Hello,
Beautiful work at rehearsal last night – such a joy. We are making great progress on all of our music – right on schedule. Thank you for your focus and attention to detail.
We had 16 indicate YES for Durham Community Sings which is not enough for WVC to perform as an ensemble (we also didn’t have a good distribution of parts). But, I hope that if you are interested, you will plan to attend. We will register individually in the spring – I will forward information when I have it. I understand it is difficult to commit to this event so far in advance.
Rehearsal Reflection:
What Happens When a Woman mm. 39-46
– pitches and rhythms accomplished
– look at your part on page 4, mm. 19-21
– look at the body percussion mm. 39-46 (there are stomps that bridge one phrase to the next)
Wild Embers mm. 40-66
– pitches and rhythms accomplished
– note the accelerando mm. 55-56 and the ritardando mm. 59-60
– sorry I didn’t catch that there is a mistake in the score mm. 60-61 regarding the text placement. I didn’t want to stop rehearsal to make the correction – here it is:
S1/S2 – m. 60, beat 2, should be ‘fire’ (same as altos). Then beat 3 is ‘to’ (same as altos), then m. 61 is ‘life’ (same as altos).
The Girl With the Numbers mm. 98-114
– pitches and rhythms accomplished
– work on singing up to the performance tempo (the practice files are a great tool for this because you can alter the playback speed)
Be Like Jane mm. 79-112
– pitches and rhythms accomplished
– work on singing up to the performance tempo (the practice files are a great tool for this because you can alter the playback speed)
Richer for Her mm. 57-80
– pitches and rhythms accomplished
Like a Mountain mm. 30-48
– pitches and rhythms accomplished
Still I Rise mm. 52-84
– pitches and rhythms accomplished
– split m. 59, beat 2: top note – P1, second note – P2, third note – Mezzo, bottom note – Alto
Looking Ahead to 10/13/25:
We have new material to cover (listed below), and then as time allows, we will review other pieces.
We will work on all of our repertoire at our retreat – can’t wait!
| Repertoire | 10/13/25 |
| *What Happens When a Woman? (SV) (M) | review as time allows |
| *Wild Embers (SV) | review as time allows |
| *The Girl With the Numbers (SV) | review as time allows |
| No Fairy Tale Here | mm. 56-68 |
| The Radium Girl | all |
| *Hands Upon the Plow | mm. 98-125 |
| Rise Up | mm. 69-81 |
| Malala | mm. 47-61 |
| Be Like Jane | mm. 100-112 |
| *Richer for Her (SV) | review as time allows |
| *Like a Mountain (SV) (M) | review as time allows |
| *Still I Rise (SV) (M) | review as time allows |
| Water Women (Chamber Choir) | mm. 80-104 |