9/20/2024 – First Friday Missive of 18th season!

What a great first rehearsal!!! And special welcome to our new folks! Loved everyone’s excitement, especially after such a long break.

And mucho gratitude to Donna for expediting and organizing the music packets, to Lance for keeping track of fees/donations, to Greg for updating the learning files/CD production and to Melissa for all her hard work keeping us on track!! And of course, to all who have already donated wine and items for the online auction. Keep up the generosity!!!

Important dates:

September 29, 3pm. Chamber Choir performance at Chestnut Grove in honor and gratitude of our partnership. Please come and bring friends!!!

October 6, 12pm. Roy in recital at St. James Church. Let’s show our love!

October 12, 4-6pm at Silo Hill. Inform and Inspire fundraising event. Let’s celebrate together what makes the DCC so special! RSVP to Melissa by October 1.

Now for Tuesday’s schedule:

Warmups: Vol. V-Nos. 5-7; Vol. 7 #2 (practice using solfege); Non Nobis Domine, God Bless our Native Land

Irish Blessing starting with the Amen section.

Precious Lord finish. Notice chromatic movement and lock into the harmonic chordal tuning.

Hands are Knockin’ meas. 9-25

O Clap your Hands Will start on pg. 8, Lento section.

That is a wrap for week 1. Have a great weekend, practice and looking forward to Tuesday.