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…

We continue to sing socially distanced and for, some of the rehearsal, with masks on. We ask that everyone takes a lateral flow test before the rehearsal. Warm up activities focused on the importance of musical phrasing, ensuring the stress is on the first syllable of the word but that the second syllable is not…

LPV Musical – 21 February 2022 We continue to sing socially distanced and for, some of the rehearsal, with masks on. We ask that everyone takes a lateral flow test before the rehearsal. It was quite a small turn out – half term holidays, stormy weather and illness – but we pushed on practising the…

We continue to sing socially distanced and for, some of the rehearsal, with masks on. We ask that everyone takes a lateral flow test before the rehearsal. After warm up activities, we looked at the following pieces: Jubilate Paul took the first 25 mins. of practice. We revised and practised the notes, rhythms, and how…

We continue to sing socially distanced and for some of the rehearsal with masks on. We ask that everyone takes a lateral flow test before the rehearsal. After a series of warm up activities, we looked at the following pieces: Like a Rainbow Be sure to sing accurate rhythm as in Bar 32 – ‘Together…

We continue to sing with masks on, socially distanced and ask that everyone takes a lateral flow test before the rehearsal. After a vocal warm up, we looked at the following pieces: We threw it all away We practised the phrase at Bars 23, 58 and 91 – the same notation and rhythm for sops.…