Vocal folds are small and not indestructible - please take care of yours!!
The last video is of four people in standard vocal ranges: S A T B.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Vocal Fold Videos
A few looks at the inside of your instrument!
Vocal folds are small and not indestructible - please take care of yours!!
The last video is of four people in standard vocal ranges: S A T B.
Vocal folds are small and not indestructible - please take care of yours!!
The last video is of four people in standard vocal ranges: S A T B.
WOW!
Hello everyone,
FIRST - let me give kudos, BRAVISSIMO, salutations, two snaps, thumbs up, high five, and shout-outs to EVERYBODY for a fabulous pair of Family Weekend Concerts!
On Monday Oct 24 I was delighted to find three - THREE! messages in my email inbox from people who had come to one of our 10/21 concerts and decided to attend the Christmas concerts.
Ticks will be distributed in about 1 1/2 weeks - Management team will be putting the envies together on November 8, so stay tuned.
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Today in noon Chorale section, a wonderful, inspiring, exciting exchange of musical expertise and group spirit between our choir and Gonzaga's choir - they are performing on Saturday 10/29 at 7 p.m. at St. Joe's! We will all be there to support them and hear an entire hour of splendid singing!
Y'all did yourselves mighty proud this afternoon with some of the very best and most musical, full-bodied singing I have heard you do to date. Onward and upward!
(also, we looked WAY COOL in our T-shirts ;-)
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We still have BIG MUSIC to learn for the Christmas concerts - with just 36 days remaining until Concert #1, it behooves each of us to really get crackin' on the rest of our rep.
To that end, I now offer a few gospel clips that should help get everyone in the groove for my piece ("Glory to the New-Born King").
Choirfolk, listen - be inspired - I know, I am FULLY AND COMPLETELY CONFIDENT that you will do a wonderful performance of my piece. I fully expect you to TEAR IT UP!!!
LL&P,
Lee
FIRST - let me give kudos, BRAVISSIMO, salutations, two snaps, thumbs up, high five, and shout-outs to EVERYBODY for a fabulous pair of Family Weekend Concerts!
On Monday Oct 24 I was delighted to find three - THREE! messages in my email inbox from people who had come to one of our 10/21 concerts and decided to attend the Christmas concerts.
Ticks will be distributed in about 1 1/2 weeks - Management team will be putting the envies together on November 8, so stay tuned.
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Today in noon Chorale section, a wonderful, inspiring, exciting exchange of musical expertise and group spirit between our choir and Gonzaga's choir - they are performing on Saturday 10/29 at 7 p.m. at St. Joe's! We will all be there to support them and hear an entire hour of splendid singing!
Y'all did yourselves mighty proud this afternoon with some of the very best and most musical, full-bodied singing I have heard you do to date. Onward and upward!
(also, we looked WAY COOL in our T-shirts ;-)
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We still have BIG MUSIC to learn for the Christmas concerts - with just 36 days remaining until Concert #1, it behooves each of us to really get crackin' on the rest of our rep.
To that end, I now offer a few gospel clips that should help get everyone in the groove for my piece ("Glory to the New-Born King").
Choirfolk, listen - be inspired - I know, I am FULLY AND COMPLETELY CONFIDENT that you will do a wonderful performance of my piece. I fully expect you to TEAR IT UP!!!
LL&P,
Lee
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
TODAY IS PENULTIMATE DAY TO FWC - ARE YOU READY?!!!
Hello everyone,
Our two Family Weekend concerts are about 50 hours away!
whoooo
I am pleased to inform everyone that a recent email from our contact Ms. Laurie Prince indicates a capacity audience for BOTH CONCERTS!
That's 250 audience members for 7 p.m. and 250 for 8.30 p.m.!
There will likely be a few additional folks in the audience - we don't turn people away.
If I may -
I'm putting on my Aunty Lee hat right now - please consider the following and govern yourselves accordingly, if at all possible!
1. GET ENOUGH SLEEP.
2. GET ENOUGH WATER.
3. GET ENOUGH DECENT FOOD.
4. DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL.
5. DO NOT USE "HERBAL" PRODUCTS.
6. DO NOT DRINK MILK ON CONCERT DAY.
7. STAY AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE ILL.
8. DO THE "eeeeeeee" VOCALISE TO KEEP YOUR VOCAL FOLDS TONED AND RELAXED.
9. STUDY YOUR MUSIC!
10. DETERMINE TO HAVE FUN!!!
This is our first real concert of the 2016-2017 academic year. It's a wonderful thing that we do to contribute to Seattle U spirit, welcome parents and family members to campus for the week/end, AND AND AND test-drive some of the more challenging pieces in our Christmas Concert repertoire.
It is not the end!!!!
I know that everyone will do their best to do their best on Friday, and this is a GOOD THING.
However - "the best" is what we hermeneuticists call an ever-receding horizon - there's always something just over the hill - something even better, something even more beautiful, something even more gorgeous - and as musicians, we are committed to continue our relentless pursuit of this something.
SO.
Next week, we'll be working on more of the Christmas concert repertoire - rep that hasn't yet been taken out in rehearsals - rep that you may not have heard or looked over...I encourage everyone to spend a few minutes listening to the next set of pieces on Dropbox over the weekend.
Protect those precious little vocal folds! Enjoy your considerable achievements! STRUT YOUR STUFF! And, get ready to shift it into an even higher gear come Monday.
WE ARE CAPABLE.
WE ARE SMART.
WE KNOW HOW TO WORK SMART.
WE ARE READY.
WE ARE FABULOUS!
See you Friday 10/21/16 at 5 p.m. in the Chapel of St. Ignatius.
1. Choir T-shirt
2. Black pants (not black jeans, please - actual slacks)
3. Black shoes
4. Black socks
5. BIG SMILE!!
LL&P,
Lee
Our two Family Weekend concerts are about 50 hours away!
whoooo
I am pleased to inform everyone that a recent email from our contact Ms. Laurie Prince indicates a capacity audience for BOTH CONCERTS!
That's 250 audience members for 7 p.m. and 250 for 8.30 p.m.!
There will likely be a few additional folks in the audience - we don't turn people away.
If I may -
I'm putting on my Aunty Lee hat right now - please consider the following and govern yourselves accordingly, if at all possible!
1. GET ENOUGH SLEEP.
2. GET ENOUGH WATER.
3. GET ENOUGH DECENT FOOD.
4. DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL.
5. DO NOT USE "HERBAL" PRODUCTS.
6. DO NOT DRINK MILK ON CONCERT DAY.
7. STAY AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE ILL.
8. DO THE "eeeeeeee" VOCALISE TO KEEP YOUR VOCAL FOLDS TONED AND RELAXED.
9. STUDY YOUR MUSIC!
10. DETERMINE TO HAVE FUN!!!
This is our first real concert of the 2016-2017 academic year. It's a wonderful thing that we do to contribute to Seattle U spirit, welcome parents and family members to campus for the week/end, AND AND AND test-drive some of the more challenging pieces in our Christmas Concert repertoire.
It is not the end!!!!
I know that everyone will do their best to do their best on Friday, and this is a GOOD THING.
However - "the best" is what we hermeneuticists call an ever-receding horizon - there's always something just over the hill - something even better, something even more beautiful, something even more gorgeous - and as musicians, we are committed to continue our relentless pursuit of this something.
SO.
Next week, we'll be working on more of the Christmas concert repertoire - rep that hasn't yet been taken out in rehearsals - rep that you may not have heard or looked over...I encourage everyone to spend a few minutes listening to the next set of pieces on Dropbox over the weekend.
Protect those precious little vocal folds! Enjoy your considerable achievements! STRUT YOUR STUFF! And, get ready to shift it into an even higher gear come Monday.
WE ARE CAPABLE.
WE ARE SMART.
WE KNOW HOW TO WORK SMART.
WE ARE READY.
WE ARE FABULOUS!
See you Friday 10/21/16 at 5 p.m. in the Chapel of St. Ignatius.
1. Choir T-shirt
2. Black pants (not black jeans, please - actual slacks)
3. Black shoes
4. Black socks
5. BIG SMILE!!
LL&P,
Lee
Monday, October 3, 2016
October 3
This %*&@$^! program just ate my ENTIRE post, which I had put quite a bit of time and effort into.
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Highlights
1. 18 days remaining until FWC, hustle to the max and we will again do a wonderful job this year!
2. New people: there are 2 Family Weekend concerts, each under an hour. 7 to 8 p.m., then 8.30 to 9.30 p.m. I suggest that EVERYONE "eat big" around 6 p.m. and pack a little snack to tide over and eat between 8. and 8.30. There won't be enough time to grab and safely ingest something from 12th Avenue eateries - if you try to do that, you'll find yourself getting into position with half your dinner still on its way down to your tummy!
3. Bella Voce: Quickie Trick for learning the Britten Hodie - prepare your own score and write 'neumes' (little markings above syllables that indicate where pitch rises, falls, etc.)
A bit about neumes here (read the first 2 paragraphs): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neume
Easy to do: just copy the text by hand on a sheet of paper or use what I've given below. (Copying by hand will help you memorize the words very quickly, btw).
In the text below, I've maintained syllabification - Copy (or copy and paste, format in 14 point type with double space between the lines):
Ho-di--e-- Chri-----tus na-tus- est---;
Ho-di-e-Sal-va-tor ap--pa-ru--it:
Ho-di--e in ter-ra ca---nunt an-ge-li---
lae-tan--tur arch-an-ge-li:
Ho-di-e------ ex-sul----tant jus-ti--- di-cen-tes
glo-ri-a in ex-cel-sis De-o.
Al-le-lu-ia!
Al-le-lu------ia!
Al-le-lu------ia!
Maintain the dashes between syllables. If there's a melisma (group of notes sung over a single syllable of text), indicate this with a longer dash.
Then, listening to the choral recording, mark or draw a wavy pencil line ABOVE the text to help feel the melodic contour. Mark in breaths!! Use pencil!
Sing with the clip - test yourself
Then using your score and the clip, play 1 phrase / sing it / play it again and check yourself, etc.
Get together with others from B.V. and test each other!!
Here is a nice clip - it's too long to put in DropBox - just follow the link -
it leads to an SATB version of the "Ceremony of Carols," which Britten originally scored for 3-voice treble choir and harp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXyjrhz5bzs
Here's another clip - also too long to put in DropBox because it is of the entire C of C. DO NOT LISTEN TO WHAT FOLLOWS THE 'HODIE' MOVEMENT - it is not good!!!!! The "Hodie" is the best of this performance, imo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQyunriE1zg
Bon chance!
Lee
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Highlights
1. 18 days remaining until FWC, hustle to the max and we will again do a wonderful job this year!
2. New people: there are 2 Family Weekend concerts, each under an hour. 7 to 8 p.m., then 8.30 to 9.30 p.m. I suggest that EVERYONE "eat big" around 6 p.m. and pack a little snack to tide over and eat between 8. and 8.30. There won't be enough time to grab and safely ingest something from 12th Avenue eateries - if you try to do that, you'll find yourself getting into position with half your dinner still on its way down to your tummy!
3. Bella Voce: Quickie Trick for learning the Britten Hodie - prepare your own score and write 'neumes' (little markings above syllables that indicate where pitch rises, falls, etc.)
A bit about neumes here (read the first 2 paragraphs): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neume
Easy to do: just copy the text by hand on a sheet of paper or use what I've given below. (Copying by hand will help you memorize the words very quickly, btw).
In the text below, I've maintained syllabification - Copy (or copy and paste, format in 14 point type with double space between the lines):
Ho-di--e-- Chri-----tus na-tus- est---;
Ho-di-e-Sal-va-tor ap--pa-ru--it:
Ho-di--e in ter-ra ca---nunt an-ge-li---
lae-tan--tur arch-an-ge-li:
Ho-di-e------ ex-sul----tant jus-ti--- di-cen-tes
glo-ri-a in ex-cel-sis De-o.
Al-le-lu-ia!
Al-le-lu------ia!
Al-le-lu------ia!
Maintain the dashes between syllables. If there's a melisma (group of notes sung over a single syllable of text), indicate this with a longer dash.
Then, listening to the choral recording, mark or draw a wavy pencil line ABOVE the text to help feel the melodic contour. Mark in breaths!! Use pencil!
Sing with the clip - test yourself
Then using your score and the clip, play 1 phrase / sing it / play it again and check yourself, etc.
Get together with others from B.V. and test each other!!
Here is a nice clip - it's too long to put in DropBox - just follow the link -
it leads to an SATB version of the "Ceremony of Carols," which Britten originally scored for 3-voice treble choir and harp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXyjrhz5bzs
Here's another clip - also too long to put in DropBox because it is of the entire C of C. DO NOT LISTEN TO WHAT FOLLOWS THE 'HODIE' MOVEMENT - it is not good!!!!! The "Hodie" is the best of this performance, imo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQyunriE1zg
Bon chance!
Lee
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