Intermediate Rehearsal Blog: April 2014

Three African Folksongs: Pembela, Nomali, and Mambo Jesu

Bless the Lord #3: Grannies and Grandads (note: this recording is faster than we’re doing it!)

African songs

Musicianship

Intermediate A AND Intermediate Honor: YOUR BOOKS ARE NOW OVERDUE. If you haven’t handed your workbook in already, please do so next week!

Happy Practicing!

Friday, April 18, 2014

Rehearsal Blog Update 04/18/2014

Dear Intermediate Singers and Families,

HATS choreography videos have now been posted – please find them below! Families, please read carefully all information below:

Important Schedule Reminders

Thursday, April 24^th: Regular rehearsal at Foothills

Thursday, May 1^st: LOCATION CHANGE: rehearsal at First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto

Thursday, May 8^th: Last rehearsal at Foothills

Friday, May 9^th: Dress rehearsal for All Choirs Concert, 4:30-6:30pm, First United Methodist Church.

Saturday, May 10^th: All Choirs Concert at First United Methodist Church. Call time 2:30pm, concert 4:00pm. Click HERE to buy tickets!

Families new to Cantabile as of January 2014: please ensure that you have already purchased the Cantabile performance uniform. Click HERE for more details.

May 10th Concert

ALL MUSIC IS NOW MEMORIZED. Click on the titles to watch videos of the pieces you need to practice.

Hats - Please continue to bring a hat to rehearsal

Check out these choreography videos! Practice with either or both of these this week:

Hats #1 (with full choir singing)

Hats #2 (a cappella with a couple helpers)

Bless the Lord

Three African Folksongs: Pembela, Nomali, and Mambo Jesu

Bless the Lord #3: Grannies and Grandads (note: this recording is faster than we’re doing it!)

African songs

Musicianship

Intermediate A AND Intermediate Honor: YOUR BOOKS ARE NOW OVERDUE. If you haven’t handed your workbook in already, please do so next week!

Happy Practicing!

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Rehearsal Blog Update 04/10/2014

Dear Intermediate Singers and Families,

Thank you, singers, for working so hard this week in rehearsal – you sound great! I hope you’re getting excited for our big May concert! HATS choreography videos have now been posted – please find them below! Families, please read carefully all information below, including the notice about our change in rehearsal location for next week.

Important Schedule Reminders

Thursday, April 17^th (next week!): LOCATION CHANGE: rehearsal at First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto.

Thursday, April 24^th: Regular rehearsal at Foothills

Thursday, May 1^st: LOCATION CHANGE: rehearsal at First United Methodist Church.

Thursday, May 8^th: Last rehearsal at Foothills

Friday, May 9^th: Dress rehearsal for All Choirs Concert, 4:30-6:30pm, First United Methodist Church.

Saturday, May 10^th: All Choirs Concert at First United Methodist Church! Call time 2:30pm, concert 4:00pm. Click HERE to buy tickets!

Families new to Cantabile as of January 2014: please ensure that you have already purchased the Cantabile performance uniform. Click HERE for more details.

May 10th Concert

ALL MUSIC IS NOW MEMORIZED. Click on the titles to watch videos of the pieces you need to practice.

Hats - Please continue to bring a hat to rehearsal

Check out these choreography videos! Practice with either or both of these this week:

Hats #1 (with full choir singing)

Hats #2 (a cappella with a couple helpers)

Bless the Lord

Three African Folksongs: Pembela, Nomali, and Mambo Jesu

Bless the Lord #3: Grannies and Grandads (note: this recording is faster than we’re doing it!)

African songs

Musicianship

Intermediate A AND Intermediate Honor: YOUR BOOKS ARE NOW OVERDUE. If you haven’t handed your workbook in already, please do so next week!

Happy Practicing!

Friday, April 4, 2014

Rehearsal Blog Update 04/04/2014

Dear Intermediate Singers and Families,

We're just over one month away from our final concert! Please ensure that singers are practicing with the videos below and the part recordings sent via email, and diligently completing their musicianship workbook homework.

Upcoming Event: Friday, April 4th

Cantabile's Aria and Bravi choirs will be performing in the Los Altos plaza at State St. and Main St. for “First Friday”: http://losaltosfirstfriday.org/about/

Come on out from 6:30-7:30pm and support them! Bring your friends, and anyone you know who might be interesting in joining Cantabile!

Hats

Please continue to bring a hat to rehearsal. The hat must be easily put on and taken off with just one hand, and made out of stiff enough material that it holds its form. (A wool winter hat or tilley hat, for example, would NOT work, and baseball caps will no longer work either.) Ideal hats are costume or real bowlers, fedoras, boaters, top hats, cowboy hats, sombreros, straw hats, or halloween hats like a hard hat, sailor cap, police cap, etc.

If you don’t own any hats like the ones described above, try Diddams at 1952 W El Camino Real, Mountain View. I bought a perfect black hat there the other day for under $3!

May 10th Concert

ALL MUSIC IS NOW MEMORIZED.

Click on the titles to watch videos of the pieces you need to practice.

Hats (music begins at 0:58)

Three African Folksongs: Pembela, Nomali, and Mambo Jesu

Bless the Lord #3: Grannies and Grandads (note: this recording is faster than we’re doing it!)

And keep reviewing the African songs, too: