Ooookay... that was interesting! Steep learning curve all around.

What have I learned?
• I must plan to do less in rehearsal, because working like this will take up more time
• I must time myself when doing prep, and allow leeway for tech difficulties
• I must not try and do too many fancy Zoomie things at once. Breakout rooms and screen-sharing are enough right now – white-board will happen, but not yet
• I still need to work out my “studio” in terms of accessing things

What have you learned? (I hope!)
• This is not choir as we want it – but it’s an interesting alternative!
• We CAN do this Zoom thing! (and help is available – Charles: cpcohen1945@yahoo.com – and probably other folks...)
• singing against a recording means that your next-door singers are not making mistakes and putting you off!
• If you decide that the music is too hard to sing, and you just want to listen, that’s OK!

It’s YOUR responsibility to get your music ready before the rehearsal – whether you’re reading it off a tablet (Kate saved it as a book and just paged through!) or you print it and put it in a binder. I need both hands for the keyboard – I don’t have a spare one for scrolling up and down a screen-share.

I’ve added the Phoenix Virtual Choir piece to the collection – the plan is that all the visitors sing the melody and Phoenix does the backup, but anyone who wants to learn the harmony and record it is welcome to do so.
With it I have posted an info letter (Phoenix CC VC letter) from Administrator Emily Zuidema telling you more about the project. Also HERE. Please note deadline date: Sunday 4 October.
We have 3 Tuesdays to tidy this up and can talk about it in more detail.

On the first Tuesday of each month I propose to focus on a SING – not so much rehearsing, as singing through something many of us know. Those who don’t, have options of listening, vocalizing, or singing melody rather than harmony.
October’s SING will be Canadiana; I’ve had a few requests, and I’m going to set a deadline of Sunday 27 September for any others.
I’m going to suggest November’s SING (Nov 3) will be the Faure Requiem, if I can work out how to get music out to you, and December’s SING (Dec 1) will be Christmas portions of Messiah.

Please contact me if you have any questions, and if I can’t answer them, I’ll try and find someone who can!

See you all on Tuesday 15 September!

Brigid