George Orwell Start Notes, Parts and People in Charge

Posted on by — No Comments ↓

Parts and Start Notes for George Orwell Song Singers Start Note Iqude Robin Soprano Mercedes, Janette, Wendy D5 Alto Juliana, Louli, Kathleen (Wendy) D4 Tenor Matt, Sebastian, Sarah (Wendy) B4 Bass Robin, Simon (Juliana – octave up) G Scarborough Fair Madrigals Soprano (Tenor 1) Mercedes C5 Alto (Tenor 2) Wendy G4 Tenor (Bass 1) Louli C4 Bass (Bass 2) Juliana E♭4 Moon River Simon Soprano Mercedes, Janette A4 Alto Wendy, Juliana, Kathleen F♯4 Tenor Matt, Sebastian, Louli D4 Bass Robin, Simon D3 Summer Time Janette Tune Janette, Juliana, Mercedes, Amanda (Wendy*) C Alto Wendy, Louli, Kathleen, Sarah, Uli G♯ Tenor Continue reading George Orwell Start Notes, Parts and People in Charge→

Agenda 18 October 2011

Posted on by — No Comments ↓

This month’s Chairperson: Sebastian The chair keeps us to time, and moves the agenda along. When they’re speaking, we all belt up. Chair also produces notes at the end of the meeting for circulation and upload to website. Attendees: JB, LS, AL, MM, SE, MS, KM, RM, SA, WT, JL, SS, UW Song Time Leader 1 Warm up 5 mins Mercedes (please?) 2 Warm up songs: Blackbird Do Right 10 mins Takers? 3 I Want To Break Free Without scores if possible 10 mins Sebastian 4 Lassie Lie Near Me Please have a listen to your part again and practise Continue reading Agenda 18 October 2011→

Minutes Rehearsal 4 October 2011

Posted on by — No Comments ↓

present: AL, LS JB, MS, JL, MM, SA, SS, KM, UW, SE apologies: WT and RM 0. 1855 by popular request Goring songs playback, followed by discussion, for which I’ve jotted down soundbytes: Not the kindest of recordings….. recording does not lie…..some wrong notes…..retitience….important to feel committed…..difficult to give ourselves feedback…..be good to get (someone to) give feedback in rehearsal….people liked us at GU….need to go through first few notes of Blackbird slowly…..we should take turns to sit out and listen….important to practice each part separately (can then hear mistakes)….practice 2 parts together….need to get into performance mode…..warm up important….our Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 4 October 2011→

Agenda 4 October 2011

Posted on by — No Comments ↓

Agenda Rehearsal 4 October 2011 This month’s Chairperson: Matt The chair keeps us to time, and moves the agenda along. When they’re speaking, we all belt up. Only 6 weeks until our gig, so every rehearsal counts, and we’re only working on gig songs. Attendees: AL, LS, JB, MS, JL, RM, MM, SA, SS, KM, UW, SE Apologies: WT Song Notes 1 Warm up Janette to lead 2 Warm up songs: Iqude Summertime 10 mins 3 I Want To Break Free Everyone should have the whole song down by now. Please could you specially concentrate on the timing. If you Continue reading Agenda 4 October 2011→

Minutes Rehearsal 14 September 2011

Posted on by — No Comments ↓

Warbling Notes from 14 September 2011 Attendees: Wendy (WT), Kathleen (KM), Janette (JL), Sarah (SS), Uli (UW) Sebastian (SE), Matt (MM), Amanda (AL), Louli (LS), Mercedes (MS) Apologies: Juliana (JB), Robin (RS), Simon (SA) Much improvement on the last rehearsal, but still some things to work on. Lots of people were tired (so BIG thanks for coming along despite this), but remarkably we did well in any case. We sang three songs: Do Right We were short of tunes so WT sang tune. Tunes really need to concentrate on coming in together on “why don’tcha do right” and “like some Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 14 September 2011→