Holiday homework ...

[Daniel Fitzmaurice]

Thanks to all who shared their song with us this past Sunday. It really demonstrated how far our reading and sound has come since we started a short month ago ... never mind pulling off the Mass of Creation without a hitch for the last three weeks!

But, my thoughts today are about our future.. 

I am hoping to collaborate with you all regarding our repertoire for December and the new year. Simply put - what would you like to sing? I believe in the strength of our collaborative minds, rather than mine alone choosing repertoire. We can sing anything so let your mind run wild! (In fact, I look forward to arranging some of your choices myself in the coming weeks). We can't sing everything right way, but I look forward to maintaining a lonnnnng list of singer-generated suggestions. 

I hope that you've been enjoying rehearsals (if not, let me know!). The progress we have made in this short time (only three hours of rehearsal total) is phenomenal.. Who's up for two hours (7 - 9 pm) in December? It will accelerate our progress exponentially and will always include a 7th inning stretch break. 

This week we're not having rehearsal (hold back your tears!). I have pasted our "setlist" below with links and posted new files on our google groups page. Val (voice) and Scott (violin), our Harrison Hill Teaching Artists-in-Residence, will join us on Sunday for a big musical bash! Also, an Oregonian reporter will be there to write a story on the St. David's "renaissance" so I hope that we can have a nice full choir!

Now, the simple homework. Answer the following questions to the best of your ability. No time limit. Full sentences not necessary. Cheating is permissible. 

1. What would you like to sing in December and 2010?

2. Can you rehearse on Thursdays from 7 - 9 pm?
    *Also mention any ride issues so I can arrange a carpool

Reply either directly to me (daniel.fi...@gmail.com) or click "reply to all" to share your answers with the whole choir (StDavidof...@googlegroups.com). 

Happy Thanksgiving, 

Dan 

November 29 - First Sunday of Advent

Processional: Signs of ending all around us (see GoogleGroups file)

Song of Praise: The Song of Mary S 247 (also on our group page)

Sequence: Lo! he comes with clouds descending H 58  

Creed: Gaelic Creed (that's right, we're singing it! And its in GoogleGroups)

Doxology: O Waly Waly 

Sanctus: Schubert (see GoogleGroup)

Fraction: Ambroise (Yep.. googlegroups)

Post-Communion: Come thou long-expected Jesus H 66

[Michael LaBaugh]

--- On Wed, 11/25/09, Daniel Fitzmaurice <Daniel.Fi...@gmail.com> wrote:

For Dec I'd like to sing: Coventry Carol (Lullay lullay thou little tiny child)   Brightest and Best of the Stars of the Morning (Not the Lutheran hymn, but the Appalachian folk carol. Its in mixolydian, so it probably came from England): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAk_te3mw7U   For Lent, maybe Wonderous Love (What wonderous love is this, o my soul) I lived in Kentucky for 10 years, and this hymn is as popular there as Amazing Grace. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTXNAHEMI9g   And another old one, the Morning Trumpet (O when will I see Jesus).   And if we work really hard, maybe next Advent we can do Victoria's motet O Magnum Mysterium.   Happy Thanksgivng. Michael

[peggy kelly]

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

 

I am "up" for extended hours of practice on Thursdays, (at least i'll try to stay awake ti'll 9)

 

I will be picking up Nell for  future practices and have room for 3 more if anyone needs/wants a ride. just let me know @ 503 312 -0080

 

here's a few of songs for December i would like to sing.

 

The king shall come when morning dawns  page 73 in the hymnal

 

O come o come emmanuel... (not all the verses at once please) page 56

 

is it too early for o little town of bethlehem???  pg 79

Away in a manger (either tune not necessariy the one on  page 101)

 

See you all on Sunday

Peg

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From: Daniel Fitzmaurice <Daniel.Fi...@gmail.com>
To: StDavidof...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wed, November 25, 2009 4:56:46 PM
Subject: Holiday homework ...

[Michael LaBaugh]

Oh yeah, I'm up for two hours (with maybe a 5 minute break). I ain't got nothin' better to do.

--- On Wed, 11/25/09, Daniel Fitzmaurice <Daniel.Fi...@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Daniel Fitzmaurice <Daniel.Fi...@gmail.com> Subject: Holiday homework ... To: StDavidof...@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 7:56 PM

[Thomas E. Price]

Two Hours is OK with me.

 

Just to be different for Christmas:

 

All Through the Night (maybe even in Welsh!)

The Wassail Song

Jingle Bell Rock

Moonlight in Vermont

 

Others not for December just for fun:

 

Blackbird Lennon/McCartney

Across the Universe (Lennon/McCartney

Tumbling Tumbleweeds (maybe Gene Autrey)

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Thomas E. Price

Thomas E. Price

(503) 816-6281

tho...@price-price.com

 

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