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Rehearsal 1/5: 7 minutes: Focus on Listening: A Section: Notes,

(Sept. 14 and 21) rhythms, tone, text

Chunk 1: Intro/Goals (1:00/7:00)

1s. Good Morning VMRC!

2v. Good Morning!

1s. Im Jenny and Im so happy to see you this morning. Im sorry I missed you last
week I was presenting a research paper with some others from JMU at a music
education conference in Minneapolis! Im a second year masters student from
Woodstock, VA, and Im excited to be here working with you all.

1d. Please open your music booklets to page ____ to our song Break Forth, O
Beauteous Heavenly Light

1a. Were going to get acquainted with this song this morning this harmonization
were singing was actually written by Johann Sebastian Bach, so its a little trickier
than your average Christmas carol! But its going to sound so great when we put it
all together. Well be focusing on the first 8 measures today.

Chunk 2: Teach Section A (8 measures) Soprano: (2:30/3:30/7:00)

1d. Everyone be a soprano and echo me.

1a. Sing first 8 measures on solfege or neutral syllables

2p. Choir echos

1a. Lets try it once more Ill sing it again and then lets have just the sopranos
echo it back to me.

1a. Sing again

2p. Choir echos

3sra. Lovely. Your tone is beautiful and open.

TRANSITION

1d. Lets now learn the bass part and start adding harmonies! There are quite a
few octave jumps in this part, so listen carefully! Lets have everyone try and echo
me more for fun.

Chunk 3: Teach Section A (8 measures) Bass: (3:30/7:00/7:00)

1a. Sing the bass part in solfege or neutral syllables.

2p. Choir echos

1d. Now lets hear just the basses echo this time.

1a. Sing again

2p. Choir echos

1d. Sopranos, please sing soprano, basses sing bass

2p. Choir sings as instructed.

3sra: Great job! We have a strong harmony.

TRANSITION:

1a. Now lets work in one of our inner parts well add in the tenor first.

Chunk 4: Teach Section A (8 measures) Tenor: (1:00/4.30/7:00)

1a. This part is syncopated, so there are a few parts that are off the beat, which
will sound really great with the other parts.

1d. Tenors, please listen first and then echo me. Everyone can get a beat going on
their leg if youd like to help keep time for the syncopation JMU can we show our
best spider fingers?

1a. Sing

2p: Choir echos

1a. Lets try it one more time. Ill sing it again.

1a. Sing
 2p: Choir echos

Chunk 5: Combine in Section A (8 measures) Soprano, Tenor, Bass: (1:00/5.30/7:00)

1a. Lets make more harmony!

1d. Sopranos, Tenors and Basses, lets try it together!

2p. Choir Sings

TRANSITION:
1s. Altos! We did not forget you!

Chunk 6: Teach Section A (8 measures) Alto: (:30/6:00/7:00)

1a. Your part moves almost entirely by step, and I bet you can go ahead and sing
it with Tracey playing it with you! Lets give it a try.

2p. Choir sings

3sra/srd: (Correct if needed)

TRANSITION!
3sra. Great job altos!

Chunk 7: Combine in Section A (8 measures) Tutti: (:30/6:30/7:00)

1d. Lets try everyone together!

2p. Choir sing

Repeat if time

Chunk 8: Learning summary(:30/7:00/7:00)

3sra. Well done today in this song! We got a good introduction to those 8 measures,
which is half of the song!

1d. Lets give our attention to our next conductor: David