Masterwork Melodia
Greetings! This is where you'll find everything you'll ever need to prepare for your work with Melodia.
Our rehearsal time together will only be one hour per week. That time will be best spent by singing together and learning how to listen to each other, with the main goal being the creation of a seamless, beautifully-blended, advanced ensemble.
Obviously, you will need to do all the "grunt" work yourself, on your own, at home.
Audio recordings of every rehearsal will be posted here on Wednesday night, and will be posted with the latest meeting at the top. These will be excellent tools to rehearse with, and will also keep absent members up to date.
This is a SELECT, advanced ensemble, designed to showcase the Best of the Best within the Masterwork Chorus. You worked hard to get here. And I will confess to agonizing over the choices -- there are many other ladies in the chorus who wish they were here. Please -- take your obligation seriously, do your homework, and do it with pride. Welcome to Melodia!
Our rehearsal time together will only be one hour per week. That time will be best spent by singing together and learning how to listen to each other, with the main goal being the creation of a seamless, beautifully-blended, advanced ensemble.
Obviously, you will need to do all the "grunt" work yourself, on your own, at home.
Audio recordings of every rehearsal will be posted here on Wednesday night, and will be posted with the latest meeting at the top. These will be excellent tools to rehearse with, and will also keep absent members up to date.
This is a SELECT, advanced ensemble, designed to showcase the Best of the Best within the Masterwork Chorus. You worked hard to get here. And I will confess to agonizing over the choices -- there are many other ladies in the chorus who wish they were here. Please -- take your obligation seriously, do your homework, and do it with pride. Welcome to Melodia!
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Melodia Rehearsal 9/13/23
Laudate; Britten: Procession and Wolcum; Mother's House; Echo |
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Summer Rehearsal #2 - 8/20/23
Part 1 - Procession; Wolcum Yole Part 2 - There is no Rose; Balulalow Part 3 - As dew in Aprille; This Little Babe; In Freezing Winter Night; Deo Gracias Part 4 - ECHO Song |
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Summer Rehearsal #1 - 7/16/23
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Video -- rehearsal Wednesday night at Rodda (5/10/23)
Video - The Oaks at Denville, NJ - 4/29/23
The short clips below were taken by Becky's husband.
Wednesday night recordings
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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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Wednesday, April 5, 2023
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Wednesday, Mar 29, 2023
edited -- Here Comes Sun, Dance Heart, How Can I |
Walker singing all four parts of "Here Comes the Sun"
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Wednesday, Mar 22, 2023
How Can I Keep From Singing (all with solo) Here Comes Sun (with some parts -- incomplete) |
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Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023
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Wednesday, Feb 22, 2023
Two rehearsals that night -- 6:30 and 9:00
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Wednesday, Feb 15, 2023
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Wednesday, Feb 8, 2023
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Wednesday, Feb 1, 2023
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Wednesday, Jan 25, 2023
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Wednesday, Jan 18, 2023
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Wednesday, Jan 11, 2023
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Wednesday, Jan 4, 2023
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Soundfiles
These mp3s are a terrific learning tool that will guide you towards accuracy with both counting and pitches. (There are no dynamics and no breathing indications other than the rests that are already written in.)
Three-part songs will use these instruments:
Part 1 - flute (sorry about the weird vibrato that can get annoying...)
Part 2 - oboe
Part 3 - clarinet
Four-part songs will use the above instruments plus:
Part 4 - bassoon
In each track you'll hear a single part louder than all the others -- it's important for you to get accustomed to what the other parts are doing, and understand how those parts may actually assist you with your own. Practice on your assigned part, but also, as time allows, try the other parts. It's fun and will increase your sight-reading ability exponentially!
We won't need sound files on each song, but I will definitely post the more difficult stuff.
Three-part songs will use these instruments:
Part 1 - flute (sorry about the weird vibrato that can get annoying...)
Part 2 - oboe
Part 3 - clarinet
Four-part songs will use the above instruments plus:
Part 4 - bassoon
In each track you'll hear a single part louder than all the others -- it's important for you to get accustomed to what the other parts are doing, and understand how those parts may actually assist you with your own. Practice on your assigned part, but also, as time allows, try the other parts. It's fun and will increase your sight-reading ability exponentially!
We won't need sound files on each song, but I will definitely post the more difficult stuff.
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Echo Song -- starting pitches are given first, in tempo -- echo chorus is heard in the background
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A-Tisket, A-Tasket -- this is at or near performance tempo, with a heavy bass line to assist you with the syncopation.
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Here Comes the Sun -- TRANSPOSED down to C -- You'll hear 4 prep counts played on the piano. Remember -- Parts 2 and 3 SWITCH with each other.
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Cape Breton -- ONLY the 4 part section at m. 50 -- sorry, starting pitches are not provided, but you should have no trouble jumping right in...
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Dance on My Heart -- 3 parts -- charming little ditty! Piano intro gives tempo and starting pitches.
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Earth Song -- 4 parts -- VERY dissonant, but deliciously so! Recording starts with 4 prep beats -- 3 beats on your starting pitch, then the 4th beat of silence for your breathing.
My apologies to Part 3 -- the opening pitches and the first measure are incorrect. The second measure will give you the correct pitch, and from there everything is accurate.
Suscepit Israel -- 3 parts -- very chromatic song (requested by Maestro Chris). Recording starts with 3 prep beats -- you'll hear 1-&-2-&-3 on B (song is in B-minor) followed by half a beat of silence, then Part 1 enters.
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Mister Sandman -- 4 parts
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Curated YouTubes
Follow along with these performances -- also please note the phrasing, expression, dynamics, and other nuances...
Ceremony of Carols
Very similar group to ours!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGYGQc4OXY0&t=1002s
This is the Antioch Ensemble I mentioned -- only 6 ladies with Merynda Adams on harp -- Exquisite!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0cyHGMsJBM
Echo Song (SATB version, but excellent!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-foB75466zY&list=RDEM_mi-qhUIfOnYlxtJ3bhohw&start_radio=1&rv=Wyo43D6NHII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-foB75466zY&list=RDEM_mi-qhUIfOnYlxtJ3bhohw&start_radio=1&rv=Wyo43D6NHII
A-tisket, A-tasket (wish I could watch YOU while you watch THIS -- don't kill me... and no, we won't be doing any of that stuff... well, maybe some of it...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTkPwmzDkG0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTkPwmzDkG0
Music, Spread Thy Voice Around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP0FrUy570Q
Music in My Mother's House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Xc4T4_fLs
Dance on My Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=512IeGCbSKw
Cantate Domino (spectacular finale that sounds much harder than it is!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9mbGkCMjTE
Cape Breton Lullaby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcORRvdZ8U8
Laudate pueri (this has the score that you can follow along with)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI0pYiuWPrI
Suscepit Israel (from Magnificat) (alto is sung by a countertenor)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSSUZrYEgDM
Earth Song (Listen to this SATB version by VOCES8 -- gorgeous)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p8PYuzx5iM
And here's Earth Song SSA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djgRhIJM6VY
No Time (this version has the two opening phrases performed by two soloists)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhMtZBZVP24
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