SCOOP and Music/Rehearsal Notes from Elena, Vocalise/Ensemble, October 22th (for rehearsal on Wed. 10/24)

1. Retreat on Saturday – many thanks! THANKS EVERYONE FOR A WONDERFUL POTLUCK! A special thanks to all the parents who brought food, helped to set up, and helped to clean up, too!
2. Chaperones needed for November performances
3. New sound files on Cantabile web site
4. Rehearsal on Halloween – time adjusted!
5. Memorization reminder for this Wednesday
6. Recording at rehearsals – please, help your singer learn!
7. Rehearsal with Carmina Burana choreographer, Nov. 7th, 6:15-7:15 PM. (Last chance to get measured.)
8. More about Carmina Burana comp tickets

1. Retreat on Saturday – many thanks! THANKS EVERYONE FOR A WONDERFUL POTLUCK! A special thanks to all the parents who brought food, helped to set up, and helped to clean up, too!

2. We need chaperones for several upcoming performances. Please email Karen (Karen@cantabile.org) if you can help.

FIRST EVENT IN NEED OF CHAPERONES: CARMINA BURANA WITH THE SSV AND SAN JOSE BALLET

DATES:

• TUESDAY NOV. 13TH, 7:30-9:00 PM – REHEARSAL W/SSV, Center for Performing Arts, San Jose, down town.
• WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14TH, 7:30-10:00 PM – DRESS REHEARSAL W/SSV, CPA
• PERFORMANCES:
• THURSDAY, NOV. 15TH
• FRIDAY NOV. 16TH
• SATURDAY NOV. 17TH\
• SUNDAY, NOV. 18TH
• CONCERT TIME: 8:05 PM

CALL TIME FOR CHAPERONES: same as singers, most probably 8 PM., SUNDAY 2 PM
(please note: on Thursday the 15th everyone will be coming directly over from the Orff convention performance that occurs at 7 pm before Carmina Burana.)

SECOND EVENT IN NEED OF CHAPERONES: ORFF CONVENTION COMBINED PERFORMANCE WITH INTERMEDIATE CHOIR

• DATES: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH
• TIME: 5:00 PM CALL, 7:00 PM PERFORMANCE, DONE AT 7:45

3. Practice Cds: By now, all Ensemble and Vocalise singers should have Cantabile Fall 07 practice Cds. These have been available at the last three rehearsals. More sound files are available for download from this BLOG. See the Choir Resources link under Pages in the right column of this page.

Please, make sure that your singer has them on his/her player. Thanks much!

4. Halloween rehearsal: at the moment, there are two many singers who are planning to skip the rehearsal on Oct. 31 to go trick or treating. With two very important performance events – National Convention and Carmina with Ballet San Jose, we can’t afford to cancel this rehearsal or to have it with only half of the singers present.

To avoid such scenario, I suggested earlier that we all come to the rehearsal in costumes and go trick-or-treating through the neighborhood in several groups once we are done with the rehearsal.

At the Saturday retreat, I discussed it with the children once again and it seems that about half of them would rather have Halloween with the family or school friends. This is certainly fair so to make everyone happy, here is plan B:

We begin rehearsal with everyone at 4:45 and rehearse without a break until 6:45 (all together). At this point, everyone is released (we skip Vocalise rehearsal and musicianship class.)

5. Memorization: just a gentle reminder that these pieces should be memorized by

Tomorrow, Wed., Oct. 24th:

• Ma Navu, Lauliki Lapsepoli (by Oct. 24)
• Bonse Aba, I dream a world, Ombra Mai Fu – Ensemble (by Oct. 17)
• Libertango – vocalise (Oct. 17th)

To aid memorization, please listen to the practice CD.

6. Recording at the rehearsals:

(If your child has been recording rehearsals and practicing with it, please read no further.)

Kind parents, we really need your help here – there are still 10-12 kids are not bring a recorder to class. Some forgot to bring it to class, some said they still don’t have them. This is really important – your child’s ability to practice efficiently at home is much better if she/he has a recording to review. Thank you for your help.

7. Upcoming Session with the choreographer — reminder:

Dennis Nahat, the artistic director of Ballet San Jose, will be coming to our regular scheduled rehearsal on Nov. 7th, to choreograph our movement on stage in Carmina Burana performances. He will take 6:15 to 7:15 to work with the children.

It is crucial that all singers scheduled to perform in the ballet are in attendance.

8. Ticket orders for Carmina Burana:

Dear all,

Take a breath before your read this. We are very grateful to the Ballet for

Extending this generous offer to us but it comes with a few tricks. Before ordering, please read the information our manager at the Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale found out after speaking with the box office more than once. Good luck!

PS. Please note that Cantabile office will not be handling ticket orders. Thank you.

According to the BSJ box office:

1) The orders must be submitted in person at one of the three location specified on the form.

First, 1717 Technology Drive hard to find, and then the box office at 1717 is even harder. The building is on the 87 side of Technology Drive (not the First St side) and to the south of Skyport (not the Courtyard Hotel side). And the box office is waaaaay to the left as you enter the driveway. You’ll see a big sign for AMTSJ box office but no signage for the ballet. Follow signs for AMTSJ

2) You should mark the section(s) you want for each request unless you want “best available” for all tickets, regardless of full or half price.

3. They will not fulfill these ticket orders on the spot. They collect them in a first-come, first-served order and then fill them in batches, but they couldn’t say when exactly they would start filling them. Since you have to trust the box office to read and understand what you mean, be as clear as possible on the form.

4. They’re only collecting the forms right now. Once they fill them they *call* you to tell you what seats you got.

5.Both comp tickets must be for the same performance.

6. The up-to-four discount tickets and extra full-price price tickets requested on the form must be for the same performance. These do NOT have to be for the comp performance. If you want additional full-price tickets for a different performance, make your own individual purchase via the web or BSJ box office.

7. BSJ will begin processing the tickets about two weeks prior to the first performance. All tickets will be at will-call prior to the specified performance.

8. Families could help each other out with those additional full-price tix if someone were willing to organize a group order for each performance to handle Cantabile overflow.

The ballet’s group ticket order policy on their website is:

• Groups of 10 or more qualify for group benefits. Groups NEVER pay handling charges. That’s an immediate savings of $5 per ticket!
• Groups of 10 to 19 receive an additional $3 off. Groups of 20 to 39 receive an additional $5 off. And Groups of 40 or more receive a healthy $7 off per ticket!

Whew!! That’s a lot of information.
Thank you! Please don’t hesitate to write or call with any questions.

Elena Sharkova
(40 230-2232
Elena@cantabile.org