Music Notes – October 11, 2023

• Rehearsal notes:
  — Reminder (again): Big lifts after first and second Nova; tiny lifts after third and fourth — every time!
  — Emphasis on NO-va, but still a solid “v” sound
• Solos:
  Opening “Nova, nova” solo (TBD)
  Maud Taber-Thomas (v. 1); Chris Lewis (v. 2);
  Guen Spilsbury & Eleanore Fox (v. 3); Chris Lewis & Matt Pearson (v. 4)
  ALL (v. 5)

Noël Nouvelet – memorized

• Rehearsal notes:
  Please make sure to break between m 14 and 15 in chorus – “Sing we now of Christmas” and “Sing we now Noël”

Verbum Patris Umanatur

• Memorize ALL
• Solo asignments:
  — Diana Garibaldi (v. 1); Doug Baumgardt (v. 2);
  — (Bors & Ban) Jan Elicker, Betsy Fulford, Jeff Ashford, Greg Scholtz (v. 3)

Alle Psallite

• Memorize ALL
• Rehearsal notes:
  — Group 2 S/T – please look at the timing of the last “alleluia” — it comes in right away
• Divisi reminder:
  https://production.revelsdc.org/music/scores-audio/divisi-assignments/

Edi beo thu (Sopranos & Altos)

• Memorize Verse 1 / Practice (begin to memorize) Verse 3
• Solos:
  — I would like to hear final auditions for verse 2 this week

Quant je voi vyer

• Memorize English, work on French
  — Practice, practice, practice the “old French”

Kyrie from Missa “L’homme arme”

• Begin Memorizing
• Rehearsal notes:
  — Altos (m. 34): B is a B-flat (I am trying to get your recording redone)
  — Basses (

Part 2 Music

L’homme armé (T/B)

• Make sure that you have the new score:
  https://production.revelsdc.org//scores/lhomme-arme.pdf

Conditor alme siderum (Dufay)

• Rehearsal notes:
  — We worked on the rhythm for m. 16 for the top and middle parts; please continue to work on this!

J’attandray tant qu’il vous playra (Dufay) (S/A)

• Sopranos and Altos, make sure that you have this printed:
  https://production.revelsdc.org/scores/jatendray-tant-quil-vous-playra.pdf
• Listening assignment before rehearsal Wednesday:
  https://youtu.be/5OPz3IPrRiI?si=Ao5DZ4Dz4TBYGfKh
  * Please note that everyone has the music that represents “the refrain” that we will all learn.

Il est né le divine enfant – English

• Memorize for October 18

Boar’s Head Carol – memorized

Gloria ad modum tubae

• Rehearsal Notes:
  — Reminder: T/B – Use group assignments until m.46; then tenors take the top line and basses take the bottom line.
  — T/B – use your light voices please
  — S/A – please review mm. 3 to 43; and, look at the rest on your own