This is the ASU women's choir performing the SSA version. Listen for their consonants and dynamics!

 

This is the Atlanta Master Chorale; they sing it SAB version but please still listen as it is helpful for dynamics, vowels, etc.

 

Please practice your track at least TWICE daily until it is correctly memorized, or until the concert, whichever comes first. Remember, ONLY sing your part when you hear the piano playing and ONLY speak when Ms. Koplinka-Loehr speaking. (FYI, if you are singing a part when the piano is not playing or you speak when she is not speaking, you are performing another part, not your own.)

Have fun!

 

Program Design Contest!

We are looking for program art for our concert. If you would like to design a cover, please follow these guidelines:

• Use a black pen or fine-tipped marker
• Draw your design in the blank space on the front of the attached page
• Be sure to have a music-related image
• Remember that both instrumental and vocal ensembles will be performing in the concert
• Due by Tuesday, November 27^th, 2018. Good luck!

 

Please use the following link to practice for your third pass-off:

 

Remember to scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the "ta-mi" dotted solfege rhythms. Also, remember that you need to use accurate rhythm syllables ("ta-ka-di-mi," "ta-di," "ta-a-mi," etc.) and pulse the eighth note pulse while you test in order to receive full credit. Have fun practicing!

 

New York Times mini-documentary (5 minutes) on the new staging of Satyagraha:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCGmbzRz9Ws

39 minute explanation of Satyagraha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GzcJd_UhYk

Olympic Games music as an example of Phillip Glass's compositional style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCvhAAJwdtY

Act I, Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera in Russia, beginning of the opera:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfqQK-ZVMG4

Act 1 "Tolstoy", Scene 1, “The Kuru Field of Justice,” as performed by Staatsoper Stuttgart:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMtDI539bvI

Act I, Scene 2 and Scene 3 "The Vow." Staatsoper Stuttgart performance of “The Vow”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsU7wczwbNI

Act II, wherein Gandhi gets rescued by the mayor’s wife with the umbrella: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxGCwSD4Gj8

To see the umbrella rescue, start at 16:11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zLEcVokkNQ

Act III, Gandhi’s relationship to Martin Luther King, and Evening Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKFFP2wySb8

Please color code your sheet music for this semester (winter concert) using the following color-coding methodology for dynamics (see below, and attached). Please be sure to use colored pencils ONLY. Singers are expected to color code ALL pieces of music. Please complete by next Monday, 10/8.

 

f and ff = red

mf = brown

mp = green

p, pp and ppp = blue

crescendo < = red

decrescendo/diminuendo > = blue

 

Optional : ritardando (rit.) = blue

Optional: fermata (birds-eye symbol) = brown

 

Please use the following links to practice reading your solfege cards (remember to scroll down to the bottom sections of each page):

 

 

Remember that "do" is on the first space. Also, remember that you need to sing accurate pitches, accurate syllables, and use accurate hand signs in order to receive full credit. You will be tested on two randomly selected solfege cards from the sample cards above. Have fun practicing!

Your first assignment is to subscribe to this class! Please follow the directions below. Welcome to CCMS Choir!

 

To subscribe:

1) Go to ccms.ccusd.org

2) Hover over the word “Students” in the top banner. A drop-down menu should appear. Click on the first word in the menu, “Classes/Homework.”

3) Once you are in “Classes/Homework,” click on “Electives.”

4) Once you are in “Electives,” scroll down and click on “Voicestra Choir.”

5) Once you have reached the Voicestra class page, please click on the button that says “+Subscribe” on the right-hand side.

6) A pop-up window will appear. Please enter your name, email, and if your parent is subscribing, please enter your name as a student. Thanks so much for completing your first assignment on time!

 

 

-Strong music-reading ability

-Strong leadership skills

-Positive attitude

-Ability to motivate peers

 

All students are encouraged to apply; preference will be given to 8th graders. Your 1-2 paragraphs are due to Ms. Koplinka-Loehr at the end of the day on 9/4. Thanks!