I had planned to divide the choir into sections and work on the last 4 pieces of the cantata to work kinks out of the various parts. But life has a way of interrupting the best plans. Our narrator could not be with us for the dress rehearsal, only for tonight. I need to sing through the entire cantata for his benefit, especially since some of his readings happen while music is playing and we need to get the timing to work.
Several key singers could not make tonight's rehearsal, but could be there Saturday for when the dress rehearsal is scheduled. Would it make more sense to pound parts when the majority can be there? It takes only a minute to realize that I need to switch gears in mid stream. Tonight we will do a run through and Saturday we will work on specifics. I scrap my plan and we begin.
It is difficult for us to feel any sense of accomplishment because I have to keep stopping to fix broken lines (this is where the part pounding will help). I worry that the choir will be stressed and feel unprepared to sing this work by Sunday. But there is no help for it. We must keep working. Fortunately, we are able to see all the video clips, hear all the narration, and we actually sing through all 9 songs while only going over our time by just a little.
It feels like I just rode a horse at full gallop through unfamiliar territory at night! Yikes. We had to stop a few times to relocate the right trail, but we made it. Sure hope the non-dress rehearsal gets us closer to our destination.
Several key singers could not make tonight's rehearsal, but could be there Saturday for when the dress rehearsal is scheduled. Would it make more sense to pound parts when the majority can be there? It takes only a minute to realize that I need to switch gears in mid stream. Tonight we will do a run through and Saturday we will work on specifics. I scrap my plan and we begin.
It is difficult for us to feel any sense of accomplishment because I have to keep stopping to fix broken lines (this is where the part pounding will help). I worry that the choir will be stressed and feel unprepared to sing this work by Sunday. But there is no help for it. We must keep working. Fortunately, we are able to see all the video clips, hear all the narration, and we actually sing through all 9 songs while only going over our time by just a little.
It feels like I just rode a horse at full gallop through unfamiliar territory at night! Yikes. We had to stop a few times to relocate the right trail, but we made it. Sure hope the non-dress rehearsal gets us closer to our destination.
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