Good Afternoon, Amazing Flute Choir Flutists and Families,
Thanks again for yet ANOTHER great rehearsal. Please remember how incredibly important each flutist’s participation and preparation are for our ensemble. You and your effort absolutely matter!
Reminder: You are cordially invited to attend the (optional) Flute Orchestra retreat at 11 for the guest masterclass with the Flute Professor from Western Washington University! It’s a wonderful opportunity to learn more about phrasing, vibrato and much more. Then, you’re also welcome to attend the (optional) rehearsal of the holiday tour music, finishing up at 1 PM. This will be at Odle MS.
Please make sure that you’ve learned the notes and rhythms for Carmen. As we mentioned: practice is incremental. If a run or passage is difficult, please start at the tempo at which you are able to play it cleanly. After that, it’s a question of ticking up the metronome, one at a time (just like we rehearsed :). Also, please remember to look up the synopsis of Carmen so that we can talk about that on Monday. I forgot to go over that!
Please remember that you’ll need to also practice 5 of the holiday tunes:
Renaissance Noel/Hannukah and Christmas (Luke)/African Noel/All I Want/Jingle Bells.
I highly recommend playing with the recordings, when you’re feeling confident. Our target tempo for Carmen is quarter = @ 100.
Marche Militaire – great tempo, very close to the half note = 100 that we set last night.
Here are two VERY different tempos of the Prelude from Carmen:
Have a FLUTE-ASTIC week and see you Monday!
Dr. Merrie
