Hello Everyone,
I had so much fun reading through our music last night – what a wonderful and interesting adventure we have ahead of us, exploring the theme of Home.
Special thanks to Karla and Marsha for getting us up and running with all of our new repertoire. And thank you to Kate and all of our buddies for welcoming and guiding our guests.
Please make these corrections in your Walk Together Children score (I mentioned some last night – hope I caught them all!):
m. 12 S2 beat 2 should be B-natural (the last note in the mesure is a Bb)
m. 17 A2 the last syllable should be ‘walk’ not ‘oh’
m. 23 S2 text should match the A1 text (not ‘de great’)
m. 36 S2 beat 2 should be B-natural, then F-natural, not Fb
m. 28 A1 cross out ‘ire’
To learn more about Lamiya Safarova and the composition, My Name is Lamiya: Don’t Call Me Refugee:
Attached is an ACDA Choral Journal article by composer Michael Bussewitz-Quarm
Attached is an Azerbaijan International article about Lamiya Safarova.
Here are links to MBQ talking about the piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-M4UKEDj5o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9WNU_icw0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2p-rbemS9k
Looking Ahead to 2/10/25
My Name is Lamiya: Don’t Call Me Refugee mm. 1-42
Mi Lugar mm. 1-34
Deep River mm. 28-37
Walk Together Children mm. 1-14
Grace Before Sleep mm. 35-50
We Are mm. 1-13, 51-72
If you would like to audition for Chamber Choir, please be prepared to sing an excerpt of Shenandoah, pick up to m. 12 through m. 31 in mixed formation. (The score is attached, and is also in our practice files). Auditions will be from 9:30-10pm on 2/17/25.
I look forward to digging in at rehearsal on Monday – see you then!
Laura