Ideas for Christmas 2008?

Gentlemen-

I hope you are enjoying your winter break. Here is a video that will make you smile...something we should consider for our winter concert in '08?

A Christmas Playlist

Enjoy! (You may even hear some "Mulan" -that's for Scott...and some "Hanson" -that's for Taylor)

SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY CONCERT 11/25/07

Gentelemen-

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends. Just a final email reminder about our schedule for Sunday and our concert "The Sacred Sounds of Christmas" at Benaroya Hall, Downtown Seattle:


9:00 a.m.- Load busses for downtown Seattle. (ALL STUDENTS ARE TO RIDE BUSSES TO THE EVENT)
PLEASE HAVE-
*your tux and all it's parts, (including, shirt, vest, bow-tie, black socks and black shoes) in a garment back or on a hangar covered by a trash sack or some other bag-
*black folder with all your music for the concert in this order-
1)"Processional: Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus"MEMORIZED
2)"Savior of the Nations, Come"
3)"On Christmas Night All Christians Sing" MEMORIZED
4)"Hallelujah" (from the Mt. of Olives)
5)"In the Bleak Mid-Winter" MEMORIZED
6)"What Sweeter Music"

10:00-12:30 Rehearsal at Benaroya with all singers, instrumentalists

12:30-1:30 Lunch backstage provided by the university

3:25 Line-up for concert
3:30 prayer
4:00 Concert
5:45 Meet and Greet in the Lobby
6:15 Load busses after concert (You don't have to take the bus back to campus...)


PLEASE BE ON TIME- You won't be able to leave Benaroya at anytime, so bring some homework, a book, etc.

AND CALL ME IF YOU NEED ANYTHING OR HAVE A QUESTION-

See you Sunday!


**************************
Ken Pendergrass
Men's Choir Director
Seattle Pacific University
Music Department
3307 3rd Avenue West
Seattle, WA 98119
pendek@spu.edu
206-281-2938

Savior of the Nations mp3

Here is the final mp3 of combined pieces we are singing at Benaroya-

What Sweeter Music mp3

Check it out- especially the last 2 pages...tricky.

mp3 of "Hallelujah" from "Mount of Olives"

Beethoven "Hallelujah" from "Mount of Olives"

Video clips from last night's concert...

Hey guys-

Here are 2 short videos of us singing from last night's concert. The second one is just a mashup of some pictures...more mp3s of the entire performance to come...it was a great first concert! Thanks for all your hard work.

Solo audition results- Vest/bow tie cost

Gentlemen-

Congratulations to the following soloists-

Medieval Gloria- cantor at the opening: CALEB LIND

Vive l"Amour- solo 1 ("Let every good fellow..."): TAYLOR STRATON
solo 2 ("Success to each other..."): ANDY ZOOK
solo 3 (pp. 7-8 "Let every old bachelor..."): WES MURPHY

COST OF THE VESTS/BOW TIE-

The black vests and bow ties will be available for purchase at our next rehearsal.

PLEASE MAKE OUT A CHECK TO ME FOR THE COST OF THE VEST- $14.95+tax= $16.28.

BARITONE SECTIONAL-

Sunday 3pm- meet lower level lobby Crawford music building.

IF YOU HAVE MISSED 2 SECTIONALS, or cannot attend, email so I can work out a time to hear you sing through some of the music before the concert (yes- one on one for some accountability...)

See you Sunday for sectional or Tuesday for rehearsal. ****ONLY 2 (TWO) REHEARSALS LEFT BEFORE OUR FIRST CONCERT ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2...

An mp3 post from director Ken #1

Gabcast! An mp3 post from director Ken #1

Practice mp3 of that hard part on p.11 of Vive

Gentlemen-

Just in time for halloween, me singing 4 parts of "Vive L'Amour" on page 11, 2 measures before 90 (that hard staggered entrance part...)

For Tenor 1, go here: Tenor 1 Vive Practice

For Tenor 2, go here: Tenor 2 Vive Practice

For Baritone, go here: Baritone Vive Practice

For Bass, go here: Bass Vive Practice

2 mp3's of "Vive L'Amour"

Listen to these two versions of "Vive L'Amour"- the first one is a live performance by the Men's Choir at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. The second one is by Chor Leoni, a semi-professional Men's Chorus from Vancouver B.C.

Vive L'Amour WWU Men's Choir

Vive L'Amour Chor Leoni

Latest Tux, sectional and rehearsal info

Per your vote on Thursday, we will go with black vest and black bow tie. Some of you were asking about getting a "real" vest rather than the "one-size-fits-all" vest I had at rehearsal...

I went to the tux shop today in Ballard and the issue with the real vests is that they will need your jacket size and it may cost more...

The "one-size-fits-all" will be easier to get and will probably be cheaper if we order them as a choir. I'll have specific info as to cost of the vest, and vest options as soon as they get back to me.

In the meantime, if you need a tux, or tux parts, you can go to the tux shop in Ballard, tell them you are with the Men's Choir at SPU and get measured etc. Give them my name also.

A word about shoes: they do have the shiny black patent leather shoes, but I'm not going to require that for everyone. As long as you have a solid black dress shoe, you should be ok-

Email me with any questions:

TUX SHOP INFO-

The Tux Shop
Richard C. McMillan- store manager
2232 NW Market St. Seattle WA (right on the metro busline; use to plan your trip with google transit from SPU)
206-789-6047
I think he is open until 6pm most weekdays;
no specific web-site, but you can go here: TheTuxShops for location map.


******BASS SECTIONAL IS THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON-
3:00-3:50 p.m. Meet at Crawford Music building downstairs-bring your music


*******TENOR 1 SECTIONAL MONDAY 10/15/*******
8:00-8:50 p.m. Meet at Crawford Music building lobby downstairs- bring your music


*******NEXT REHEARSAL TUESDAY 10/16/07 WITH WOMEN'S CHOIR IN CRAWFORD MUSIC BUILDING********
Please meet upstairs in Crawford Music building room 211? for a combined choir rehearsal with the women's choir.
We will work on the Slovene music and sing "On Christmas Night All Christians Sing" with our 2 accompanists.

Sectional Dates and Times

If you didn't see the email or check the calendar in the column at right, here are the dates for sectional rehearsals. You need to attend at least 3 of the 4 scheduled rehearsals:

Ten. 1
Sectional 1: Monday, 10/15/07 8 p.m.
Sectional 2: Wednesday, 10/31/07 8:30 p.m.
Sectional 3: Sunday, 11/11/07 3 p.m.
Sectional 4: Monday 11/19/07 8 p.m.
*Regular Tuesday Rehearsal on 11/20/07 will go until 5:30 p.m.

Ten. 2
Sectional 1: Sunday, 10/21/07 3 p.m.
Sectional 2: Monday, 10/29/07 8 p.m.
Sectional 3: Wednesday, 11/14/07 8:30 p.m.
Sectional 4: Monday 11/19/07 8 p.m.
*Regular Tuesday Rehearsal on 11/20/07 will go until 5:30 p.m.

Barit.
Sectional 1: Wednesday, 10/17/07 8:30 p.m.
Sectional 2: Sunday, 10/28/07 3:00 p.m.
Sectional 3: Monday, 11/05/07 8:00 p.m.
Sectional 4: Sunday, 11/18/07 3:00 p.m.
*Regular Tuesday Rehearsal on 11/20/07 will go until 5:30 p.m.

Bass
Sectional 1: Sunday 10/14/07 3 p.m.
Sectional 2: Monday 10/22/07 8 p.m.
Sectional 3: Wednesday 11/07/07 8:30 pm
Sectional 4: Sunday 11/18/07 3 p.m.
*Regular Tuesday Rehearsal on 11/20/07 will go until 5:30 p.m.

100207 Rehearsal mp3 pt 2

This is the second excerpt recording from our rehearsal of "In the Bleak Mid-Winter" with the recorder near the tenor side.

10/02/07 Rehearsal mp3 Pt. 1

This is an excerpt recording of our rehearsal of "Medieval Gloria" and "On Christmas Night all Christians Sing" with the recorder near the bari/bass side.

Translation and pronunciation for "Medieval Gloria"

Here is a word for word translation of the Latin Gloria found in "Medieval Gloria" followed by the literal translation when needed- MARK THIS DOWN IN YOUR MUSIC before our next rehearsal on 10/2/07
note: pronunciation guide is not in IPA but is a simple transliteration:

Gloria in excelsis Deo
glo-ree-ah een ek-shel-sees deh-o
Glory in highest to God
Glory to God in the highest.

Et in terra pax, hominibus bonae voluntatis
eht-een teh-r-ah pahks o-mee-nee-boos bo-neh voh-loon-tah-tees
And on earth peace to men of good will
And on earth peace to all those of good will.

Laudamus te Benedicimus te
lahoo-dah-moos-teh beh-neh-di-chee-moos-teh
We praise thee We bless thee

Adoramus te, Glorificamus te
ah-doh-rah-moos teh gloh-ree-fee-cah-moos teh
We worship thee We glorify thee

Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam.
grah-tsee-ahs ah-jee-moos tee-bee prohp-tehr mah-nyahm glohr-ree-ahm
Thanks we give to thee because of great glory thy
We give thanks to thee according to thy great glory.

Domine Deus
doh-mee-neh deh-oos
Lord God

Repertoire for fall '07

Wait for the flash player to load below and check-out a sample playlist of some songs we may do this fall and beyond...