I hope everyone has had a relaxing summer. I have lots of great music planned for you this year!
Your first assignment was to log on to this site and book mark it. Congratulations, you found it! Next you must fill out a student information form with your parents. This will improve communications between home and school, helping you to keep current on all events, and requirements for Concert Choir and Vocal Ensemble.
Please click on the link listed under “BLOGROLL” on the right side of this page. The link is titled “Student Information Form”. Accurately fill out the form, then hit the “submit” button. Please remember to set up your email spam folder to allow mail from sbschools.org.
A list of new Vocal Ensemble members have been published in a previous post on June 22, 2010. If your name is not listed, your ensemble is called “Concert Choir” in the online information survey. If you were in Vocal Ensemble in 7th grade, choose both ensembles.
All students will be individually screened for voice placements during AP (2:26-3:05), the week of September 13-17th, 2010. Regularly scheduled rehearsals begin on September 20th.
I will post more information and activities on this site as the year progresses.
A heartfelt congratulations goes out to all who helped make this year such a success! All of our choirs scored “Superior” at the Music in the Parks Hershey Park competition! This has never been achieved before now at Crossroads North, so we should be very proud!
Additionally, our Vocal Ensemble earned “Superior” ratings and perfect 10′s from one judge at the Rutgers Choral Festival in May, 2010.
I am looking forward to achieving such high standards once again next year. Below is a list of “New” vocal ensemble members for 2010-2011 school year. We may add more students to Vocal Ensemble in September and again after the December concerts, so if you did not audition, or did not make it in June, there is still a chance. Please see me in September if you did not audition and still wish to do so.
Have a great summer!
-Mr. Keith Watlington
keith.watlington@sbschools.org
The following students will be added to the returning 17 members of the Vocal Ensemble.
Congratulations to our newest vocal ensemble members…
Soprano
Wendy L.
Anoosha B.
Veronica S.
Jennifer B.
Jamie D.
Jenna H.
Poornima N.
Maryam H.
Rosa S.
Meaghan R.
Simran K.
Alto
Maria A.
Julia D.
Kristen J.
Anna H.
Sanchitha B.
Devika J.
Sweta D.
Liana P.
Gowrilakshmi P.
Becca Y.
Nikita R.
Nabina P.
Tenor
Kunal G.
Vedanta D.
Abhi G.
Bass
Quentin O. (maybe tenor)
Richie H.
Malcolm R.
Monday May 17, 7 p.m. Board of Education Performance. Vocal ensemble 6:30 p.m. Arrival – Concert Dress. Tuesday, May 18, Men & Women’s Ensemble Rehearsal. Men 3-4 p.m., Women 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, Rutgers Festival – Vocal Ensemble daytime, Concert Dress. Men & Women’s Ensemble Rehearsal 3-4 p.m. Thursday, May 20, Hershey Park luggage drop off – 3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 21 & Saturday, May 22 HERSHEY PARK! Tuesday, May 25, Men & Women’s Ensemble Rehearsal. 3-4 p.m. Wednesday May 26, Spring Concert 7:30 p.m., arrive at 6:45 SBHS Choir room, Concert Dress.
Watch this video to see how you look on the risers. Nice job on the piano Miriam! How can we be better? Only one week left until Hershey! It takes a while to load (about 1.5 minutes), so be patient!
We need to learn this one quick. There are only about six weeks of practice left. You can practice at home by clicking on your voice part. Once you are solid on your part, try it with the full practice track.
I have altered the original arrangement to meet the needs of our boy’s voices, so please follow my arrangement.
Take a listen to our progress so far. Ladies are doing a fine job with pitch and enunciation. Gentleman are not far behind. It falls apart a bit when we add stomps, claps, etc. It still needs a bit of work on the rhythmic precision. What do you think? Wait til we add the fiddles! (AKA violins). Nice job Miriam (piano)!
Girls, have a listen to your sectional rehearsal. It is pretty good so far. Watch the measure with “Chimney tops”. Alto’s need to watch pitch, especially after the key change. This last page has some incorrect pitches. What else can we improve on? Your comments are welcome!
I like the blend and balance. Keep up the amazing work ladies!
How do we all sound together? Boys are getting many correct pitches, but need to be a bit more gentle, especially on notes from middle C and higher.
Click on the link to listen to and see this music. Vocal Ensemble will start my arrangement of this piece when we return from spring break. This performance is exactly what we want to sound like.
