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    The email from the choir teacher provides an update on cancelled events for the rest of the school year due to COVID-19. It encourages students to continue practicing their choir music at home daily and provides many musical resources and suggestions for doing so, including using rehearsal tracks, speaking and singing parts separately, and listening to recommended pieces. The teacher hopes the music can bring joy during this difficult time and offers support to students.

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    The email from the choir teacher provides an update on cancelled events for the rest of the school year due to COVID-19. It encourages students to continue practicing their choir music at home daily and provides many musical resources and suggestions for doing so, including using rehearsal tracks, speaking and singing parts separately, and listening to recommended pieces. The teacher hopes the music can bring joy during this difficult time and offers support to students.

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    The email from the choir teacher provides an update on cancelled events for the rest of the school year due to COVID-19. It encourages students to continue practicing their choir music at home daily and provides many musical resources and suggestions for doing so, including using rehearsal tracks, speaking and singing parts separately, and listening to recommended pieces. The teacher hopes the music can bring joy during this difficult time and offers support to students.

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    Dear CHS Choir Students and Families,

    I hope that this email finds you well amidst this crazy time. I hope you are all continuing to stay
    healthy and safe. The current situation presents a new challenge to all of us. Hang in there, we
    will get through it!

    As some of you may know, MSVMA has decided to cancel all events for the rest of the
    2019-2020 academic year. A disappointing, but understandable decision. MSVMA is currently
    exploring virtual options and I will be in touch about this.

    We are going to be moving forward with the current repertoire and I may be adding some
    additional music when we return. Students, I strongly encourage you to make our choir routine
    part of your daily routine at home, whether that be working on improving your music theory
    and/or individually practice your music.

    Some things to do with your current music:


    - Finishing up writing in the solfege for your vocal part
    - Writing in the translation if a piece is in a foreign language (we’ve read and talked about
    the English text, now it’s time we write it in our music!)
    - Use the rehearsal tracks on Google Classroom to help you practice your individual part.

    Strategies you can take to practice your music:


    - Speak the text in rhythm without pitch. If a foreign language piece, speak the language in
    rhythm before adding pitch.
    - Sing your line with the rehearsal track, then try parts of it a cappella to help improve your
    ear training.
    - Sing your line with the ‘balanced voices’ track.
    - Sing your line with the accompaniment track, as needed.
    - Work through your part under tempo first before speeding it up, particularly sections that
    are more difficult rhythmically and/or note-wise.

    This individual practice and work is also extremely beneficial to those who are thinking about
    curricular choir placements for next year. Use the resources that are provided for you and I am
    here for additional support as well.

    UNIFORMS: with the possibility of an extended closure after April 6th, we will need to think
    about uniform and black folder returns. Stay tuned for more information about this.
    Here are some musical resources you can check out on your own!
    Performances/Livestreams
    - Free performances from the Vienna State Opera: ​www.staatsoperlive.com
    - Free performances from the Metropolitan Opera: ​https://www.metopera.org/
    - Free performances from the Paris Opera: ​https://www.operadeparis.fr/en
    - Berlin Philharmoniker- Digital Concert Hall
    https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/titelgeschichten/20192020/digital-concert-hall
    /?fbclid=IwAR0ZKb_c5RvhDE27u6SaIWLFhg8TIvDPNDSIFQGCAmBNcQMtu_SgY
    UxmHfc
    - ps://www.balletnova.org/http​: website for free dance lessons
    - https://www.youtube.com/user/NationalACDA/playlists​ YouTube playlist for ACDA
    (American Choral Director’s Association), which contains performances from past
    ACDA conferences, a great way to look up new repertoire!
    Music Theory/Composition
    - www.sightreadingfactory.com
    - www.musictheory.net
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p3hZ2Yonsc&list=PLdW0onEGGcNlKzBMnnH9F
    PbmmrkIzUrZi&index=2&t=0s​: 2 Minute Music Theory Lessons
    - https://www.appcompanist.com/​: access to piano accompaniments and vocal warm-ups
    - www.teoria.com
    - https://www.noteflight.com/​ Website where you can create your own musical
    composition
    - https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com​: website for interactive music making
    Videos
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBeBjqKSGQ​ Famous soprano singing the Queen
    of the Night Aria
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgzILpXFmU4​ Italian tenor singing ‘Nessun
    Dorma’
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WhWDCw3Mng​: Virtual Choir performance of
    Erich Whitacre’s ‘Sleep’
    - Sing that Thing!: PBS choir competition show: ​https://singthatthing.wgbh.org/
    - Canadian Opera Company TEDx talk/demonstration:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO0s-H3NcNQ​.
    - TED Talk by Craig Hella Johnson: ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPR60WFHKXc
    - https://www.mixcord.co/pages/acapella​: this allows you to connect and sing with others!
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYh7Ax5IaaY​ Video of some of America’s Got
    Talent’s best choirs
    A few choral pieces you should listen to that I hope will uplift you during this time!
    - The Heaven’s Flock by Eriks Esenvalds
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHJHvqVDUeA&t=161s
    - Only in Sleep by Eriks Esenvalds ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvPynMI6Umc
    - Light of a Clear Blue Morning by Dolly Parton arr. Craig Hella Johnson
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2hE6lGfkDU
    - Ukuthula (trad. South African piece): ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNqmpQPp-ns
    - Ad Astra by Jacob Narverud: ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEglqi1H8bo
    Other music-related things you can do:
    - Download GarageBand and experiment with loops, different sounds, mixes, etc.
    - Write, cover, or arrange a song
    - Watch an opera, musical, other choir concert, etc.
    - Create your own album: design the cover, create a theme and add your favorite songs.
    - Find other choirs’ performances of our repertoire
    - Create your own choral program: you decide the choirs and the repertoire!
    - Find some repertoire you like and send it to me, perhaps we could work on it in class!
    - PRACTICE YOUR MUSIC

    Students, I understand that this is an extremely difficult time for all of you. I hope that our class
    music and some of these suggestions above can bring joy and happiness in this period of
    uncertainty and anxiety. Please let me know if I can help you in any way possible. Continue to
    be positive through these hard times, connect with each other and know that I am here for you.

    Stay healthy and safe. Email me with any questions you may have.

    All my very best,


    Mr. Schafer

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