Wow - we have a lot going on to put this final concert together! Thank you to each of you, especially those who are learning additional parts for the ensemble and solo music. It's great to have so many talented and devoted singers in the group. Last night left me feeling fractured at the end of rehearsal, and I missed seeing many of you before you left. I hope you felt as I did, that our pieces for the full chorus are going very well and are quite musical and expressive. With that in mind, here is what I am proposing for our final rehearsal together.
7:00 - I will work with individuals on particular parts and ask those people personally to arrive early.
7:30 - We will rehearse the five-part madrigals, Ecco and Primavera. Those singers should come warmed up and ready to sing together.
7:50 - We will rehearse the Mikado and Curry quartet pieces.
8:00 - This will be the official start of the main rehearsal for all singers. We will first sing through the entire Seasonings piece. Then, we will rehearse all the remaining music.
It is my plan to rehearse the piece for Relay for Life at the end of rehearsal as we did last night. My hope is to not go too much past the 9:30 hour, but we may run over slightly as happened last night. This is an important outreach for us and the community, and I appreciate those singers who are volunteering their time to attend this event and put in the extra rehearsal time.
So, let's plan on the above for next week. Let me know if you have any questions about the schedule.
Finally, if you know of anyone involved in the Boston tragedy, know that our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected. The quote by Leonard Bernstein, if you have not now already seen it, is poignant, I believe, at this time.
"This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before."
May it be so. See you on Monday.
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