Due to some conflicts with Friends Academy, this Wednesday's rehearsal will be held at the Congregational Church of South Darmouth, 17 Middle Street. Rehearsal is from 7-9:30pm. Please don't expect to enter the church earlier than 6:45pm; the doors should be open at 6:45. We'll be rehearsing on the main floor of the church, seated as we usually are.
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Soprano Susan Leclair has written,
"It has been arranged that singers who want to check out the church can do so next Sunday -November 18 at 3:30. As you know, the church faces Acushnet Avenue but there is a side doorway on Nye Street. They can park in the school parking lot and enter by that closest doorway.
"We can stay for about 30 minutes or so. The lights wont't be on but they can get a sense of space volume and architecture."
If you'd like to be a part of that tour, please let me know this Wednesday or email Susan directly: sleclair
After a really excellent rehearsal yesterday, here's the plan for Wednesday:
7-7:20 warmup
Everything is really coming together. It's time to start reviewing all of the movements from top to bottom.
In the course of the rehearsal, we'll make our way through all of the Messiah movements in order of appearance, stopping to tweak things as needed. (As you know me, we'll stop many times!)
If time remains, we'll move on to Schubert.
You know what to do: follow what's in the score. Basses, keep woodshedding the melismas in For Unto Us and, especially, And He Shall Purify. For all of you, make sure that you aren't following old habits and that you're sticking with what's on the page.
I'm looking forward to another great rehearsal. I've lengthened the warmup to give us a little more time on singing without piano. This group makes great strides when singing unaccompanied!
See you then!
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