Fort Worth Children's Choir followed by
MS Honor Choir Information
Dear Directors,
TPSMEA Children's Honor Choir and Middle School Honor Choir event is less than 3 weeks away. Congratulations to you all for your students' selection to these 2 choirs! We at Travis are looking forward to hosting you.
On the TPSMEA website you will find all the general information you need to know about the clinic & concert schedule, lots of FAQ's, hotel information (should you need it), etc etc etc. I have also attached that same document to this email. Please read through it carefully and contact me (CHC) or Sarah Shannon (MSHC) with any questions.
Some additional reminders:
1. Send in your paper registrations to Susie Fergus for Children's Honor Choir. The address is Susie Fergus, c/o TAFA, 800 W. Berry St., Fort Worth, TX 76110
2. For CHC, send your ONE school check for $30 per student to Ron Matthews at the TPSMEA office: (P.O. Box 26773, Benbrook, TX 76126-0773)
5. Please remember, directors, that we will need each of you to fill some role during the weekend to make everything successful. We need directors and accompanists for all the sectional rehearsals, as well as people to assist with check-in, handing out concert programs, etc. Please email me directly to let me know what job(s) you would like to do. Early birds get their first choice!!
6. Again this year commemorative plaques and t-shirts and recordings (audio and video) will be sold at the concert. Please direct your students' parents to www.imageonemedia.com for a preview of the recordings that will be available. These sales generate revenue for TPSMEA also; please encourage them among your students' families.
7. Middle schoolers receive patches for their participation; children receive ribbons. Students MUST participate for the entire weekend to receive their patch or ribbon. There are NO exceptions to this rule.
As always, if you have questions or something is unclear, please contact me.
Blessings,
Susie Fergus
CHC Hostess
TPSMEA Elementary Chair
817-846-6233 or susie.fergus@travis.org
MS Honor Choir Information
Greetings Directors!
Congratulations on having your students make the Middle School Honor Choir. As you know, our Clinic/Concert Weekend is soon approaching and I wanted to review a few things with you and hopefully answer any questions you may have. Attached is the schedule for the weekend.
SCHEDULE:
Friday, November 13
12 noon - 12:45 -- Check-in (Welcome Center)
12:45 – 1:00 Mass Meeting (Sanctuary)
1:00 ---3:30 Sectionals (various rooms)
3:30 Break
3:45 –5:30 Combined Rehearsal (Choir Room)
Saturday, November 14
8:00-8:30 am -- Singers arrive & check in
8:30 -- Rehearse (Sanctuary)
9:45 -- Break
10:00 – Rehearse (Sanctuary)
11:15 -- LUNCH!
12:30 pm – Rehearse (Choir Room)
1:45 -- Walk-through in Sanctuary
2:00 Change clothes (Assigned rooms downstairs below Sanctuary)
2:30 Assemble with clinician for concert warm-up (Choir Room)
3:00 -- CONCERT
DIVISI:
A few of the songs have divisi in them. I would suggest that you split the part evenly with the number of students you have from that same section. (If you have 2 tenors, please have 1 learn 1st tenor and the other learn 2nd tenor. If you have an odd number of students, please just use discretion and assign the parts to most appropriately match the student's voice and ability.) Also take note of the parts. (Oy Es - the divisi on pg 5 has 2 tenor parts. Since the "a" is also doubled by the altos, it might be helpful to go ahead and place more tenors on the "D"....just a suggestion.)
PERCUSSION PARTS:
I have secured our percussion teacher to select and direct his students to accompany us on 3 of the songs.
MUSIC:
I understand that, "Oy Es Dia" was out of stock. If you need this, PLEASE contact me ASAP and I'll send a pdf copy. Also, if you do not own an original of "O Vos Omnes", or have not paid for the rights to make copies, please make plans to do so when you arrive at the clinic/concert weekend. I have the red legal labels to pass out to those directors that sent a payment with the number of copies.
PURCHASE OF “O VOS OMNES”
We have received the rights from Oxford University Press to make up to 300 copies of, “O Vos Omnes” at a cost of $0.75 for each copy. This will keep directors from having to purchase the entire collection at a cost of $19.98 per copy. See the attachment for more details about securing rights to make legal copies.
FRIDAY REHEARSAL:
Our clinician, Ryan Fisher, will be working with the percussion ensemble during our sectionals (1:00 - 3:30) and will work with the combined MSHC from 3:45 - 5:30pm on Friday.
SECTIONALS FRIDAY:
I will need ALL directors to assist with sectionals. Please reply to this e-mail and let me know:
1. Which voice part you prefer to work with
2. Which 2-3 songs you are willing to work with the students on
3. If you can accompany (all or just specific songs)
We are looking forward to seeing you all in a few weeks!
Sarah Shannon
Travis Academy of Fine Arts
sarah.shannon@travis.org
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