Saturday, June 29, 2024
Summer Sing Newsletter
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- Katie's Korner
- Rehearsal Schedule
- Kganna Koloi Music Video and Pronunciation on Website
- J'entends le Moulin Slowed Down Files
- Gibbons Youth Scholarship
- Weekly Humor (AKA Weekly Groan)
- Bring a Pencil
- Links to Music
- Nonconsensual Olfactory Overload
- Voice Exercises and Warmups
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Hello Summer Sing,
You are a tough group in the best possible way - I worked you pretty hard at our last rehearsal and you ate it all up and asked for more! Thanks for your positivity and good musical energy.
Excellent work on J'entends le Moulin in particular. I had felt a bit concerned heading into rehearsal about making it through those tricky key changes, but you picked them up very quickly. I have heard feedback that the most difficult part of this piece for many folks is managing the French pronunciation and the difficult music at the same time. One of our French-speaking choir members is working on making a practice recording of the pronunciation by itself - be on the lookout for information from Ed.
Two things about Kganna Koloi: First, I said the wrong language in rehearsal the other day: the song is actually in Sotho, not Seswtana. Second, I've also been asked for phonetics for the song, but other than the title, I have not been able to track down the words. So I am not positive of the spelling of the words, but here is my estimation of how they should sound phonetically:
Soprano:
Hah-nah koh-loy, Hah-nah koh-loy, Hah-nah koh-loy-ee.
Ah, wee lay muh-lah-wee
Alto, Tenor, Bass:
Kee-muh sah-wuh-nah, Kee-muh sah-wuh-nah, Kee-muh sah-wuh-nah,
Chway-lah Kee-muh sah-wuh-nah
I look forward to seeing you all next week!
All the best,
Katie
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Rehearsals begin at 7:00 PM sharp. Please try to be in your seat and ready to sing!
July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
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Kganna Koloi Music Video and Pronunciation Now on Website... |
We have added the pronunciation to the website in addition to the video we posted of Kganna Koloi from Katie's visit to Kimberley, South Africa.
and there is a link to the pronunciation page.
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J'entends le Moulin Slowed Down Files... |
We are working on uploading slowed down learning files for J'entends le Moulin. We will send out an email when they are all uploaded.
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Gibbons Youth Scholarship... |
Summer Sing will be collecting funds for the Gibbons Scholarship for Youth at the next two rehearsals. The Gibbons Scholarship was established in 2001 by the Ithaca Community Choruses to honor the choruses' founding director, Paul Gibbons, and to provide promising high school voice students with the means for musical training. The donaton jar will will be on the table as you enter the rehearsal room. The donation jar has already been circulated with our other choruses. Please feel free to donate what you can. You may also make a donation on our website at https://acithaca.org/help-keep-the-music-coming/
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Weekly Humor (AKA The Weekly Groan)... |
Why did the farmer store all of the root vegetables?
Because he liked to keep the beet
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Bring a Pencil to LIGHTLY Mark Your Scores!
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Links to Summer Sing Music... |
All of the music we are performing this summer, including Katie's song from South Africa, can be found by following the links found on the Summer Sing website.
Bookmark this location and you will be able to listen to and practice each song:
Katie has also provided a complete set of learning tracks (14 total!) for J'entends le Moulin. Here is the link for that page - once you load the page, click on J'entends le Moulin:
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| Nonconsensual Olfactory Overload.. |
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Please remember to avoid wearing perfumes, colognes, essential oils and other scents to rehearsals and performances as they create respiratory discomfort for some of our singers. Please do shower, however 😁 |
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Voice Exercises and Warmups...
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Looking for a way to exercise your voice between rehearsals? Cyberbass is free website that has a selection of vocal warmups that play on your computer, smartphone or tablet. You can also purchase CD's with various exercises and warmups if you choose. Go to
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Questions, Comments and Newsletter Items...
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If you have a question about Summer Sing, comments or suggestions for the newsletter, or do you have an item for the newsletter (items should be related to the chorus or the local music community), send it to musicinfo@ACIthaca.org. PLEASE - if you have an item for the newsletter, send it in completed form so we can copy and paste - we do not write material for you. |
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