Men’s Chorus

*Only what I led and taught*

Monday, October 22nd

- Observation

Wednesday, October 24th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up

Friday, October 26th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Estrella Blanca
o Teach notes to first half, working on phrasing
- Winter Wonderland
o Teach notes to first two songs

Tuesday, October 30th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Winter Wonderland
o Teach notes to last song
o Review
- Symbols Quiz

Thursday, November 1st

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Dansi na kuimba
o Teach notes, work on a heartier sound
- Estrella Blanca
o Work on second half, focusing on the key change and differences
- Winter Wonderland
o Review, fix any phrasing issues

Wednesday, November 7th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- (all other done by teacher)

Friday, November 9th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Symbols introduction
- Lo, How a Rose
 o Listen
o Teach notes
o Talk about why singing this song
- Winter Wonderland
o Review
- Estrella Blanca
o Sectionals to solidify parts
o Come back together, and work on blending

Tuesday, November 13th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up

Thursday, November 15th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Green-Sleeves
o Teach notes/melody
o Mark places to breathe
- Symbols Review
- New River Train
o Review Notes
o Review Dance
- Estrella Blanca
- Dansi na Kuimba

Monday, November 19th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Estrella Blanca
- Dansi na Kuimba
- Lo, How a Rose

Monday, November 26th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Symbols review
- Mein heir Marquis
o Review notes
o Character work
- Estrella Blanca
- Dansi na Kuimba
- Lo, How a Rose
- Green-Sleeves

Wednesday, November 28th

 - Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Green-Sleeves
o Review parts
o Work on unifying sound
o Solo auditions
- Lo, How a Rose
o Review tenor 1 part
o Solo auditions
- Men of the Chorus
o Review dance

Friday, November 30th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Estrella Blanca
o Sectionals
- Symbols review
- Run whole program from memory

Tuesday, December 4th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Dansi na Kuimba
- Estrella Blanca
- Mein heir Marquis
o Review notes, start staging

Thursday, December 6th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Madrigals: Autumn Reel, Sing we and Chant it
- Green-Sleeves
- New River Train
- Lo, How a Rose
- Sort out remaining uniforms
- Symbols Quiz

Monday, December 10th

- Move risers onto the stage
- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Run the whole program:
o Madrigals: Autumn Reel, Sing we and Chant it
o Green-Sleeves
o New River Train
 o Lo, How a Rose
o Men of the Chorus
o The Journey
o Festival Sanctus
o The Snow Begins to Fall
o Dansi na Kuimba
o Estrella Blanca
o Mein heir Marquis
o Winter Wonderland
o Winter Holiday

Wednesday, December 12th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Run the whole program:
o Madrigals: Autumn Reel, Sing we and Chant it
o Green-Sleeves
o New River Train
o Lo, How a Rose
o Men of the Chorus-review choreography
o The Journey
o Festival Sanctus
o The Snow Begins to Fall
o Dansi na Kuimba
o Estrella Blanca
o Mein heir Marquis
o Winter Wonderland
o Winter Holiday

Green-Sleeves
- Learn melody and words
- Learn Bass, Tenor 2, then Tenor 1 part, and rehearse on la, noo, humming,
then words
- Solo auditions
- Rehearse and review until memorized
- Things to consider:
o No breath from measure 14-15 after Joy to Green
o M. 16 delighT; t goes on 6th beat of measure
o No breath between gold and And in measure 18
o S in GreensleeveS goes on beat 6 of measure 20
o More tenor 1 than other parts (they have the melody)

New River Train

Already learned when I got there (Ms. Little leading)

Lo, How a Rose

 - Learn melody on first verse words
- Sectionals: Bass and Tenor 1/2 separately
- Put all three parts together
- Solo auditions
- Rehearse until memorized
- Things to consider:
o Isaiah (AHsaiah)
o The (THAH
o M.30 T on beat 4
o M.33 D on beat 4
o M36 T on beat 4
o M.39 D on beat 3
o M.41 T on beat 3
o No breath between savior and when in m.43-44
o M.46 T on beat 4
o General: phrases should be connected and smooth. Very legato.

Men of the Chorus

Already learned when I got there (Ms. Little leading)

The Journey
Already learned when I got there (Ms. Little leading)

Festival Sanctus
Already learned when I got there (Ms. Little leading)

The Snow Begins to Fall

Already learned when I got there (Ms. Little leading)

Dansi Na Kuimba
- Sight read the whole piece with piano
- Review general rhythm on ‘long time ago’ section
- Go over the road map of the piece on board
- Work on stronger sound in solo sections
- Rehearse and review until memorized
- Things to consider:
o Long time ago section: breath ONLY after young, and sun.
o Then came a beat section: breath ONLY after strong, and begun.
o Dansi na kuimba section: ba is only a quarter note ALWAYS.
o Always observe the length of notes (quarter notes must be short)

Estrella Blanca
- Listen to the piece
- Sectionals: Run fix run all sections (m. 13-16, 17-23/24, 27-39, 40-53, 54-67,
68-72)
- Put it together T/B, run fix run, tune, legato all the way through
 - [estreYa NOT estreLLa]
- Rehearse and review until memorized
- Put together with S/A during after school rehearsals
- Things to consider:
o No breath during ‘but a start beaming in the sky will guide my steps
and bring me home.”
o Luz: loos
o Bring out m. 29 ‘my head’ and m. 35 ‘bring me home’
o The whole piece is legato, any moving lines should be treated as such
(especially tenors)
o Key change has a huge rit.
o Dynamics build until the end of the key change, then die down quickly
o Ending should be as serene as possible

Mein heir Marquis

(Ms. Little teaching, unless teaching in sectionals)

Our Winter Wonderland

- Many students know it, so sing through once
- Break up piece by song, and teach
- Put together
- Rehearse and review until memorized
- Things to consider:
o Fermatas at m. 3
o Hold out year and cheer for the full value
o Sing “There’ll be ooo” to help find note at m. 18
o Echo at m. 26
o Rhythm at m. 40/41
o Eflat not natural at m. 45
o Octave jumps in Let it Snow
o Echo at 64
o Echo at pickup to 72
o Sing ‘When it ah’ to help find note at m. 88
o No breath from m. 94-98

Winter Holiday
Already learned when I got there (Ms. Little leading)