Voice seminar Thursday

Hi gang,

Sorry I had to miss class today (Wednesday). I had a stomach bug that wouldn't let me venture far from home. :) I'm feeling better now (must have been something I ate!) so will be back in full force on Thursday.

Mrs. Prewitt's grandmother has died, and since I'll be at a faculty meeting at 1:00, we won't have our first voice seminar this Thursday. We'll convene next week. My choirs and lessons WILL meet tomorrow, however.

See you tomorrow!
RCB

Still need some info forms

Hey Concert Choir,

I still need information forms from some of you. Very important that I get these ASAP! Bring them by my office, or to choir rehearsal tomorrow. Thanks! - RCB

Correction to recital calendar

I made an error when I wrote the dates of the student recitals on the board yesterday. The first student recital is NOT Oct. 20, but the following week, Oct. 27, at 1:00 p.m. in the Chapel sanctuary. The second recital is on Dec. 1 as stated. Sorry for the goof!

Info for applied voice students

Hi voice students (both Bernhardt and Prewitt),

1) Reminder about the voice seminar we will be having on Thursdays at 1:00. This is an opportunity for you to perform for each other, talk about concert etiquette, vocal health, and other topics of importance to the singer.

2) If you don't already have one, we'd like you to get a USB flash drive or an MP3 player (iPod, etc.) that is connectable to the computer. Both teachers will be recording your lessons on the computer and dumping the recording to your device so you can listen to your lessons. The bookstore has flash drives - each lesson will take about 30 MB of space, so you don't need to get a huge one if you don't want.

3) Please bring whatever solo voice books (if any) you've used in lessons before. We may have you purchase additional books as well.

Music majors meeting Thursday 1 p.m.

Hello music majors,

We're going to have a meeting of music majors tomorrow (Thursday) at 1:00 p.m. in the choir room. That's during the time we usually have faculty meetings so none of you should have classes.

We're also going to use the Thursday 1 p.m. time for all voice students as a voice seminar/sing for each other time, as a part of your applied voice course requirement. This is standard practice at most schools of music and allows you to get some additional performance experience, work on stage etiquette, and learn from each other's singing. Mrs. Prewitt and I will be leading the seminar together. We'll meet in the sanctuary each week (except for this one, which is the music major meeting).

See you later!
RCB

Congrats to the 2005-06 Lambuth Singers!

ACCOMPANIST
Lauren Fruga

SOPRANO
Kendal Campbell
Catherine Childs
Erica Gladney
Rebecca Johnson
Elise Lobo
Shawna Mann
Christie Terreson

ALTO
Lori Autry
Jessica Bivens
Arlene Engels
Ariel Hall
Caroline Hamilton
Crissy Hetzler

TENOR
Matthew Collins
Logan Criswell
Ben Miller
Will Parrish
Randy Watson

BASS
Steven Albart
Adam Johnson
Drew Jones
Reed Rossetti
John Wallace
John Wells

Many thanks to those of you who auditioned for Lambuth Singers. The decision was EXTREMELY difficult; all of you are wonderful singers and capable of doing a great job in the group, but its identity as a chamber ensemble requires that I keep at the optinum number of 24. We will have several members graduating at the end of this year, so I anticipate more openings next year.

Lambuth Singers list will be up in the morning

Hey folks,

Thanks to all of you who auditioned for Lambuth Singers. You were all very good, and the decision is going to be EXTREMELY difficult.

I have had some family commitments come up this evening that will delay my deliberations a bit, so I will post the list here on the blog and on the dept. bulletin board when I get to work in the morning. We will have our first rehearsal with new and returning Singers tomorrow afternoon at 3:30. See you!

RCB

WOW!

Hey gang,

WOW just about says it all! I'm thrilled to death to have virtually everyone back from last year, plus a big crop of great new people. And the sound you are already making shows me that this is going to be an INCREDIBLE year!

In all the excitement I neglected to ask you to turn in the information forms you filled out. If you didn't leave it with me, could I get you to run yours by during the day tomorrow? It will really help me get divisi sorted out for the SSAATTBB stuff we're doing, which we need to begin on Thursday once we get the piece for opening convocation put together. If I'm not in, just leave it on the choir room piano or slide it under my office door. Thanks a bunch! See you Thursday! - Dr. B

Appropriate cartoon from this morning's paper. Enjoy! 

Your first assignment!

Hello everyone!

Welcome to our outstanding class of new recruits! And welcome back to our returning veterans!

This is going to be a really exciting year - this group has the potential to be the best choir Lambuth has ever had! We only lost a handful of people through graduation and attrition, so we have a good core of experienced singers, and gained a large and very talented group of incoming "rookies".

Your first assignment as a member of the choir (both new and returning singers) is to click on the comments link at the bottom of this post and say hello to everyone. Tell everybody where you're from, what your major is, and anything else interesting about yourself you'd like to add. Two requirements--include your name, and keep your post clean! (Jared Canada's mom and dad have been known to read this blog from time to time....)

I can't wait to hear you all sing!

Fall tour program - final version

I have the fall tour program planned out in final form. Click HERE to pull up a PDF.

In the middle of the program will be small ensemble pieces (vocal jazz, a cappella doo-wop, etc.) to be determined based on interest.

See you soon!
RCB