From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
Reminder- There is no rehearsal tomorrow.
New important info: The Band will rehearse Stomp your foot this Thursday 4/24 in Schlesinger at 7:45 pm. It would be a big help if as many of you as possible could attend.
We will sing Stomp your foot on risers upstage (behind the band) so that the dancers have more room and are fully visible.
Have a great holiday weekend. See you on Tuesday. -DrW
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Stomp your foot
Friday, April 18th, 2014
Hand Clapping notes for “Stomp Your Foot”
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: We added some clapping to Stomp Your Foot. It will save us time if you can check out Debbie’s notes and mark your music in advance. Thanks
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From Debbie: I hope I have everything recorded correctly and listed so it is easy to understand. Information is below and in the attached word file. Hopefully, there won’t be total confusion at rehearsal tonight.
Fred & Peggy, I’ve copied my alto alias. Feel free to share with the rest of the chorus.
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Hand Clapping in “Stomp Your Foot”
(From Saturday’s NOVA rehearsal)
Using page numbers, rehearsal square numbers, and words in measures.
Page 6, Rehearsal #18 – clap on 2nd and 4th beats for 3 measures; clap on 2nd and 3rd beat in the 4th measure just before we sing “Men must labor …”
Continuing to word… “happy” – clap on 4th beat
Continuing to word…. “row” – clap on 2nd and 3rd beats
Page 7, Rehearsal #19 – 4th measure after #19, (page 8) word… “easy” – clap on 4th beat
Continuing to word… “cows” – clap on 2nd and 3rd beats
Page 10, Rehearsal #21 — clap on 2nd and 4th beat for two measures
Continuing to word.. “measurement” – clap on 4th beat
Continuing to word.. “quilt” – clap on 2nd and 3rd beat
Page 14, Rehearsal #26 — clap on 2nd and 4th beats for 3 measures
Page 19, one measure after Rehearsal #29, on word “dance”… — begin clapping on 1st and 3rd beats every measure to a last clap on the first beat of the last measure.
Reminder and New Info
Monday, April 14th, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
-Tomorrow 4/15 I will dismiss men at 8:45 pm and rehearse women only until 9:30 pm.
-Here is a schedule change: There will be no Saturday rehearsal on 5/3
-Here is a schedule addition: The Annual Chorus Picnic will be Sat. 5/10, 2-6 pm, at the home of Judy and Fred Wulff (Fred will confirm this time and send directions and additional info)
Saturday schedule
4/19 Men
4/26 All (last Saturday before Tuesday Dress Rehearsal)
Chorus
Monday, April 7th, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
-Wow! Who could have imagined how wonderful you would sound last night? It was a truly beautiful performance.Thanks for your commitment, focus and hard work.
-If you missed the concert for any reason, please contact me immediately. If you have previously informed me of your absence, please contact me to remind me.
-Thanks to all who bought tickets. I know many of you wrote checks just to support the orchestra. It is certainly a worthy recipient of you generosity. If you have ticket money or donations, please turn them in tomorrow night, as the WMPO need to pay their bills.
-Tomorrow I will dismiss women at 8:45 pm and rehearse men only until 9:30 pm. Next Tuesday 4/15 I will dismiss men at 8:45 pm and rehearse women only until 9:30 pm.
-Here is our Saturday schedule (no changes)
4/12 Women
4/19 Men
4/26 All (last Saturday before Tuesday Dress Rehearsal)
5/3 All (last Saturday before Tuesday Concert)
See you tomorrow-DrW
Reminder: If you have a copy of Stomp your foot (Copland), please bring it tomorrow.
Rehearsal Preview
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire:
Dear Singers-
Check out these videos of Sunday night.. I only had time to watch movement 1, but it sounded pretty good!
See you tonight. Please don’t be absent.
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From Larry Ries:
Hi everyone,
Thought you might like to see videos of last Sunday’s performance of Sea Surface. Click on the Watch Videos link in the box below, and when prompted for a password, copy and paste
wmpssfoc033014tcw
into the password field.
FYI: Parts 1, 2, & 3 were filmed with my camera on a tripod. Parts 4 & 5 were filmed by my wife with a handheld camera. I screwed up and didn’t capture parts 4 & 5 with my camera. That’s why you’ll see some differences in the videos.
To Play the Videos: You can see the title of each video by hovering your mouse over the thumbnail on the landing page. Click on each thumbnail to start Playback (ignore the “Slideshow” bar at the top) You can make the video full screen after you click on the “play” arrow by clicking on the rightmost icon at the bottom of the playback window.
Thanks again to everyone for a wonderful world premiere!
Larry
Bravo
Monday, March 31st, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
Thanks for last night. Your performance was everything I had hoped it could be: you sang with commitment and beauty. We’ll iron out movement 5 tomorrow night and our performance next Sunday at Epiphany will be stunning I am sure.
Several of you have asked about my daughter Elizabeth. She return to haiti early this morning.She has been in Haiti for a year now Haiti, working between St. Joseph’s home for Boys in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, and Wings of Hope, in Fermathe. These two homes work with orphaned children, former child slaves, and children and adults of all ages with varying physical and mental disabilities. You can follow her travels on her blog, Sedeleveale.blogspot.com, or her youtube channel, where she documents some of everyday life in the third world.
See you tomorrow.
Eighth Rehearsal Preview
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire:
Welcome to our 8th rehearsal of Spring 2014! Please sign in.
Thanks for your focus and hard work at Sunday’s Dress Rehearsal. If you missed the Dress Rehearsal for any reason, please contact me immediately. If you have previously informed me of your absence, please contact me to remind me. We learned many lessons that we will put into place tonight.
Tonight we will rehearse
Sea surface full of clouds, Frostiana
Be sure to have all your music
Tickets– Please see Section Leaders today to pick them up. Even if Sea Surface is not your favorite piece of music, I hope you will buy and/or sell tickets to support the orchestra. As musicians we need to support the creation of new music. We are honored to be a part of the premiere of this new piece.
Please note this change: Cash or check payable to WMPO
Check out the good press we got on our Black History Month Celebration
http://blogs.nvcc.edu/intercom/2014/03/24/black-history-tribute-at-schlesinger-concert-hall/
Listen to recordings at
https://soundcloud.com/kiru9867/sets/nvcc-alexandria-music-dept
Schedule (These dates have been on your schedule since the start of the semester; please do not be absent)
Sunday, 3/30/14,3:00 pm, 2:00 pm call
Concert with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
T. C. Williams High School, 3330 King Street, Alexandria
Reiss: Sea surface full of clouds (World Premiere)
Sunday, 4/06/14,3:00 pm, 2:00 pm call
Concert with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G. Street NW, Washington DC
Reiss: Sea surface full of clouds
Yours-DrW
Saturday Rehearsal
Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Hello Singers-
-I look forward to seeing you today at 3:00 pm.
-I have tickets for our upcoming concerts. Please see Section Leaders today to pick them up. (I will need an alto to fill in for Debbie).
-Even if Sea Surface is not your favorite piece of music, I hope you will buy and/or sell tickets to support the orchestra.
-As musicians we need to support the creation of new music. We are honored to be a part of the premiere of this new piece.
Yours-DrW
Seventh Rehearsal Preview
Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 7th rehearsal of Spring 2014!
Please sign in.
Thanks to all who got together in groups last Tuesday rehearse Sea Surface. It will make a big difference.
Tonight we will rehearse
Sea surface full of clouds with Ul James; Frostiana
Be sure to have all your music
Women– I am adding Come In (SAA) to our Frostiana Concert. Women – Please pick up a copy here. Go to http://www.choraltech.us/midilist.htm to learn your notes.
I hope you got Black History Month Celebration photos I sent. Don’t forget to listen to recordings at
https://soundcloud.com/kiru9867/sets/nvcc-alexandria-music-dept
Schedule (These dates have been on your schedule since the start of the semester; please do not be absent)
Saturday, 3/21/14, 3:00 pm
Full (SATB) rehearsal
AT130
Sunday, 3/23/14, 5:00 pm
Dress rehearsal with orchestra
Masonic Temple, Old Town Alexandria
Sunday, 3/30/14, 3:00 pm
Concert with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
T. C. Williams High School, 3330 King Street, Alexandria
Reiss: Sea surface full of clouds (World Premiere)
Sunday, 4/06/14, 3:00 pm
Concert with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G. Street NW, Washington DC
Reiss: Sea surface full of clouds
Yours-DrW
Schedule
Saturday, March 15th, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Please make sure you this info on you calendar:
Sunday, 3/23/14, 5:00 pm
Dress rehearsal with orchestra
Location TBA
Sunday, 3/30/14, 3:00 pm
Concert with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
T. C. Williams High School, 3330 King Street, Alexandria
Reiss: Sea surface full of clouds (WorldPremiere)
Sunday, 4/06/14, 3:00 pm
Concert with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G. Street NW, Washington DC
Reiss: Sea surface full of clouds
Yours-DrW
Sixth Rehearsal Preview
Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 6th rehearsal of Spring 2014!
Thank you once again for a splendid Black History Month Celebration.
If you haven’t already, check out https://soundcloud.com/kiru9867/sets/nvcc-alexandria-music-dept
You were fabulous!
Please sign in.
Tonight we will rehearse
Sea surface full of clouds
Frostiana
Be sure to have all your music
This Saturday’s 3:00 pm rehearsal is for Men
This Saturday at 5:00 pm
Voice Recital featuring Jason Moon, baritone, and Ja-Hye Koo, pianist, performing Franz Schubert’s song cycle Die Winterreise. I hope that you can attend.
Next Tuesday March 11 the college is closed. I strongly encourage you to get together in groups and rehearse Sea Surface. At our next Tuesday rehearsal on March 18 Ul James, conductor, and Larry Reiss, composer, will be here. Let’s be ready.
Yours-DrW
Women
Saturday, March 1st, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: I hope to see all the WOMEN today at 3.
Yours-DrW
Excellent Singing
Thursday, February 27th, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
-Thanks again for your excellent singing on Tuesday. You sounded great and looked great as well. You communicated a lot of joy and made me very happy.
-Unfortunately, we have no time to rest on our laurels. We have only two rehearsals (March 4 and 18) before our Sea Surface Full of Clouds Dress Rehearsal on March 23. I encourage everyone to get together with members of your section on March 11 (Spring Break) to practice. This has worked very well in the past.
-We will start on Frostiana this Saturday at Men’s Sectional. Bring your music. Here is an excellent website to learn your notes. Type this URL into your browser and scroll across the Alphabet to “T” for Thompson.
http://www.choraltech.us/midilist.htm
Yours-DrW
Precious Lord
Friday, February 14th, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- I have attached a revised Precious Lord (.pdf). I only changed the ending. i am sure kate will get it up on novachorus.org and i will put it on Blackboard. I hope to eee everyone tomorrow at 3 pm. Yours-DrW
Fourth Rehearsal Preview
Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 4th rehearsal of Spring 2014!
Please sign in.
Next Week is our 7:30 pm Dress Rehearsal in Schlesinger.
Attendance
Please try not to be absent. If you miss more than two rehearsals during preparation for a concert, you will be asked to audition to demonstrate preparedness. Please notify Section Leaders of absences:
Soprano-Peggy Harrison, peggyh @ ix.netcom.com
Alto-Debbie Peetz, peetz @ rand.org
Tenor-Larry Goldschmidt, lgold2 @ comcast.net
Bass-Ray Lombardi, rayjoyce2408 @ verizon.net
Tonight we will rehearse
Sea surface full of clouds
Jazz Mass
Lift every voice and sing
Jabula Jesu
Be sure to have all your music
We will rehearse Go down Moses tonight at the end of rehearsal.
This Saturday’s 3:00 pm rehearsal is for everyone.
Please spread the word. It is 2 weeks until our Black History Month concert. Bring your friends and family. There will even be Free Parking in the deck!
Go Down Moses
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Thanks for all the Go Down Moses auditions. There were so many outstanding auditions, especially in the alto section. I have limited this piece to four (or less) on a part and given special consideration to Music Majors.
Here is the group:
s1 – Terri, Judy, Nancy, Jessi
s2 – Michelle, Peggy
a – Dorothea, Kaylee, Debbie, Jane
t – Bill R, Mike, De Marcus, Francisco
b – David, Alan B, Matt
I’d like to rehearse as follows:
Saturday 2/8 4:15 – 5:00 pm
Tuesday 2/11 9:30-10:00 pm
Saturday 2/15 4:15 – 5:00 pm
We have little time, so do your very best to attend these specials rehearsals. Keeping working hard with your rehearsal tracks.
Clarification – These rehearsals apply ONLY to those who are singing Go down Moses. There have been no additions or changes to the full chorus schedule.
Saturday Rehearsal
Saturday, January 25th, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
What a wonderful rehearsal we had today. A great turnout from the women.
I have put a new song, Precious Lord, on Blackboard, in ‘Course Documents.’ It will end Jazz Mazz for Dr. King. It was sung at the March on Washington 50 years ago (by Mahalia Jackson). Please print it.
Please stay calibrated and work hard. We have only 3 rehearsals before our February 18 Dress Rehearsal in Schlesinger.
See you on Tuesday.
College Closed
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
As you may know, the college has closed so we will not have rehearsal tonight. I strongly encourage you to use the time working on your music, especially Jabula Jesu and Lift every voice. You should work on Go down, Moses if you intend to audition to sing it.
I am sending rehearsal tracks for Jabula Jesu and Lift every voice to Kate right now. I am sure she will have them up at www.novachorus.org as soon as she can. If you want them right away, send me an email and I will send you the files directly. The pieces are much trickier than I had thought. Our Women’s rehearsal on Saturday at 3 pm is now more important, so please make every effort to attend.
Yours-DrW
[Admin: All music files are posted on the Music Files page. See the tab above.]
First Rehearsal Review
Saturday, January 18th, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
– Thanks for an excellent first rehearsal of Spring 2014. My 30th year at NOVA is going to be a great one!
– Peggy reports that we had (1) singers present who were not registered, (2) registered singers who were not present or did not sign in, and (3) long-time singers who were neither present nor registered. I hope that all these problems (especially #3) are remedied on Tuesday.
– Please have all your music at Tuesday: Jazz Mass, Jabula Jesu, Go Down Moses, Lift Every Voice, Sea surface full of clouds. Free music and Music Files are at www.novachorus.org. If you have not printed them by Tuesday, please be prepared to purchase music at rehearsal.
– We will begin rehearsals of Frostiana on March 4. It has been reported that some of the bookstore’s music packets were missing pieces. Faye, the manager, assures me that they will give you any piece you did not get. Take care of this right away. You should have:
Choose something like a star, The Road not Taken, The Telephone, Stopping by a woods (men only), A Girl’s Garden (women only)
– Music files for Go down, Moses will be at www.novachorus.org soon. This will be an auditioned piece. Music Majors are required to audition as a part of mid-term exam. Auditions will be Sat. 1/25 for Women and Sat. 2/1 for Men. I will hear those who cannot come on Saturday on Tuesday 2/4.
Here is the Saturday rehearsal schedule:
Saturday Rehearsals
3:00 – 4:15 pm
Attendance is strongly encouraged, but not required
1/25 Women
2/1 Men
2/8 Women
2/15 Men
2/22 All (last Saturday before Tuesday Concert)
3/1 Women
3/8 Men
3/15 No Rehearsal – Spring Break
3/22 All (last Saturday before Sunday Dress Rehearsal)
3/29 Women
4/5 Men
4/12 Women
4/19 Men
4/26 All (last Saturday before Tuesday Dress Rehearsal)
5/3 All (last Saturday before Tuesday Concert)
Have a wonderful MLK weekend.
First Rehearsal Preview
Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 1st rehearsal of Spring 2014! It is going to be a great season.
Please sign in. If you are new, give your phone and e-mail. Be sure to write clearly.
Registration
If you are not registered, please register now for Chorus (MUS 137 or 237). If you are registered as a senior, please consider making a donation to NVCC Foundation in lieu of tuition. Donations of any amount are appreciated.
Attendance
Please try not to be absent. If you miss more than two rehearsals during preparation for a concert, you will be asked to audition to demonstrate preparedness. Please notify Section Leaders of absences:
Soprano-Peggy Harrison, peggyh [at] ix.netcom.com, 703-609-6540
Alto-Debbie Peetz, peetz [at] rand.org, 703-931-2872
Tenor-Larry Goldschmidt, lgold2 [at] comcast.net, 703-527-7447
Bass-Ray Lombardi, rayjoyce2408 [at] verizon.net, 703-524-5761
Here
Rhythm Worksheet
Schedule
Inside
Sea surface full of clouds ($5) [I’ll bring Sea surface CDs next week]
Jazz Mass ($5)
Jazz Mass reh CDs ($5)
Free Sheet music and rehearsal tracks for Sea surface full of clouds and Jazz Mass are available at http://www.novachorus.org/music-files.
In the Bookstore (they will have it packaged for you)
Lift every voice and sing
Go down Moses
Jabula Jesu
Frostiana
Tonight I will dismiss at 9:20 pm to meet with new members.
Courses
Friday, January 3rd, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- It was SO good to see you and hear you tonight. I can’t wait for our concert tomorrow.
If you have not done so, please register for chorus asap.
Also, please consider taking a course next semester to strengthen your musicianship so that you can make a maximum contribution to our chorus.
MUS131 Class Voice, M T at 6:00 pm (This features Chris as accompanist on Monday TUESDAY nights!)
MUS141 Class Piano, Saturdays at noon
MUS101 Basic Musicianship, Tuesdays at 11:00 am
See you tomorrow at 1:00 pm and the Masonic Temple.
Call & Go down, Moses
Friday, January 3rd, 2014
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
Ul is going to rehearse Beethoven first, so our call is now 1:00 pm this Saturday.
As last year, our Black History Month Concert will feature a piece sung by Music Majors (and other auditioned singers as space allows.) I have attached Go down, Moses. I would like Music Majors to learn it by our first rehearsal on January 14. Soprano and alto tracks are attached. Tenor and Bass will follow.
I look forward to seeing everyone this Friday at 7:30 pm at NOVA.
Go down, Moses
tenor and bass tracks [not attached – TBD]
[Admin: Tracks are posted on the music files page.]
Music Files
Sunday, December 29th, 2013
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
Reminder:The postponed performance of the Haydn mass is this Saturday, January 4, at the Masonic Memorial. The call is 12:30 pm; concert time is 3:00 pm. I have only heard from one person the might not be there, so I am expecting all of you to be present.
We have an important rehearsal on Friday, January 3, at 7:30 pm in the choir room at NOVA. As you can imagine, I need everyone present. Please work with your rehearsal CD every day between now and then.
Upcoming semester
Sheet music and rehearsal tracks for Sea surface full of clouds are now available at http://www.novachorus.org/music-files. It is modern and very interesting. Like other modern works, it may take time to fully appreciate.
Sheet music and rehearsal tracks for Jazz Mass are also available at http://www.novachorus.org/music-files. I hope it will be fun and exciting for you to revisit this piece. Thanks to our fabulous webmistress Kate.
You may print and download music for free. I will have sheet music and CDs at our first rehearsal if you want to purchase them.
Happy New year to all. -DrW
Concert Rehearsal
Tuesday, December 17th, 2013
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
As you know, our make up concert on Saturday, January 4, 1:00 PM Rehearsal, 3:00 PM Concert. It will be at at George Washington Masonic National Memorial.
Please find time over break to work with your Haydn reh CD.
We will have a chorus rehearsal on Friday, January 3, at 7:30 pm, in the Chorus Room. Please make every effort to attend this critical rehearsal.
Let’s all go for a New year celebration afterward!
Please consider taking a course next semester to strengthen your musicianship so that you can make a maximum contribution to our chorus.
MUS141 02aClass Piano, Saturdays at noon
MUS131 01a Class Voice, M T at 6:00 pm
MUS 101 01a Basic Musicianship, Tuesdays at 11:00 am
MUS 121 06a Music Appreciation, Saturdays at noon
(I teach all of these sections)
Fourteenth Rehearsal Preview
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 14th rehearsal of Fall 2013! Please sign in.
Tonight’s rehearsal is in Schlesinger at 7:30 pm.
Thanks for your outstanding performance on Sunday. You were amazing. I listened to the entire concert on Tuesday night on the way home. Bravo!
Schedule
Saturday, 12/07/13 noon rehearsal (Please make every effort to attend)
Sunday, 12/08/13, 2:00 pm call; 3:00 pm concert
Concert with the WMPO
T. C. Williams High School
3330 King St, Alexandria
Tues 12/10/13, 6:30 pm call; 7:30 pm concert
Chorus/Band/Jazz Band Concert
Schlesinger
Please give your ticket money your Section Leader. You may buy them to give to your friends and family. Cash or check to NVCC Foundation.
Invite your friends!!!