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PAGE 1 (Vivaldi, Hella-Johnson, Snyder) | PAGE 2 (Verdi, Handel, Dilworth)

VIVALDI “CUM SANCTO SPIRITU” REHEARSALS

Setting up articulations in warm-ups

Count singing the Vivaldi

Consonants for Articulations

The beauty box

Setting up strategies

More Vivaldi rehearsals

Vivaldi final performance

HELLA-JOHNSON “LET THE RIVER RUN” REHEARSALS

Intro rhythm and style

Finding the groove, adding pitches

Cranford

Using solfege

Some initial diction

More diction

Syllabic stress

Cranford: Let the River Run

AUDREY SNYDER “FLIGHT OF THE MOON” REHEARSALS

Setting the scene

Unpacking the text and poem

Syllabic stress and destination notes

First read, syllables, dynamics

Ownership

Tools for singing a phrase

The character of the piece

Coaching line and dynamics

Text scaffolding and vowels

Line, intensity, and style

Re-addressing posture

Audrey Snyder: Flight of the Moon