Advanced Women’s Choir

*Only what I led and taught*

Tuesday, October 23rd

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Winter Wonderland
o Teach first two songs

Thursday, October 25th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Winter Wonderland
o Teach last song and run the whole thing
- Carol of the bells
o Teach parts

Monday, October 29th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Symbols Quiz
- Teach Gloria
o Run all sections (this will go faster than other choirs)

Wednesday, October 31st

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Symbols Introduction
- Estrella Blanca
o Teach first half
- Dansi na Kuimba
o Teach parts
o Map out piece

Friday, November 2nd

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Run through SSA music
o Bella Bimba
o Carol of the Bells
o Gloria
o Song of the Apple Tree

Thursday, November 8th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
 - Symbols review
- Estrella Blanca
o Review first half
o Teach second half and make note of the key change

Monday, November 12th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Estrella Blanca
- Dansi na Kuimba
o Assign descant solos
- Bella Bimba
o Run/fix/run

Wednesday, November 14th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Symbols review

Friday, November 16th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Estrella Blanca
o Review

Tuesday, November 20th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Symbols review
- Bella Bimba
- Carol of the Bells
- Estrella Blanca
o Solidify phrasing

Tuesday, November 27th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Symbols review
- Festival Sanctus (not me)
- Mein heir Marquis (not me)

Thursday, November 29th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Run the whole program from memory
o Carol of the Bells
 o Song of the Apple Tree
o Bella Bimba
o Gloria
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

Monday, December 3rd

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Symbols Quiz
- Stage Mein heir Marquis
- Review Estrella Blanca

Wednesday, December 5th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Run whole program
o Carol of the Bells
o Song of the Apple Tree
o Bella Bimba
o Gloria
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

Friday, December 7th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Run whole program
o Carol of the Bells
o Song of the Apple Tree
o Bella Bimba
o Gloria
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

Tuesday, December 11th

- Physical Warm-up
- Vocal Warm-up
- Run whole program
o Carol of the Bells
o Song of the Apple Tree
o Bella Bimba
o Gloria
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

Thursday, December 13th

- Party

Carol of the Bells

- Only S1 and A in this class.
- Run/fix/run
- Things to consider:
o Ding and Dong MUST be closed to the ng at all times
o The whole piece builds from pp to FF
o Tall vowels
o Ding-dong-di-ing dong on pg 4 for S2/A
o Ending ding dongs need to be clear 2 part, closed to ng
Gloria
- Teach section by section (m. 17-20, 21-27, 28-35, 38-48, 50-59, 62-67, 68-
69)
- Things to consider:
o No breath: Gloria in excelsis Deo EVERY TIME
o In: EEN (diction)
o Solidifying counts in each section (different for S/A)

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

Bella Bimba
- Learn melody first
- Map out sections
 - Sectionals: Learn harmony parts
- Learn ending
- Put all together
- Rehearse and review until memorized
- Things to consider:
o Dance-like
o Middle sections must be much meatier
o No breath: when we are dancing la villa nella AND varda che pasa la
villa nella And le tanto bella da inamorar
o Distinction between two sections is essential
o Swells at the end
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)

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. 4-16, 17-23/24, 27-39, 40-53, 54-67,
68-72)
- Put it together S/A, run fix run, tune, legato all the way through
- [estreYa NOT estreLLa]
- Rehearse and review until memorized
- Put together with T/B 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 leading)