Choral Guild 2008

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Kudos and Happy Holidays!

Well done everyone! Great audience, good music and lots of joy and excitement. It was a pleasure to present our Christmas concert this year, and I hope it was rewarding for you all as well. Whatever your holiday plans, I hope you have a blessed and peaceful holiday season and New Year. See you at the party on January 5 and our first rehearsal on January 6, 2014! Take care and enjoy!

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Carols and such

Hi there -
A busy season means not so many postings to the blog apparently! Anyway, I am excited about our upcoming weekend of concerts. Here are the guidelines for the carols with the audience:

Angels from the Realms - Edward/Sheila
1. All unison (unison means on the melody)
2. Four parts (SATB)
3. Men unison
4. Women in parts
5. All unison
SATB on the refrain for all stanzas.
Piano on 1, 3, 4 and 5.

Song of the Crib - Jerry/Marie
1. Women
2. Men
3. Judy/Kate
4. Charlie/John
5. Danielle
6. Sally/Dale
7. Sheila
8. All
Unison throughout.
Piano throughout.

God Rest You Merry - Danielle/Jorge
1. All unison
2. SATB
3. Women unison
4. Men unison
5. SATB
6. Men unison
7. Women unison
8. All unison/SATB for refrain
Piano on 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8.

Let's leave it at that for Saturday as there will be plenty to put together with the other chorus. See you at St. John's promptly at 2:30 on Saturday!
Thank you for your singing :)