Week 8

This Week in Choir: Week 8


Good Afternoon Grissom Choir,


All-City Choral Festival are THIS week!  SSA Auditions will be held on Monday, September 19th at Whitesburg MS directly after school.  SATB Auditions will be held on Tuesday, September 20th at Lee HS directly after school.  Students, please ensure that you have a ride to and from the auditions, and are fully prepared with the following:


    1. All Music in its Folder
    2. Measures Numbered
    3. Parts learned via Practice Tracks


It is my expectation that all students that registered follow through with their commitment by practicing and auditioning.  We have upwards of 70 students auditioning this year, and I want every single one of these Grissom Choir members to be accepted.  Should there be any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out.




This Week in Choir…


Women’s Choir:
Continue Festival Sanctus & In Winter
Review Stopping by Woods & Veni Veni Emmanuel


Men’s Choir:
Music Theory Review
Continue learning The Holly and The Ivy & Hodie
Continue learning Into the Night & The Winter owl


Concert Choir:
Music Theory Review
Begin Learning Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Continue learning O Magnum Mysterium
Review Glow & Do You Hear What I Hear


Chamber Choir:
Music Theory Review
Continue learning E’en So Lord Jesus Quickly Come, O Nata Lux, & Hurry Now To Bethlehem
Review Psalm 150 & I Will Lift Mine Eyes
Begin learning Go Tell It On The Mountain




All-City Choral Festival Auditions
Auditionees, please see the list of songs & corresponding measures below.  These measures are my absolutely favorite out of each song.  I hope that you will share in the joy of these selections with me!!


    SSA
        “Oh Think of Me” - mm. 32-64
        “Canticle of Mary” - mm. 9-23 
        “Walk in Jerusalem” - mm. 1-18
        “Gloria in Excelsis” - mm. 33-48


    SATB
        “City Called Heaven” - mm. 5-20
        “Dies Irae” - mm. 1-19
        “For the Beauty of the Earth” - mm. 35-58
        “Kyrie” - mm. 16-26
        “O Love” - mm. 25-36




The University of Montevallo’s Choral Festival of Voices
Concert Choir, this trip is in 2 weeks!  This school year, the University of Montevallo will be hosting a 1 day Honor Choir on Friday, September 30th, titled the Choral Festival of Voices.  For those students in our Concert Choir at Grissom, we will be traveling down via bus on this day to participate in this great festival. The price of this field trip is $30, & students will need to bring money for lunch and dinner.  Students, please be sure to turn in your Permission to Travel form, as well as your $30 registration fee ASAP!
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