We continue to sing socially distanced, masks for those who wish, and we ask that everyone takes a lateral flow test before the rehearsal. Please make every effort to listen to the recordings online. After a vocal warm up, which again included work on the rhythms for ‘Gloria Fanfare’ we looked at the following pieces:…

We continue to sing socially distanced, masks for those who wish, and we ask that everyone takes a lateral flow test before the rehearsal. Please make every effort to listen to the recordings online. After a vocal warm up, which included work on the rhythms for ‘Gloria Fanfare’ we looked at the following pieces: Celebrate…

Viva la Musica (moosica) Praetorius Revised rhythms throughout – remember bar 5 ‘vi’ is staccato Sang through as a three-part round – sopranos start, alto middle stave, tenor & bass bottom stave. We will be singing this from memory in the concert, so learn all the words!! Celebrate with Music Clapped the rhythms in warm…

We continue to sing socially distanced, masks for those who wish, and we ask that everyone takes a lateral flow test before the rehearsal. After a vocal warm up, which concentrated on the rhythms for ‘Celebrate with Music’, we looked at the following pieces: Viva Musica (Praetorius) We learned the notes and rhythms of the…

We continue to sing socially distanced, masks for those who wish, and we ask that everyone takes a lateral flow test before the rehearsal. After a vocal warm up we looked at the following pieces: Cantata Domino We learned the notes and rhythms in the 3 sections before putting it all together. In Bar 2…

We made a start on the new repertoire. Many thanks to Paul for accompanying this week. The first of the sectional rehearsals (workshops) took place with the altos staying behind for 15 mins.  Next week it is the turn of the basses so others are free to leave at 8.45pm. We continue to sing socially…

This was a rehearsal for handing in music, collecting new music for the weeks ahead and reviewing the concert performance of last week. We made a start on the new repertoire. Mary also announced that she wishes to hold sectional rehearsals (SATB) for 15 mins at the end of main rehearsal each week. Each voice…

We continue to sing socially distanced, masks for those who wish, and we ask that everyone takes a lateral flow test before the rehearsal. Mary G was back as accompanist – hurrah! The concert on Saturday 26th at St Michael’s has had to be cancelled. Instead, there is an extra rehearsal from 4pm – 6pm…

We continue to sing socially distanced, masks for those who wish, and we ask that everyone takes a lateral flow test before the rehearsal. Paul stepped in as accompanist this week. Top Tip of the week! Hold copies up, heads up and eyes on Mary, communicate with the audience. SMILE All will be well Sing…

We continue to sing socially distanced, masks for those who wish, and we ask that everyone takes a lateral flow test before the rehearsal. Paul took the rehearsal this week. We revised and practised some of the more tricky sections in several pieces. We also helpfully sang through the pieces we had worked on from…