Weekly SCOOP, Int/Prep 5/29/08

1. June 7th
2. Video order forms for May 17th concert
3. Summer Camp

Dear families,

Thank you again for a wonderful year of making music! There are no more rehearsals until this fall, when we look forward to seeing all of you again.

Summer packets will be mailed out early this summer, and will contain important information and dates for the 08-09 season. Please notify Sonja@cantabile.org if your mailing address or email changes over the summer, or if you have questions about registration.

1. JUNE 7th – Singers wishing to be considered to be promoted to the next level need to contact Sonja@cantabile.org to set up an audition time for Saturday, June 7th. Auditions will be held in the Foothills Congregational Parish Hall. (our normal rehearsal site) and adjacent building. There will be staff to help direct you. If you are in Preparatory and wish to be considered for Intermediate, you will need to sing for Shane Troll. If you are in Intermediate and wish to be considered for Ensemble or Vocalise, you will need to sing for Elena Sharkova. Please contact Sonja to set up a time, and mention which group you would like to audition for. A separate email will be sent out later this week as to what is required for each group.

2. VIDEO ORDER FORMS FROM OUR MAY 17TH CONCERT – Download the Spring Concert DVD Order Form, which was recorded by Joe Oliverio Productions. You will need to mail or fax your order directly to Oliverio Productions. Please do not send your order form to the Cantabile office. Thank you!

3. Summer Camp: August 11th-15th, 2008
Our Summer Fine Arts Day Camp will be filled with music, movement, art and drama and culminate in an exciting final presentation and performance of the music and art of the week. The class will be taught by Darva Campbell. For more information, visit our summer camp webpage: www.cantabile.org/youth/chorister/youth/sumcamp/index.html

Have a wonderful summer everyone, and thanks for all your hard work this year.

Weekly SCOOP Intermediate, 5/22/08

1. BRAVA!  Thanks for a wonderful concert!
2. Evaluation reminder – this Thursday the 22nd – times listed
3. Summer Camp info

1. From Karen and Shane:
Thanks everyone for a great performance on Saturday at St. Mark’s!  Brava!!!
Your hard work and beautiful singing resulted in a very memorable concert.
A special thanks to our volunteers:  Jeannette Foley, Catriona Cooke, Rachel Krantz, Tanya Berezin, Yelena Piliguzova, Dianne Alexander, Laura Katz, Kelly Takahashi, Glenna Mayo, Isabel Bauer, Julia Katsy, Usha Sangam, Loretta Matheson, Cindy Howard, Steve Hoffman, Signe Boyer, and SK Beak!  A special thanks as well to Mary Lynn McLaughlin, for your wonderful performance on the flute.

2. Evaluations: (please contact Shane@cantabile.org)

Thursday, May 22nd, by appointment only
Location:  Foothills Congregational Parish Hall
Cantabile Evaluation Times
Intermediate Choir

May 22, 2008

4:00- Greer H.

4:05- Nikil S.

4:10- Sumner M.

4:15- Chase M.

4:20- Andrew B.

4:25- Katherine L.

4:30- Charmaine C.

4:35- Rachel B.

4:40- Lukas B.

4:45- Aiden M.

4:50- Helen Foley

(4:55-5:00 Catch up time)

5:00- Sejal J.

5:05- Elizabeth G.

5:10- Julia Axelrod

5:15- Jeremy T.

5:20- Rachel C.

5:25- Katie S.

5:30- Lilah F.

5:35- Daphne Chen

5:40- OPEN TIME

5:45- Gwen H.

5:50- Shannon T.

6:00- Abira B.

6:05- Alyssa Robins

6:10- OPEN TIME

6:15- OPEN TIME

6:20- Megan L.

6:25- Sean R.

6:30- OPEN TIME

6:35- Jane R.

6:40- OPEN TIME

6:45- Selena W.

(6:50- 7:00 Catch up time)

7:00- OPEN TIME

7:05- OPEN TIME

7:10- OPEN TIME

7:15- OPEN TIME

7:20- OPEN TIME

7:25- OPEN TIME

7:30- Katya K.

7:35- Annie H.

7:40- April H.

3. Summer Camp:  August 11th-15th, 2008
Our Summer Fine Arts Day Camp will be filled with music, movement, art and drama and culminate in an exciting final presentation and performance of the music and art of the week.  The class will be taught by Darva Campbell.  For more information, visit our summer camp webpage:  www.cantabile.org/youth/chorister/youth/sumcamp/

Have a wonderful summer everyone, and thanks for all your hard work this year.

Weekly SCOOP Ens/Voc 5/21/08

1. Upcoming date reminders – May 28th (end of year theory test 5:45), May 29th (Thursday - individual evaluations)
2. Volunteer update for June 14th concert
3. What Is Your Dream? Singers’ testimonials Wanted
4. Evaluations: sign up and procedures
5. Concert Attire reminders

Thanks everyone for a great performance on Saturday at St. Mark’s! Brava!!!
A special thanks to our volunteers: Jeannette Foley, Catriona Cooke, Rachel Krantz, Tanya Berezin, Yelena Piliguzova, Dianne Alexander, Laura Katz, Kelly Takahashi, Glenna Mayo, Isabel Bauer, Julia Katsy, Usha Sangam, Loretta Matheson, Cindy Howard, Steve Hoffman, Signe Boyer, and SK Beak! A special thanks as well to Mary Lynn McLaughlin, for your wonderful performance on the flute.

1. DATE REMINDERS – please continue to check our website for dates and call times. http://www.cantabile.org/youth/chorister/youth/calendar.shtml

Dear Parents and Singers,
Please be reminded that rehearsals remaining are mandatory for participation in the Spring Concert. If for any reason your child might be missing May 21, 28, June 4 or June 11 rehearsal, his/her concert participation is at the conductor’s discretion.

Wednesday, June 4th – Dress rehearsal for spring concert, 5-9 pm, Le Petit Trianon Theater (please note, this is the week before the actual concert) (Ensemble singers will be released at 8 pm or a bit earlier. We appreciate your flexibility.)
Both June 4th and the following June 11th rehearsals are mandatory for those participating in the concert.

Saturday, June 7th – New Singer Auditions (this is for singers who would be entering our program this fall – tell all your friends!) By appointment only. To set up an audition, please contact Sonja@cantabile.org

Wednesday, June 11th – Regular rehearsal – Foothills Congregational Church
Girls: please bring your concert uniform pants so we can check hems.

June 14th, Saturday – Ensemble/Vocalise 2008 Spring Concert (Le Petit Trianon, San Jose)
7:00 Performance, 5 pm – call time.

2. VOLUNTEER UPDATES – contact Karen@cantabile.org
Thanks to those of you who are able to help out – we appreciate you!
We still need:

• A riser crew – 3 needed
• Chaperones: 2 still needed for June 14th
• Ushers: 2 still needed for June 14th
• Boutique table – one needed
• Stage crew – 3 needed
• Clean up crew – 3 needed (short job of making sure our rehearsal room is left clean and the theater is picked up)

3. WHAT is YOUR DREAM? SINGERS’ TESTIMONIALS

Dear Parents,
Our concert theme this spring is “I Dream a World” and I would like to read some of the children’s testimonials. Last week I asked the children to write a sentence describing the world of their dreams. So far I have received only one – from Laura Wise.
Please remind your singer to send it to me by email ASAP. I would like to include testimonials into the printed program as well. Many thanks!

4. Evaluations for Ensemble and Vocalise (updated) May 29th (Thursday) 4-9 pm.

All singers need to sign up for a 12-min individual evaluation with Elena. A sign up sheet will be available again this Wed. at rehearsal. If May 29th doesn’t work for you, several time slots will be available on June 7th.

We are changing the procedure a bit this year: the theory portion of the evaluation will be given at the beginning of the rehearsal (5:45) on Wed. May 28th and will last about 20 min.

Singing/aural evaluation on Thursday May 29th will consist of the following:

1. Vocalization and scales.
2. Singing diatonic major and natural minor scales with Curven (Solfege) hand signs
3. Singing a short section from one of the pieces in the current repertoire
4. Sight singing:
a) 8 measure melody in a major key with 3 or 4 raised or lowered scale
degrees (FI, LE, and TE.) Vocalise melody – more complex rhythmically
and melodically (wider intervals, more skips)
b) 8 measures of a rhythmic dictation: 4/4 or 3/4, dotted rhythm, triplets and
syncopation.

Evaluation times are from 4:00 pm to 8:45 pm. Please come 15 min. early to prepare for sight reading and feel out the evaluation form. Any Ensemble singer wishing to be considered for Vocalise will be taking Vocalise portion of the sight reading.

5. CONCERT ATTIRE REMINDERS – THINK BLACK!
Please make sure your singer is wearing the following:
Girls: Black Cantabile blouse, Black velvet Palazzo pants. Pants should be hemmed at the ankle – but not so long that they are dragging on the floor. Best to hem with the shoes you plan to wear. Shoes: Black, with closed toe. Please NO sandals, hiking boots, boots, tennies, etc. Girls: no heels higher than 2 inches, black flats are best. Again: please make sure the pants are hemmed well. Stockings: Black please. Hair: Long hair should be pulled away from the face. If you use a hair band or barrette, please make sure it is black. Please do not wear jewelry, perfume, or scents of any kind. (hairspray, lotion, etc) Please do wear blush and light lipstick.

Boys: Black Cantabile Dress Shirt, Black pants. Ironed please! Black leather belt. Black dress shoes and black socks.
Hair combed. See above for note about scents.

Weekly SCOOP Ens/Voc, 5/14/08

1. Upcoming date reminders – May 17th (concert), May 29th (evaluations)
2. Evaluations: sign up and procedures
3. “World of my dreams” – testimonials from the singers
4. Concert Attire reminders
5. Volunteer update for upcoming concerts – we still need 2 chaps for the May 17th concert this Saturday!
6. Ticket packets handed out this week

1. DATE REMINDERS – please continue to check our website for dates and call times. http://www.cantabile.org/youth/chorister/youth/calendar.shtml

May 17th, Saturday – Guest Appearance at Intermediate/Prep Choirs Spring Concert , St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto
4 pm Performance, 2:45 – warm up call Please note: Vocalise and Ensemble will not be attending the dress rehearsal on Thursday the 15th of May – that will be only for Prep and Intermediate Choirs.

Directions to St. Mark’s
From Highway 101:
Take the Page Mill/Oregon Expressway exit west, toward the hills.
Turn left at a signal onto Middlefield Road.
Turn right at a signal onto Colorado.
The church is on the left. The driveway to the church parking lot is just before you get to the church.
Wednesday, June 4th – Dress rehearsal for spring concert, 5-9 pm, Le Petit Trianon Theater (please note, this is the week before the actual concert) (Ensemble singers will be released at 8 pm or a bit earlier. We appreciate your flexibility.)
Both June 4th and the following June 11th rehearsals are mandatory for those participating in the concert.

Saturday, June 7th – New Singer Auditions (this is for singers who would be entering our program this fall – tell all your friends!) By appointment only. To set up an audition, please contact Sonja@cantabile.org

Wednesday, June 11th – Regular rehearsal – Foothills Congregational Church
Girls: please bring your concert uniform pants so we can check hems.

June 14th, Saturday – Ensemble/Vocalise 2008 Spring Concert (Le Petit Trianon, San Jose)
7:00 Performance, 5 pm – call time.
(Please note – apologies for my earlier 7:30 listing– the concert is indeed at 7:00 pm as is listed on our website and our mailings. Thanks!)

2. Evaluations for Ensemble and Vocalise
All singers need to sign up for a 12-min individual evaluation with Elena. A sign up sheet will be available this Wed. at rehearsal. We are changing the procedure a bit this year: the theory portion of the evaluation will be given at the beginning of the rehearsal (5:45) on Wed. May 28th and will last about 20 min.

Singing/aural evaluation on Thurs. May 29th will consist of the following:

1. Vocalization and scales.
2. Singing diatonic major and natural minor scales with Curven (Solfege) hand signs
3. Singing a short section from one of the pieces in the current repertoire
4. Sight singing:

• 8 measure melody in a major key with 3 or 4 raised or lowered scale degrees (FI, LE, and TE.) Vocalise melody – more complex rhythmically and melodically (wider intervals, more skips)
• 8 measures of a rhythmic dictation: 4/4 or 3/4, dotted rhythm, triplets and syncopation.

Evaluation times are from 4:00 pm to 8:45 pm. Please come 15 min. early to prepare for sight reading and feel out the evaluation form. Any Ensemble singer wishing to be considered for Vocalise will be taking Vocalise portion of the sight reading.

3. WHAT IS YOUR DREAM WORLD? SINGERS’ TESTIMONIALS WANTED
(from Elena)

Dear Parents,
Our concert theme this spring is “I Dream a World” and I would like to read some of the singers’ testimonials during the concert (between the pieces.) Last week I asked the children to write a sentence or two as an answer to this:
“what is the world of your dreams?” There are no wrong answers.
Please remind them of my request. Please ask them to send their thoughts to my email address: Elena@cantabile.org

4. CONCERT ATTIRE REMINDERS – THINK BLACK!
Please make sure your singer is wearing the following:
Girls: Black Cantabile blouse, Black velvet Palazzo pants. Pants should be hemmed at the ankle – but not so long that they are dragging on the floor. Best to hem with the shoes you plan to wear. Shoes: Black, with closed toe. Please NO sandals, hiking boots, boots, tennies, etc. Girls: no heels higher than 2 inches, black flats are best. Again: please make sure the pants are hemmed well. Stockings: Black please. Hair: Long hair should be pulled away from the face. If you use a hair band or barrette, please make sure it is black. Please do not wear jewelry, perfume, or scents of any kind. (hairspray, lotion, etc) Please do wear blush and light lipstick.

Boys: Black Cantabile Dress Shirt, Black pants. Ironed please! Black leather belt. Black dress shoes and black socks.
Hair combed. See above for note about scents.

5. VOLUNTEER UPDATES – contact Karen@cantabile.org
Thanks to those of you who are able to help out – we appreciate you!
We still need:

• A riser crew – available 30 minutes before call time for dress rehearsal and performance. Without help, we will not be able to have risers at either performance. Our stage manager will be there to assist with set up.
• Chaperones: 2 still needed for May 17th, 2 still needed for June 14th
• Ushers: 2 still needed for June 14th
• Boutique table – one needed
• Stage crew – 3 needed (for risers too)
• Clean up crew – 3 needed (short job of making sure our rehearsal room is left clean and the theater is picked up)

6. Concert Tickets
Family Ticket Packets, containing 2 tickets, will be handed out at rehearsal this week again. If you do not pick up your packet it will be held at Will Call under your name on the day of the show.
How do I order more or upgrade? Additional tickets can be purchased by calling, 650-424-1410, emailing sonja@cantabile.org, mail, or online at www.cantabile.org. Upgrading family tickets to Premium or Benefactor reserved seating can be done by turning in your 2 Family Tickets and paying an additional $25 for Premium and $75 for Benefactor. The increased price allows you to sit in preferred seating and applies the extra revenue to the Signe Boyer Scholarship Fund. Please remember to ask your singer if they have the ticket packets when they return home from rehearsal!

Weekly SCOOP Intermediate, 5/15/08

1. DRESS REHEARSAL – this Thursday the 15th at St. Mark’s
2. Concert Attire reminders
3. Volunteer update for upcoming concerts – WE NEED RISER HELP…..
4. Family tickets will be held at will call

1. DATE REMINDERS – please continue to check our website for dates and call times. http://www.cantabile.org/youth/chorister/youth/calendar.shtml

DRESS REHEARSAL REMINDER for Intermediate
Thursday, May 15th, 5:30 – 7:00 pm. Please plan on being on time – thanks!
Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto
From Highway 101:

• Take the Page Mill/Oregon Expressway exit west, toward the hills.
• Turn left at a signal onto Middlefield Road.
• urn right at a signal onto Colorado.
• The church is on the left. The driveway to the church parking lot is just before you get to the church.

SPRING CONCERT – SATURDAY, MAY 17TH, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church,
4:00 PM performance. CALL TIME – 2:20 PM

2. CONCERT ATTIRE REMINDERS – THINK NEAT!
Please make sure your singer is wearing the following:
Girls: Maroon Cantabile Polo Shirt, Black Cantabile pants. Please press your pants and shirt. Pants should be hemmed. Best to hem with the shoes you plan to wear. Shoes: Black, with closed toe. Please no sandals, hiking boots, boots, tennies, etc. Heels are not required (black dress flats are fine) Please make sure the pants are hemmed well. Stockings: Black socks please. Hair: Long hair should be pulled away from the face. If you use a hair band or barrette, please make sure it is black. Please do not wear jewelry, perfume, or scents of any kind. (hairspray, lotion, etc)

Boys: Maroon Cantabile Polo Shirt, Black Cantabile pants, hemmed. Please press your shirt and pants! Black dress shoes and black socks.
Hair combed. See above for note about scents.

3. VOLUNTEER UPDATES – contact Karen@cantabile.org
HELP IS STILL NEEDED!
We need some help unloading our risers out of the van at the dress rehearsal at 4:00 pm on Thursday. Risers are portable and easy to handle – we just need a few more bodies to help. Please let Karen know if you can help – right now we have only one parent who can assist at 4:15.
In addition,
We still need:

• Ushers: 1 still needed
• Boutique table – one needed
• Stage crew – 3 needed (for risers too)
• Clean up crew – 3 needed (short job of making sure our rehearsal room is left clean and the theater is picked up)

Thanks for all your help in making our productions a success.

4. Family Tickets for May 17 Concert from Sonja@cantabile.org
If you did not receive your Family Ticket Packet before the concert they will be held at Will Call.