Jazmine Harnishfeger-Brand
ALL SINGERS – VERY IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ:
Recitals are coming!
- Tuesday’s recital is scheduled for Tuesday, May 9th at 4:15 pm the Parish Hall. You can sign up for your potluck here.
- Thursday’s recital is scheduled for Thursday, May 11th at 5:00pm the Parish Hall. You can sign up for your potluck here.
- Singers will need to be in full concert dress for their recital. (You can read more about full concert dress here.)
Prep 2 Tuesday will have rehearsal off site on Tuesday, May 2nd, at Los Altos United Methodist Church (655 Magdalena Ave.) just down Foothill Expressway. Class still meets at it’s regular time!
Mandatory Dress Rehearsal
- All Prep 2 singers will have a mandatory Dress Rehearsal on Thursday, May 4th at 4:30 pm at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto (625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto).
- Release times are listed in this week’s Scoop.
- Again, please make sure all singers are in full concert dress at the Dress Rehearsal.
All Choir Concert, We Are A Circle
- The All Choir Concert, We Are A Circle will take place on Saturday, May 6th at 1:00 pm at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto (625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto).
- Singers are called at 11:30 am that morning in full concert dress.
- Make sure you buy your tickets!
Prep 2 Tuesday – Amy
Prep 2 had a very productive rehearsal this week. We spent much of our time this week focusing on our concert and recital music. Please be sure to help your singer work on memorization this week as our performances are quickly approaching! There are several videos and recordings available (on this site and in previous week’s blog posts) to help with memorization in addition to the sheet music and lyric sheets each chorister has been provided. At the end of our class, teacher Jazmine joined us to play piano for some of our pieces! She’ll be back again next week so we can have more practice hearing the piano accompaniment and performing with a conductor. Also, please remember that this week we have an off-site rehearsal on TUESDAY, during our regular class time and a DRESS REHEARSAL on THURSDAY.
Prep 2 Thursday – Emily
Dear Parents,
First I want to say a big Thank You to all of you! I can tell that the children had listened to their concert music this week, because they knew it quite well! We had an excellent rehearsal. Please continue to support them by having them listen this week. They need to have all the words and music memorized by next Thursday’s dress rehearsal. I gave them lyric sheets to help them with this task. They should all have gone home with Lyric sheets for We Can Plant a Forest and I am yesterday. They should already have in their folders: lyrics for We are a Circle and a simplified score of There Has to be a Song. I would say that There Has to be a Song is the song that they need the most practice on, but please keep working on all of them.
Here are the links to the concert songs:
We are a Circle–this one they know well, but need to memorize all the words
In addition to working on concert songs, we practiced a few things for our class recital, which is coming up in 2 weeks! It will take place at our regular class time, Thursday, May 11, 5-5:45 pm. Please plan to come and bring some goodies to share for our potluck. We are excited to share with you what we have learned!
Your child will need a uniform for the concert and recital. If you do not already have a uniform for your child, it is essential that you order one right away. You can go to Merry Mart in San Jose, or go to their website: http://www.merrymartuniforms.com/Cantabile_Youth_Singers/.
Thank you, and I’ll see you all next week.