Please note: Rehearsal Times changed
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29 September 2012
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Dear Kristin,

Please note:  We're doing sectional rehearsals this week, so REHEARSAL TIMES ARE DIFFERENT than the usual time.
Calendar

Oct 1, 6:30pm and 8:15pm:  Last chance Performance Attire Try-Ons

Oct 1, 5:30pm:  Board Meeting, Room 21

Oct 29, Nov 26, before rehearsal:  40th anniversary committee

Nov 5, 5:30pm:  Board Meeting, Room 21

Dec 3, 5:30pm:  Board Meeting, Room 21

Dec 8, 3pm:  Christmas Concert

May 4, 2013:  40th Anniversary Concert

In this newsletter

Rehearsal Times for THIS WEEK, Oct 1.

Performance Attire

Practice Music Links

Board Meeting this week

Columbus Day reminder

Section Leaders

Refreshment Volunteers

Prayer Requests

More on the Music - Hodie Christus Natus Est (chant) & Stoplight Voice Tips


Rehearsal Times THIS week, Oct 1, 2012

7:00 - 8:15pm  Sopranos & Altos
8:30 - 9:30pm  Tenors & Basses

Please arrive and be ready to sing at your appointed time!  Gary will also be adjusting section seating for best sound; please support this, rather than simply sitting next to a longtime friend.


Performance Attire, Oct 1st, 6:30 pm

Final dress try-ons at 6:30 on Monday Oct 1st, or at 8:15 (after sectionals) in the Wesley Room next to rehearsal space.  Dresses MUST be ordered this week.  Bring a check or cash to buy a dress or put down a deposit of $30.00 for a new dress, and to pay for dresses selected last week.

If you have a dress to trade please be there as soon as possible so it can get sold. Take used dresses home after rehearsal if they have not sold this season.


Practice Music Links

Gary DeKler and Taralena David are working on practice CDs.  In the meantime, and before Monday if at all possible, please try to listen to the recordings below.  It's even more helpful if you can read your sheet music while you listen; we'll be covering these in sectionals this week.

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.


Board Meetings

Soli Deo Gloria board meeting this Monday, Oct 1, 5:30 pm, Room 21; choir members welcome to attend.


Columbus Day

We WILL have rehearsal on Columbus Day, Oct 8th; please plan to be attend.  


Section Leaders Needed

Thank you to Lucinda Thero and Joe Novak who have volunteered as section leaders for the Tenor and Bass sections respectively.


Refreshment Volunteers

Thank you to those who've already stepped forward to help; we could still use a couple more--many hands make light work!  Two people can set up by coming a several minutes early.  At break, one person handles water pitchers, another cleans the coffee pot, and one or two more store the snacks and beverage ingredients.

Also, please contribute to the refreshment fund; even if you just drink water, the cups add up over time.

Marj Roeder is in Houston, and sends her regards to all.


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.


More on the Music

One of our members (who prefers to be anonymous) will be providing short background pieces about the music we're singing, the composers and vocal music, beginning this week, with Gary's wholehearted support.  Enjoy!

Hodie Christus Natus Est – chant
We are singing this using neumes. A neume is the basic element of musical notation before the invention of the five-line staff notation. The word is a Middle English corruption of the originally Greek word for breath (pneuma). Neumes are used to indicate the general shape but not necessarily the exact notes or rhythms of the chant.

This particular chant is an antiphon to the Magnificat, sung in the Roman Catholic Church on Christmas Day vespers.  The translation is:  Today Christ is born; today the Savior appeared. Today on Earth the angels sing, archangels rejoice. Today the righteous rejoice, saying: Glory to God in the highest. Alleluia. 
 
Stoplight Voice Tips
This week as you are sitting in your car at a stoplight, do some stomach-strengthening exercises.You'll sing better if those muscles are toned; stronger abdomen muscles can also help control a wobbly vibrato.  So, breathe in and then hiss out sixteen, making sure that you move your tummy muscles. Another good exercise is to pant like a puppy dog. 
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