Rehearsal Info

Rehearsals begin Wednesday, January 30, 7:00 pm. Don't forget to bring a pencil. If you must miss a rehearsal, please notify (in advance) your section leader:

Section	Leader	home	work/cell	email
Soprano	Donna Bartoli		261-7338	donnamarie@redshift.com
Alto	Susan Mehra	655-0869	372-0729	sumehra@redshift.com
Tenor	David Canright	394-4058	656-2782	dcanright@nps.edu
Bass	John Clark	484-9403		jclark@redshift.com

Important Dates

• January 30: rehearsals begin
• March 29: (Sat.) Mailing Party
• April 14: Monday Rehearsal
• April 21: Monday Rehearsal
• April 28: Monday Rehearsal
• April 30: Dress Rehearsal (at the Mission)
• May 2: Friday Rehearsal (at MPC)
• May 3: Concert (Sat.) - Carmel Mission, 8PM
• May 4: Concert (Sun.) - place and time TBD
• [December 13: Winter Concert]
• [December 14: Winter Concert]

CLEF Notes

The weekly "CLEF Notes" by Susan Mehra for the Spring 2008 season are posted below for your reference. Each is in Adobe PDF format, so if you don't have Acrobat Reader you can get it free from Adobe.

• CLEF Notes, TOUR 2009 EDITION (PDF) (from last season)
• CLEF Notes, February 13 (PDF)
• CLEF Notes, February 20 (PDF)
• CLEF Notes, February 27 (PDF)
• CLEF Notes, March 5 (PDF)
• CLEF Notes, March 12 (PDF)
• CLEF Notes, March 19 (PDF)
• CLEF Notes, March 26 (PDF)
• CLEF Notes, April 2 (PDF)
• Program Order (from 3/26 above, PDF)
• Riser Positions (2^ndpage of above, PDF)

Members Practice Aids

MP3 Files

Thanks to Patrick Aynie for preparing MP3 (audio) files of how to pronounce the French text, for the Hindemith pieces. Thanks to Andrew Passell for finding the MP3 (audio) file of the Britten (from http://www.rvoogdgeert.nl/elnoseque/?cat=26).

Britten:	Jubilate Deo
Hindemith:	Un Cygne (pronunciation)
Hindemith:	Puisque Tout Passe (pronunciation)
Hindemith:	Verger (pronunciation)

MIDI Files

You should be able to click on the appropriate link in the table below to hear the corresponding MIDI file. Also, if you right-click on the link, you can save the file for later listening (using MicroSoft Media Player or equivalent). Please let me know if you find any errors! Note: these files are for notes only, and have no dynamics or tempo variations.
Thanks to Beth Nowell for finding the Bach and Hindemith MIDI files on Silvis Woodshed. And thanks to Charlie Clark with help with the Mozart and Lassus files.
 

Bach: 2. Coro	Ensemble	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass
Bach: 3. Aria		Soprano
Bach: 4. Coro	Ensemble	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass
Bach: 5. Terzetto	Ensemble		Alto	Tenor	Bass
Bach: 6. Coro	Ensemble	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass
Bach: 7. Coro	Ensemble	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass
Ferrantelli: Selig sind	Ensemble	Soprano I Soprano II	Alto I Alto II	Tenor I Tenor II	Bass I Bass II
Hindemith: Un Cygne	Ensemble	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass
Lassus: Exaltabo te	Ensemble	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass
Mozart: Venite Populi	Ensemble	Soprano I Soprano II	Alto I Alto II	Tenor I Tenor II	Bass I Bass II
Mozart: Inter Natos Mulierum	Ensemble	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass

About MIDI Files

A MIDI file is not an audio (sound) file, but more like a musical score, containing commands for which notes to play when on which instruments... This makes these files very compact (compared to audio), but also means they can sound different depending on the sound card of each computer. A MIDI file consists of one or more tracks; I use one track for each vocal part.

There are many programs for working with MIDI files. Below are some with capabilities suitable for a singer's needs: for each track you can control volume, pan, instrument, mute/solo; you can also adjust the tempo. (I tried free demo versions of each.)

• Midi to Wav converter: simple to use; the free demo version is fine for playing MIDI files; the licensed version ($25) also allows converting (recording) MIDI files to audio files (.wav) so you can put them onto CDs.
• Anvil Studio: free; this is the program I use for making the MIDI files; fairly simple to play files, but has many other capabilities including complete editing of MIDI files; can show notes on a music staff while it plays.
• Sweet MIDI Player: ($25) very nice, mixing-board interface; apparently the licensed version can record MIDI to audio, for putting onto CDs.

Other good sources for MIDI rehearsal files are:

• Vince van Joolen's Cyberbass
• The Silvis Woodshed
• ChoralNet
• Classical Archives

Practice CD Tracks

The practice CD was compiled by David Canright. All copying/production of practice CDs was done by others. The first 14 tracks are performance recordings that Sal provided. The remaining tracks are from MIDI files.

Here are some photos from our 2006 tour to Croatia and Italia.

Page last updated 04/28/2008