OSC Rehearsals

 Rehearsal 1

During the first 20 minutes, Phil conducted a a written and oral review of the Esmail concert on February 20. He will compile the results and publish them for the OSC.

00:00 Phil had some comments

01:17 Zach introduced new chorus members and congratulated regular members on our performance of Esmail.  He mentioned that we will be asked to sing a piece at the Gala in April.

03:25 Warmups

11:06 Dett "The Ordering of Moses" p.7 instructions to tenors.

13:15 Last measure of p.7

27:29 p.95

49:20 Phil speaks

File size: 40.25 MB

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Rehearsal 2

00:00 Sectionals will be held next week, March 4.  Look for schedules in Administrative notes.

01:20 p. 45

29:30 p.34

46:10 p. 98

52:06 Change text on p. 103

File size 50.06

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OSC 021126 Rehearsal

Rehearsal 1 (click here)

0:00:00 Zach greeting and warmups

Reena Esmail “She Will Transform You”  with Kedrick 

0:08:57 Kedrick greeting and introduction

0:10:38 Sing through and general feedback

0:23:47 rehearsal D E and F

0:38:25 rehearsal G H I and J

0:56:00 measure 163, rehearsal K and L

0:58:45 Kedrick feedback comments and about next season

Rehearsal 2 (click here)

0:00:00 Announcements by Seth 

0:03:34 Concert Attire by Monique

R. Nathaniel Dett “The ordering of Moses” with Zach 

0:06:51 Zach Introduction 

0:08:01 page 58 And when Moses smote the water

0:25:34 page 98 He is King of Kings

 OSC 020626 Podcast Index

Rehearsal 1 (click here)

0:00:00 Zach greeting and warmups

Reena Esmail “She Will Transform You” 

0:08:45 measure 185, rehearsal L

0:20:40 measure 146, rehearsal J

0:31:17 measure 137

0:38:30 measure 110

0:48:45 measure 98, rehearsal G

0:55:05 measure 76

Rehearsal 2 (click here)

0:00:00 Seth Announcements

Reena Esmail “She Will Transform You” 

0:02:40 Zach’s prep talk 

0:03:52 measure 49, Sing through and Zach’s feedbacks

R. Nathaniel Dett “The ordering of Moses” 

0:29:07 page 31And from a burning bush

0:35:00 page 58 And when Moses smote the water

0:41:32 page 98 He is King of Kings

 Part 1

Start - Introduction and warmups

7:15 - Rehearse Dett, p. 98 - 109, Sing Ye to Jehovah

58:04 - Review Dett, p. 58 - 62, And When Moses Smote the Water

Filesize:  87.5 MB

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Part 2

Start - Announcements.  In this part of the rehearsal we are sitting mixed, for both the Dett and the Esmail.

1:19 - Review Dett on p. 103

3:38 - Review Dett, page 58 - 60

8:44 - Review  Dett, pages 31-40

14:48 - Sing the Esmail, all the way through

Filesize:  86.6 MB

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 Rehearsal 1

0:00:00 Zach welcoms the chorus

0:01:53 Warm-ups

0:06:46 Dett "The Ordering of Moses"  p. 58

0:32:41 p.31

1:08:02 Phil's remarks

File size: 55:65

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Rehearsal 2

00:00 Seth's announcements

04:20 Esmail "She Will Transform You"  m 115 Letter H

37:01 Letter E

48:42 From the beginning Letter D

File size: 49:53

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 Rehearsal 1 Soprano and Alto sectional

00:00 Seth announcements

01:16 Zach answers a question about diction

02:12 Warm-ups

08:11 Esmail "She Will Transform You"

09:53 M98 G

44:37 Dett "The Ordering of Moses" p.31

File size: 55.45 MB

Soprano and Alto Sectional 

 Rehearsal 2 Tenor and Bass sectional 

00:00 Zach speaks

00:51 Warm-ups

05:34 Zach answers question about diction

07:19  Esmail "She Will Transform You" m63 E

44:32 Dett "The Ordering of Moses" p. 31

File size: 55:58 MB

Tenor and Bass sectional

 First rehearsal of 2026 and I owe you all an apology.  I forgot to turn on Recording at the beginning of the session, and the recorder turned itself off.  We have no recording of the first half.  This is the recording of the second half, after the break.

Start - the recording starts with some announcements from Seth Ducey about future rehearsals.  There was also discussion of a possible recording of the Esmail piece - apparently the recording currently found on Spotify is not the version we will be singing and can't be used as a reference.  Seth is trying to get a recording of our version that he can share with us

2:50 - We continued running through She Will Transform You, beginning at Letter H in the correct score.  If you don't have a letter H in your score you may have the wrong edition.  

55:15 Zach decided we had enough time to run most of the piece, so we started at letter D and sang the entire piece through, not quite to the end.

Filesize:  84.5 MB

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 Rehearsal 1

0:00:00 Kedrick gives opening remarks.

0:01:18 Zack warms up the chorus.

0:07:21 Kedrick conducts the Bach Magnificat.

0:40:26 Zoufonoun's "Let Us Break Bread"

1:08:35 Phil's announcements

File size: 55:18 MB

First half

Rehearsal 2

00:00 Seth gives call times and concert details.

04:07 Kedrick's commentary

05:30 Whitney Houston's "Joy to the World."

26:04 Another run through of the Bach Magnificat

29:56 Whitney's "I'm Your Baby Tonight."

Whitney Houston Finale

40:27 "So Emotional"

46:01 "How Will I Know"

51:52 "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"

58:59 Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus"

File size: 51:79 MB

Second half

In Ash Walker's continued absence, the rehearsal this week is conducted by Maestro Kedrick Armstrong, with some help from his associate Zach Salzburg-Frank.

 Part 1

Start - Maestro began with a sincere "thank you" for the Verdi concert the previous Friday.  He went on to describe the music for the Break Bread concert, including recommending we look at 2 pieces not available that night (details aren't now in Chorus Connection).  He also recommended we all watch something called "The Preacher's Wife" (find it with Google), as this seems to be where this version of Joy to the World was first performed.  He introduced his associate Zach Salzburg-Frank, who will be assisting him through the Break Bread.

5:52    Zach runs a warmup session.

14:53    With some background on the song from Maestro, begin rehearsing the revised version of Let Us Break Bread Together.

46:40    Work on Bach Magnificat

1:28:24    Announcements, thanks to singers for doing chores

Filesize:  117 MB

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Part 2

Start - Manager Seth Ducey thanked the pianist for his work and reminded the chorus of some issues.

1:35 - Maestro started work on Joy to the World, starting with a discussion of his background as a musician doing live performances.  He then played a recording of the piece (7:05 - 11:41 on the recording), after which he started the chorus rehearsing it on p. 2 of the score.

35:46 - Maestro started discussing how we'll work on this music at our next rehearsal; in the course of it, he reported on his talk with Ash Walker, who has chosen to move away from the chorus to go for an advanced degree; Maestro said he told Ash that Ash had saved this chorus.  Ash plans to come back for some summer sings.  Maestro then discussed the pieces we'll do in the spring.  

40:38 - Ran the Hallelujah Chorus

Filesize:  59.9 MB

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 Rehearsal 1

0:00:00 Valerie warms up the chorus

0:11:58 Maestro Kedrick Armstrong gives opening remarks

0:14:44 Suite for Humanity by Cava Menzies m.95

0:52:54 Verdi Requiem Sanctus

0:56:00 Singing starts

1:10:30 Phil makes announcements

1:12:30 Thanks given to Valerie

File size: 60.04 MB

First half

Rehearsal 2

00:00 Seth makes announcements

03:31 Maestro Kedrick speaks

04:20 Libera Me

12:10 Libera Me p. 194 m. 40

22:04 Fugue m. 348

34:05 Requiem and Kyrie

44:44 Tuba Mirum p.37 m.111

48:27 Rex Tremende p.62 m. 322

54:00 Lacrimosa p. 99 m. 640

File size: 48.11 MB

Second half