ACTIVITIES
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FORTHCOMING REHEARSALS AND EVENTS Tuesday 1 December at 17:30 to have a last look at the carols via Zoom although the recordings will all have been mixed by then. Wednesday 9 December at St Martin in the Fields - from 16:30 for the small choir watched by invited choir members and other guests Saturday 12 December at 15:00 via Zoom: a fun look back at how it all went and a bit of singing - and to hear suggestions for new things to work on next term. Sometime - live stream of National Rail / TBF event which is in the early stages of preparation but looking good. The CEO of Network Rail is doing one of the readings. Saturday 19 December also at 15:00 via Zoom - Christmas Party time with silly hats and mince pies and some singing too. To be followed by a Quiz Session - time to be agreed. Tuesday 12 January 2021 Invitations to rehearsals are sent out once or twice a week by email and WhatsApp in the following format. Merel van der Knoop is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting this Tuesday. Time: Saturday XXXX at 14:00 Rehearsal schedule - scroll down for rehearsal filesWe have been using Zoom on a weekly basis since 24 March to join together and sing for up to an hour on a Tuesday evening and a couple of Saturday afternoons. These events are led by Merel and publicised via email and WhatsApp, and include warmups, exercises and singing a song or two. Zoom can be accessed via a home computer, office laptop, tablet, or even a smartphone. You don't actually have to download the Zoom App for it to work, but to get best value out of your participation you should enable audio, and if you have it, video when you sign in to the meeting. Anyone needing help with how this all works can contact their friendly (and not totally competent) webmaster on 07557 216579 and we'll try to work out a fix.
For July we concentrated on the four choir-only carols for our virtual Christmas events which are now at the planning stage. We sang some other repertoire too winter clothes were not absolutely necessary. Of course, if we find by December that we can sing in live mode, (and that is now the plan) they will be useful recordings: otherwise we plan to learn them all, record them separately, then stitch them together with readings to produce two services for circulation. The running order is provisionally Carols Prayers Readings Organ voluntary Once in royal David’s City CfC Book 2 pg148 with descant (solo verse 1) 4m 40s ALL Intro and prayers Lo he comes with clouds descending CfC Book 3 pg133 5m ALL Reading: Is. 9: 2, 6, &7 To us is Born a Child Adam Lay Ye Bounden Warlock - sheet music, Choir only 1m 25s SMALL CHOIRReading: Luke 1: 26-38 The Angel Gabriel Visits Mary O little town of Bethlehem CfC Book 1 pg92 with descant 3 m 15s SOLO + ALLReading: Luke 2: 1-7 Jesus is born in Bethlehem The truth from above CfC Book 2 pg202 Choir only 2m 40s SMALL CHOIR Hark the Herald Angels sing CfC Book 1 pg39, with descant 3m 32s ALLReading: Luke 2: 8-16 The Shepherds go to the Manger Infant Holy Infant Lowly CfC Book1 pg52 Choir only 2m 10s SMALL CHOIRReading: Matthew 2: 1-11 The Wise Men go to the Manger O Come all ye faithful CfC Book 1 pg88, verses 1,2 5,6 with descant and 7 unison 4m 42s full version ALLReading: John 1: 1-18 The Mystery of the Incarnation Concluding Prayers Quantock Carol (Sung Blessing) , subject to permission (now granted). Sheet music. Track for accompaniment only Choir only 1m 50s SMALL CHOIROrgan Voluntary Rehearsals restarted on Saturday 5 September as we work towards learning how to record ourselves in audio and video. As a start we used Bus Stop as a trial as most of us know it well. Rehearsal tapes are just below, and organ accompaniments to The Quantock Carol and Once in Royal David's City are available but cannot be posted on the website, so alternative arrangements will have to be made. New rehearsal files
Normal times (!)
In normal times, rehearsals will usually be on Tuesdays at 6pm lasting until 8pm, and on some Saturdays at 2pm or 3pm until 5pm. Venues will usually be in the 10th Floor Auditorium at Endeavour Square, Stratford, the ground floor conference room at Palestra House, 197 Blackfriars Rd, London SE1 8JZ, opposite Southwark Station. Other rooms at Stratford or Palestra may be used - see individual rehearsal dates for details. During the current coronavirus emergency, all face-to-face rehearsals and concerts have been suspended. We'll communicate any changes via email and WhatsApp. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Past repertoire
Here's a list of the music we've sung over the past three years, not including the carols as there are so many of them!
Here's a list of the music we've sung over the past three years, not including the carols as there are so many of them!
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Old rehearsal files
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