Part 1

Start - Ash arrives and starts a warmup by singing We Shall Overcome, followed by an African song, and more standard warmups.

18:41 - Here I Stand - Ash played a recording of last year's concert, starting with Movement 1, discussing it for markings and dynamics.  

30:27 - Ash stopped the recording and asked us to discuss the movement 1 recording, then compared our opinions with what he thought we needed to improve.

34:30 - We rehearsed movement 1 from letter G, measure 77, later going back to rehearse earlier sections.

58:45 - Ash announced the recording of movement 2, but only the first part that we sing.

1:02:08 - We start singing the entry of movement 2, measure 194.   Emphasis on diction.

1:06:01 - Sing end of movement 1 and all our part in movement 2.

1:09:28 - Announcements and break, including detail from Sara about performance dress and rehearsal attendance.

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Part 2

Start:  Barbara Miller asked people not to bring popcorn as refreshments.  Too messy.

0:31 - Why I Sing, with Ken Frier singing Bear Necessity (with a movie cel to show)

5:26 - movement 3, Here I Stand.  Recording stopped at 11:16, followed by discussion and rehearsing movement 3.

28:25 - Notes for rehearsing movement 4 next week, and rehearsing Cry.  Also comments on where Maestro Armstrong is being interviewed on radio.

Filesize:  41.6 MB 

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