Concert Week Update

Dear Prep 3 Families,

We’re less than 24 hours away from our big Holidays With Cantabile concert and I could not be more excited! A few quick reminders about tomorrow and next week:

Saturday, December 6 Concert

Where: Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph, San Jose

Call time: 11:00am 

Concert: 1:00pm

Uniform: arrive wearing FULL Cantabile concert uniform including black socks (boys)/stockings (girls), black dress shoes (no boots please!), and hair neat/off the face.
Sign in: with Choir Parent at the curb - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child to Parish Hall.

Please DO NOT:

- Bring your music binders or theory books

- Bring any personal items that you don’t absolutely need

Please DO:

- Have a good, hearty breakfast so that you have lots of energy!

- Bring a water bottle – it’s extremely important to stay hydrated.

- Bring your focus, positive energy, and smiles!

Sign out: in Parish Hall with Choir Parent - at the end of the concert, please follow the choirs to Parish Hall. Prep 3 singers should be picked up from downstairs.

Winter Recitals at Foothills Congregational Church

Class recitals are coming up next week! Please come and support your young singers by enjoying a performance of our songs, games, and activities. This is a relaxed and fun event that you don’t want to miss! All singers must arrive wearing their Cantabile uniform.

Recital Times

Monday Prep 3: Monday, December 8, 5:15-6:30pm. (Please note that the time of this recital is later than the usual Monday class time in order to accommodate other recitals on the same day.)

Tuesday Prep 3: Tuesday, December 9, 5:15-6:30pm

Potluck

Thank you to those families who have already signed up to contribute to the recital potluck for your class. If more of you could please go ahead and sign-up, that would be fabulous – both classes could use more contributions! :) To sign up, visit the appropriate link below. Write your name and a description of the item you're bringing in the column of your choice. The categories on the spreadsheet are helpful suggestions, but feel free to use the "other" column and specify what you'd like to bring. Please ensure that all food items are nut-free. If your child has a serious allergy to something besides nuts, please email me immediately.

Monday Potluck Sign-up

Tuesday Potluck Sign-up

Practice Instructions

Please practice all of your pieces for the Holidays With Cantabile concert one last time tonight, and continue to practice for your recitals over the weekend! ALL pieces must be COMPLETELY memorized! 

Silent Night CANDLES for the Holidays With Cantabile concert:
Hold your candle in your left hand at your side until the lights go down for Silent Night. Then turn your candle on (switch at the bottom) and hold it with both hands. Please do NOT play with it, use up the battery by turning it on before everyone is about to sing, or drop it (it will break!) - we do not have extras for everyone.

Practice Recordings

Please download and practice all practice recordings you have received by email. You can also download them all via google drive HERE. They are:

- Solstice

- O Sifuni

- Sh’ma Yisrael

- Star Carol

- Hanerot Halalu SLOW version (to help practice text)

- Dormi Dormi

- Dance Gentle Willow

- Silent Night

Holidays Repertoire List:

-       O Sifuni Mungu (all choirs)

-       Solstice (Prep 3 + Intermediate)

-       Sh’ma Yisrael (Prep 3 + Intermediate)

-       Star Carol (all choirs)

-       Silent Night (all choirs)

Monday Recital Repertoire List:

-       Dormi Dormi

-       Dance Gentle Willow
  Solstice
  Sh'ma Yisrael

-       Hanerot Halalu

Tuesday Recital Repertoire List:

-       Solstice

-       Dormi Dormi

-       Hot Chocolate - click HERE for a practice video of this piece!

-       Hanerot Halalu

Happy Concert Week!

Sincerely,
Cassie and Natalie, Prep 3 Conductors

Rehearsal Blog Update 11/28/2014

Dear Prep 3 Families,

Our Holidays With Cantabile concert and Prep 3 Winter Recitals are fast approaching! In this week’s blog are practice instructions and important updates about upcoming events. Please read carefully all information below and go over relevant details with your children – especially the section on what to practice!

Holidays With Cantabile 

Dress Rehearsal and Concert Information

Wednesday, December 3 Dress Rehearsal – mandatory for all singers!
Where: Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph, San Jose

Call time: 4:30pm sharp in the church pews - please allow additional time for traffic/drop-off

Release time: 6:45pm

Wear: warm clothing and soft-soled shoes (eg. Sneakers)
Bring: water bottle, nut-free snack, coat

Sign in: with Choir Parent at the curb - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child into the church

Sign out: with Choir Parent in the Vestibule - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child down to the curb to meet you

Saturday, December 6 Concert

Where: Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph, San Jose

Call time: 11:00am sharp

Concert: 1:00pm

Uniform: arrive wearing FULL Cantabile concert uniform including black socks (boys)/stockings (girls), black dress shoes (no boots please!), and hair neat/off the face
Sign in: with Choir Parent at the curb - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child to Parish Hall.
Sign out: in Parish Hall with Choir Parent - at the end of the concert, please follow the choirs to Parish Hall. Prep 3 singers should be picked up from downstairs.

Uniform

Please ensure that you have already ordered your Cantabile uniform, worn for both the Holidays concert and the class recital. Children without the proper uniform won't be able to participate in the concert. Thank you for understanding Cantabile’s concert policies.

Winter Recitals at Foothills Congregational Church

At the end of each term, Cantabile’s Prep classes all have their own recital at FCC to showcase what we have accomplished. Please come and support your young singers by enjoying a performance of our songs, games, and activities. This is a relaxed and fun event that you don’t want to miss! All singers must come in their Cantabile uniform – please see instructions above.

Recital Times

Monday Prep 3: Monday, December 8, 5:15-6:30pm. (Please note that the time of this recital is later than the usual Monday class time in order to accommodate other recitals on the same day.)

Tuesday Prep 3: Tuesday, December 9, 5:15-6:30pm

Recital Potluck

It is a Cantabile tradition to follow our holiday recital with a potluck! Please sign-up to contribute by visiting the appropriate link below this week. Write your name and a description of the item you're bringing in the column of your choice. The categories on the spreadsheet are helpful suggestions, but feel free to use the "other" column and specify what you'd like to bring. Please ensure that all food items are nut-free. If your child has a serious allergy to something besides nuts, please email cassie@cantabile.org immediately.

Monday Potluck Sign-up

Tuesday Potluck Sign-up

Practice Instructions

ALL pieces for the Holidays Concert and Winter Recital must be COMPLETELY memorized for next week! Please listen to all practice recordings and videos as much as possible between now and our next class.

O Sifuni Mungu Choreography Practice Video:

Click HERE to watch me sing and perform the choreography for O Sifuni Mungu. Practice with this video as many times as possible!

Practice Recordings

Please download and practice all practice recordings you have received by email. You can also download them all via google drive HERE. They are:

- NEW: Solstice
- O Sifuni

- Sh’ma Yisrael

- Star Carol

- Hanerot Halalu SLOW version (to help practice text)

- Dormi Dormi

- Dance Gentle Willow

- Silent Night

Holidays Repertoire List:

-       O Sifuni Mungu (all choirs)

-       Solstice (Prep 3 + Intermediate)

-       Sh’ma Yisrael (Prep 3 + Intermediate)

-       Star Carol (all choirs)

-       Silent Night (all choirs)

Monday Recital Repertoire List:

-       Dormi Dormi

-       Dance Gentle Willow
  Solstice
  Sh'ma Yisrael

-       Hanerot Halalu

Tuesday Recital Repertoire List:

-       Solstice

-       Dormi Dormi

-       Hot Chocolate - click HERE for a practice video of this piece!

-       Hanerot Halalu

Happy Practicing and see you on Monday!

Sincerely,
Cassie and Natalie, Prep 3 Conductors

Rehearsal Blog Update 11/21/2014

Dear Prep 3 Families,

Our Holidays With Cantabile concert and Prep 3 Winter Recitals are fast approaching! In this week’s blog are practice instructions and important updates about upcoming events. Please read carefully all information below and go over relevant details with your children – especially the section on what to practice!

Holidays With Cantabile 

Dress Rehearsal and Concert Information

Wednesday, December 3 Dress Rehearsal – mandatory for all singers!
Where: Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph, San Jose

Call time: 4:30pm sharp in the church pews - please allow additional time for traffic/drop-off

Release time: 6:45pm

Wear: warm clothing and soft-soled shoes (eg. Sneakers)
Bring: water bottle, nut-free snack, coat

Sign in: with Choir Parent at the curb - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child into the church

Sign out: with Choir Parent in the Vestibule - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child down to the curb to meet you

Saturday, December 6 Concert

Where: Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph, San Jose

Call time: 11:00am sharp

Concert: 1:00pm

Uniform: arrive wearing FULL Cantabile concert uniform including black socks (boys)/stockings (girls), black dress shoes (no boots please!), and hair neat/off the face
Sign in: with Choir Parent at the curb - Cantabile volunteers will walk your child to Parish Hall.
Sign out: in Parish Hall with Choir Parent - at the end of the concert, please follow the choirs to Parish Hall. Prep 3 singers should be picked up from downstairs.

Uniform

Please ensure that you have already ordered your Cantabile uniform, worn for both the Holidays concert and the class recital. Children without the proper uniform won't be able to participate in the concert. Thank you for understanding Cantabile’s concert policies.

Winter Recitals at Foothills Congregational Church

At the end of each term, Cantabile’s Prep classes all have their own recital at FCC to showcase what we have accomplished. Please come and support your young singers by enjoying a performance of our songs, games, and activities. This is a relaxed and fun event that you don’t want to miss! All singers must come in their Cantabile uniform – please see instructions above.

Recital Times

Monday Prep 3: Monday, December 8, 5:15-6:30pm. (Please note that the time of this recital is later than the usual Monday class time in order to accommodate other recitals on the same day.)

Tuesday Prep 3: Tuesday, December 9, 5:15-6:30pm

Recital Potluck

It is a Cantabile tradition to follow our holiday recital with a potluck! Please sign-up to contribute by visiting the appropriate link below this week. Write your name and a description of the item you're bringing in the column of your choice. The categories on the spreadsheet are helpful suggestions, but feel free to use the "other" column and specify what you'd like to bring. Please ensure that all food items are nut-free. If your child has a serious allergy to something besides nuts, please email cassie@cantabile.org immediately.

Monday Potluck Sign-up

Tuesday Potluck Sign-up

Practice Instructions

ALL pieces for the Holidays Concert and Winter Recital must be COMPLETELY memorized for next week! Please listen to all practice recordings and videos as much as possible between now and our next class.

NEW O Sifuni Mungu Choreography Practice Video:

Click HERE to watch me sing and perform the choreography for O Sifuni Mungu. Practice with this video as many times as possible!

Practice Recordings

Please download and practice all practice recordings you have received by email. You can also download them all via google drive HERE. They are:

- O Sifuni

- Sh’ma Yisrael

- Star Carol

- NEW: Hanerot Halalu SLOW version (to help practice text)

- NEW: Dormi Dormi

- NEW: Dance Gentle Willow

- NEW: Silent Night

Holidays Repertoire List:

-       O Sifuni Mungu (all choirs)

-       Solstice (Prep 3 + Intermediate)

-       Sh’ma Yisrael (Prep 3 + Intermediate)

-       Star Carol (all choirs)

-       Silent Night (all choirs)

Monday Recital Repertoire List:

-       Solstice

-       Dormi Dormi

-       Dance Gentle Willow

-       Hanerot Halalu

Tuesday Recital Repertoire List:

-       Solstice

-       Dormi Dormi

-       Hot Chocolate

-       Hanerot Halalu

Happy Practicing and see you next week!

Sincerely,
Cassie and Natalie, Prep 3 Conductors