside commissions. When Moliere had a falling-out with the composer Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1672, it was Charpentier who, for the next fifteen years, composed music for Moliere’s plays. During this time, Charpentier also composed for the Jesuits; this Messe de Minuit probably dates from 1690 and was composed for the great Jesuit church of St. Louis in Paris. Very little of Charpentier’s music was published during his lifetime. But he himself collected his music, as well as his theoretical discussions, in many volumes. In November 2009, one of these theoretical volumes in Charpentier’s own hand was discovered in a library in Bloomington, Indiana. So Charpentier continues to be re-discovered for the important composer that he was. Stoplight Vocal Tip How’s your posture? When you drive, do you assume the “Mario Andretti” race-car posture, leaning way back and almost prone? Even in a comfortable seat, that’s hard on your back. Check your posture this week at that stop light. Are your spine and neck lined up over your “sit bones, ” those little pointy bones that you – well – sit on? If you make an effort to line all those up – sit bones, spine, neck head - you will have less tension in the singing portion of your body. And that’s our goal: no tension in your shoulders, back, neck, head, so that the vocal mechanism is free to work. And, at that stop light, don’t let the turned-up-bass in the car next to you dissuade you from your tension-free posture. Practice Music Links Gary DeKler and Taralena David are working on practice CDs. In the meantime, please try to listen to the recordings below. It's even more helpful if you can read your sheet music while you listen. In Dulci Jubilo (Scheidt) Messe de Minuit pour Noël - Kyrie (Charpentier) Messe de Minuit pour Noël - Gloria Messe de Minuit pour Noël - Credo Messe de Minuit pour Noël - Noel, Sanctus & Benedictus, Agnus Dei MIDI files in parts (not yet vetted by director): Charpentier Messe de Minuit pour Noel To try these, right-click and save the files to your "My Music" folder first. Information on Playing MIDI files. I have had good success with VanBasco's Karaoke player, which is free; it plays the parts as synthesized orchestra instruments. Prayer Requests Please continue to remember Harry Borowski in your prayers; he has brain cancer. Barbara Rosner has a melanoma on her ankle. Let us know if this are others we should remember in prayer for the Soli Deo Gloria community.