Hello Everyone,
I loved hearing our music last night – wonderful music making!
I think you will enjoy the recording Kelly made of Here in My Heart. I have listened several times and really loved hearing it – makes me feel so joyful!
Here is the link – see what you think! (let me know if you have trouble accessing the recording – I uploaded it to Google Drive). Thank you, Marley for including us in your journey – we all wish you the best and are glad that you are singing with WVC.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15ASqvzGwlzkQ4m4TVALdVXHYu4Rxc-2P/view?usp=share_link
(PS: If you were unable to access the Drive link for Here in My Heart, I uploaded it (unlisted) to the WVC YouTube channel. You can view it here: https://youtu.be/VwylQ2Nn054)
Thank you, Leandra, for your guidance on overtone singing. I have had the most fun working on it – I continue to drive Joey nuts but he is tolerating it. Attached is my overtone singing progress – haha – hope y’all are having fun practicing, too! I have discovered that in addition to making a voice memo to better hear my progress, I can also hear the overtones better if I put my finger(s) in one or both ears. Also attached is our rehearsal of overtone singing – you can really hear some of the harmonics popping out once we get going – yay!
Consider the following opportunities:
We need a narrator for the opening of Honour the Earth (inside cover of your music). If you would like to audition, please email a voice memo by Sunday, November 24th.
You can refer to this performance for review:
We will have singers play the 5 harmonic whirlie parts – we can see who is interested at rehearsal and take turns. They are fun, but it can be tiring after an extended time of twirling…so let’s see who is interested and go from there.
Rehearsal Reflection
Here in My Heart – We spent some time singing Here in My Heart for Marley’s video. Have a listen and see what you hear – obviously, we are hearing the singers closest to Kelly the loudest (y’all sounded great!) but especially listen for those consonants we are working on. Dynamics and phrasing are really coming along.
Honour the Earth – overtone singing work with Leandra – thank you! So much fun to try something different and/or different. Our voices can do amazing things!
I Am – I’m thrilled with the progress we have made on this wonderful piece – I hope that you are, too. Please review the performance recording – we need to progress to a much faster tempo and I think we are ready to do that. If you have time, please sing with and/or listen to the recording to internalize that faster tempo. https://graphitepublishing.com/product/i-am/ Listen to how exciting the ’round the wind’ is – we can do that! Thanks to both Darcy and Shira who did some expert sleuthing and found that Catherine deVink’s poem, Woman Singing, is from the collection God of a Thousand Names, published in 1993. I knew if I asked the chorus someone could help me find that information – thank you Darcy and Shira!
I Love You/What a Wonderful World – Great work on this – we cleared up some mystery notes and improved the ensemble cohesion at the tempo changes page 16-end. We will definitely need to work throughout on balance and make sure that we can clearly hear all parts.
Sing Wearing the Sky – Great review m. 87 to the end. The portamentos sound terrific. We will review all of this piece at our next rehearsal.
Chamber Choir
Sing, My Child – opening solo and duet – sing either part or both parts with the practice file in the background. Please email me a voice memo by Sunday, November 24th.
Earth Song info link – interview with composer/lyricist Frank Ticheli
Looking Ahead to 11/25/24
Honour the Earth – add harmonic whirlies (yay!), review overtone singing, sing through all
I Am – review all and rehearse at a faster tempo, building up to the performance tempo
Sing, Wearing the Sky! – review all (especially opening section)
Measure Me, Sky! – review all
Nigra Sum – review all
Sky Dances – review all
Some Glad Morning – review all
I Love You/What a Wonderful World – review as time allows
Chamber Choir
We will sing in mixed formation…stay tuned (haha – pun intended)
See you next week!
Laura