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LPV Musical Notes – 23 January 2023
We met in our new venue, music room at Gateacre School. It was a tight fit but warmer and easier to hear Mary and other members of the choir. Mary was concerned that we would have to adapt to the acoustic of a larger and higher room later for concerts. II One Hand, One Heart…
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LPV Musical Notes – 16 January 2023
It was good to see some new faces again this week – welcome! We hope to have a new rehearsal venue very soon so look out for updates about this. Please return any outstanding Christmas music as soon as possible. We ‘warmed up’ with vocal and rhythm exercises as usual. The focus of the rest…
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LPV Musical Notes – 09 January 2023
A Happy New Year to all. It was good to be back singing and welcoming new faces as well as those members who had been ill at the time of the Christmas concert. It was a good turn out. If you have not already done so then please return Christmas music as soon as possible.…
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Audio from our recent concert available now!
We’ve just finished for the year, but you can still hear recordings of some of the pieces from our Xmas concert (Joy to the World). Follow this link for unbounded joy!
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Concert Tickets
Yesterday’s concert at St Gabriel’s was very well received. For anyone who had tickets but was unable to attend, your tickets are valid for the concert at St Stephens, this Saturday evening.
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LPV Musical Notes – 05 December 2022
This was an important rehearsal ahead of our first Christmas concert at St Gabriel’s church on Sunday 11th December. Mary took us through most of the pieces we shall sing, rehearsing tricky sections for notes and rhythms, reminding us of articulation of words, practising ‘joins’ between sections, dynamics. Importantly, keep heads up over the top…
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LPV Musical Notes – 28 November 2022
We rehearsed again in the church of Our Lady of the Assumption. The arrangement of choir sections and the seating was much better for hearing both Mary and other voices in the choir. The warm up exercises include practising the singing of certain words – to sing through the vowels and keep consonants short eg…
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LPV Musical Notes – 21 November 2022
We rehearsed again in the church of Our Lady of the Assumption which was not so warm this week and seating continued to be a challenge in terms of hearing Mary and listening to other sections of the choir. However, there was a good turn out and we made good progress with the pieces for…
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Xmas 2022 – Joy to the World!
” … liked the variety of music, the togetherness of the voices and the smiling faces!” “It was good to see a range of ages in the choir!” ” we liked the variety of pieces and the way the programme was put together. We also liked the quality of the singing!” Audio samples from the…
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LPV Musical Notes – 14 November 2022
We rehearsed in a new venue this week and possibly for the rest of term, the church of Our Lady of the Assumption, which was warmer, very convenient for parking and for other facilities. The acoustics were different and it took some time to adjust. We practised the following: Angels’ Gloria We confirmed who was…