Maggie Rabe

MUED 376
9/21/17

VMRC Intergenerational Choir Rehearsal Plan 1

Goals

Good Morning VMRC! Im Maggie and Im so happy to see you this morning.
Please open your music booklets to page 24 to our song, What Child is This.
My goals today are to review all the A sections of this piece with notes, rhythms and
perhaps text. We will also be focusing listening to each other and breath support.

Teach Section A: Soprano

Sopranos, you have the melody, and I think we can jump right in. Could everybody be a
soprano and sing the first 8 measures on text.
Choir sings m.1-8, soprano
Lovely! *give positive comment*
Lets now learn the bass part and start adding harmonies!

Teach Section A: Bass

Everyone EXCEPT sopranos, please echo me
Sing m.1-4, bass, on solfege/neutral syllables.
Choir echoes
Sing m.5-8, bass, on solfege/neutral syllable
Choir echoes
Now listen to me sing the whole thing and echo me on text
Sing m.1-8, bass, on text
Choir echoes on text
Sopranos, please sing soprano, and everyone else sing bass.
Choir sings as instructed.
Great job!
Now lets hear just the sopranos and basses together
Sopranos and basses sing
Very well done! We have a strong harmony.
Now that we have the outer parts in place, it will be easier and faster to learn the inner
parts.
Teach Section A: Tenor
I am going to sing the tenor part 2x, once on solfege/neutral syllable and once on text.
Please just listen
Sing m.1-4, tenor, on solfege/neutral syllable
Choir listens
Sing m.1-4, tenor, on text
Choir listens
Now everyone be a tenor and sing that much on text.
Tenor sing m.1-4, on text
Now Ill do that same thing with the second half of the phrase.
Sing m.5-8, tenor, on solfege/neutral syllable
Choir listens
Sing m.5-8, tenor, on text
Now everyone sing that much on text.
Choir sings
Tenors only, please sing with Tracey and me on text, from the beginning.
Tenors sings on text
*Fix anything that didnt go well, or just do it again*

Combine in Section A: Soprano, Tenor, Bass

Lets make more harmony!
Sopranos, Tenors and Basses, lets sing on text.
Choir Sings
Now lets look at our remaining part, the altos.

Teach Section A: Altos

Altos, listen to me sing your part twice through
Sing m.1-8, alto, on solfege/natural syllable
Sing m.1-8, alto, on text.
Altos sing
*Correct if needed*
Great job altos!

Combine in Section A
Everyone! Please sing on neutral syllables
Choir sing
Please sing on text
Choir sing
 Please sing on text WITHOUT Tracey
Choir sing

Learning summary
Well done today in this song! We are now about 40% of the way through this piece and it
is sounding lovely!
Lets give our attention to our next conductor: Kathryn Bailey