Rehearsal Pictures!

SMC & MMC


Our Amazing Accompanists (maybe camera shy?)


Loren and Erin


Warming up!

Best picture of the night: Sarah, Kendra, Troy, the guy next to him & the guy next to him are quite intrigued! :) C'mon, it's only a 2.5 hour rehearsal!

4/27 Rehearsal at Hidden Oaks Middle School

Dear choir,
Just a reminder our rehearsal tomorrow night is at Hidden Oaks Middle School and it begins at 7:00 PM - please be sure to adjust your travel time to traffic conditions (it's a 47 minute drive from the church without traffic). If you are interested in carpooling, please meet at the St. Paul Stake Center at 5:45 pm. MMC will meet outside of the auditorium where SMC is rehearsing and then go to a room where we will sing through our pieces.

Hidden Oaks Middle School
15855 Fish Point Road Southeast
Prior Lake, MN 55372-2056
(952) 226-0700
priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us

Directions from St. Paul Stake Center:
1. Head south on Silver Lake Rd NW toward County Rd E W (2.3 mi)
2. Turn left at St Anthony Blvd (423 ft)
3. Take the 1st right onto County Rd 88 (1.1 mi)
4. Turn right to merge onto I-35W S (17.7 mi)
5. Take exit 3B to merge onto MN-13 S toward Shakopee (4.6 mi)
6. Turn left to stay on MN-13 S (4.3 mi)
7. Turn left at Fish Point Rd SE
Destination will be on the left (0.5 mi)

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A copy of this has been sent to your e-mail. It has been formatted so that you can easily send it via e-mail (it's not a big file). Special thanks to Sarah Johnson for her AMAZING work!!!

Beautiful Choir!

Dropped the Ball & Apologies

I'm so sorry folks, I completely dropped the ball on practice cd's this semester. They take so much time to make that I kept putting them off for when I had time but now I'm to the point where it's so late in the semester that I wonder if they would even be helpful? Please use the links on this blog as I really believe they are extremely helpful. A BIG thanks to those of you who have updated me on links that no longer work or have mistakes. I'm glad to know that some of you are using the links and hope you find them helpful!


Thanks to those who gave me feedback on last week's rehearsal, specifically on "Hymn of Praise #1" - I'm sorry if it felt like I was scolding you. I was trying to express my disappointment that it didn't go as well as I thought it could have and I also wanted everyone to know that I was serious when I gave #1 as an assignment a few weeks ago. I realize that singing it all together in SATB is definitely different from singing it on your own or with your section or even with one other group...I will definitely take that into consideration during our SATB rehearsals. I am very sorry if I made anyone feel bad. Please know that I love this choir!

Thinking of you......

 

Hey everybody!
I heard that you guys may have cracked some jokes about me while I'm away. I thought you should see this picture (taken tonight in Hawaii) as proof of my hard work while on vacation. Note that I had to wait until sunset each night to practice from our ocean view room because the sunshine reflected so brightly off the pages during the day that it was blinding! And the heat of the sun beat down upon me so much that I was forced to just lay there and sip on my cold fruity drink. Boy, it has been so hard but I know it will pay off! See you this Thursday! :) hehehehe
With all the love in my heart,
Erin

"Hymn of Praise" Recording

I've been searching for an English recording of "Hymn of Praise" (Lobgesang) but haven't found one yet. I spoke with Loren Squires and he said he's been using the London Symphony recording (in German). You can also find this recording on iTunes. I will let you know if we find one in English.

Please remember to use the MIDI files that are listed on the right side of this blog under Spring Repertoire.

Hope this helps!
Erin