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New rehearsal venue!
After feeling very much at home at St Stephen’s, Gateacre for many years, we are moving to a new venue for rehearsals. click here for info
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Summer colours in full bloom!
We’ve just finished our programme for the summer and you can see what people thought AND hear some of the sounds by following this link It was particularly nice to share the stage with Year 3 pupils from St Margaret Mary’s School!
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LPV Musical Notes – 12 June 2023
The rehearsal was at St Margaret Mary’s Church (L14 0JG). This was a chance to get used to the seating and acoustics of the church which is new to us. We sang through most of the pieces which we are to perform – to revise what we have learned and be better prepared for…
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LPV Musical Notes – 05 June 2023
A reminder that the rehearsal next week on 12 June will be at St Margaret Mary’s Church (L14 0JG) at 7pm and will go on until 9.20. We practised the following pieces: Halima pakasholo There are 6 verses. These are: v1 – Call group (Melody 1 line) and single beat of drum. Call group to…
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LPV Musical Notes – 30 May 2023
Mary reminded us that there are only two rehearsals after this one before the concerts. We are all asked to look at our scores and listen to recordings to check our parts. After the warm up exercises, which focused on the ‘Allelujah Amen’ articulation and rhythms from Zadok the Priest we practised the following pieces:…
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LPV Musical Notes – 22 May 2023
After the warm up exercises we practised the following pieces: Calm and deep peace/Simple Gifts (Blue book p25) Sops and altos, use ‘choral breathing’ for long flowing lines and sing p as accompaniment. Observe rest in Bar 37 and Bar 40. In Bar 42 no break after ‘gossamers’, breathe in Bar 43 after ‘twinkle’. The…
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LPV Musical Notes – 15 May 2023
After the warm up exercises we practised the following pieces: For the beauty of the earth (Rutter Anthems p12) Zadok the Priest Goodbye until we meet again Calm and deep peace/Simple Gifts (Blue book p25) The Rose Over the Rainbow Gypsy Rover ‘She left behind her velvet gown, and boots of Spanish leather. They whistled…
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LPV Musical Notes – 02 May 2023
This was a Tuesday rehearsal because of the Monday Bank Holiday – attendance was good. We started as usual with warm up exercises. These included the men practising the ‘fffoo’ and ‘ffweee’ etc wind sounds at the start of ‘Goodbye until we meet again’. Be careful to count the beats in the bar, observe the…
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LPV Musical Notes – 24 April 2023
It was good to be back home at St Stephen’s particularly for the opportunity to chat and enjoy tea and cake at the break! We started as usual with warm up exercises and then practised the following pieces: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation Goodbye until we meet again Over the…
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Rehearsal Notes 17/04/23
We started with some stretches and some vocal exercises. We practised the following pieces: there were a lot of new notes to learn! Praise to the Lord This is a new song written for us by Paul. Unfortunately, the printed copies hadn’t arrived, so we listened while Paul played it through for us. It sounds…