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Mar. 25th, 2009
And he shall reign for ever and ever
Mar. 25th, 2009 10:57 pmAm hosting a choir sectional this Sunday. Eeep.
I cannot imagine what it must be like to be singing in our choir right now if you don't like the Messiah. Because it's all we're doing, every single rehearsal. I'm in heaven, personally, because I love it and have sung it many many times, but it must be brutal if you're not a fan. And... well, it's also rather rough going, especially for the sopranos. Tonight we screwed up so badly on one song that our director actually skipped right on to the Hallelujah chorus without another word. Oy vey.
It's an odd mix, too. We've got equal numbers of men, altos, and sopranos - which, for those of you who don't know about choirs, is not generally the natural order of things. Normally the soprano section is huge and the men are few. Tonight we also had eight second sopranos and four firsts; again, not the natural order of things at all. We're struggling. I'm trying to sing more loudly than I usually do because I've actually sung most of the songs before and sopranos are not generally well-known for their sightreading ability (actually, we suck at it), but the problem is my voice is teeny-tiny, and gets harsh when I try to give it volume.
Anyway. I really hope the sectional helps. We're still struggling with notes, never mind expression and tone and all that fun stuff. It would be very nice to get on with making the music sound good, rather than just sound technically correct.
I cannot imagine what it must be like to be singing in our choir right now if you don't like the Messiah. Because it's all we're doing, every single rehearsal. I'm in heaven, personally, because I love it and have sung it many many times, but it must be brutal if you're not a fan. And... well, it's also rather rough going, especially for the sopranos. Tonight we screwed up so badly on one song that our director actually skipped right on to the Hallelujah chorus without another word. Oy vey.
It's an odd mix, too. We've got equal numbers of men, altos, and sopranos - which, for those of you who don't know about choirs, is not generally the natural order of things. Normally the soprano section is huge and the men are few. Tonight we also had eight second sopranos and four firsts; again, not the natural order of things at all. We're struggling. I'm trying to sing more loudly than I usually do because I've actually sung most of the songs before and sopranos are not generally well-known for their sightreading ability (actually, we suck at it), but the problem is my voice is teeny-tiny, and gets harsh when I try to give it volume.
Anyway. I really hope the sectional helps. We're still struggling with notes, never mind expression and tone and all that fun stuff. It would be very nice to get on with making the music sound good, rather than just sound technically correct.
