Welcome Singers!  We are so glad you are joining us online during the Spring 2025 season.

This is the place for Virtual Singers, as well as in-person singers who are not feeling well, traveling or otherwise not able to come to rehearsal on a given night.

In-person singers, please note: You may count ONE Livestream rehearsal towards your attendance requirement. You may miss no more than two rehearsals to sing in the concert. You may also count ONE sectional led by Mike as make-up for a missed rehearsal. Section leader-led rehearsals do not count as make-up for a missed rehearsal.

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Livestream Links for Upcoming Rehearsals

(Scroll down the page to find links to rehearsal recordings and enhanced timestamps for March 25, April 1.)

Week 7: May 6

Week 8: May 13

Week 9: May 20

Week 10: May 27

Use this backup livestream link in case a rehearsal livestream link does not work.

Miss a week?  Want to see it again?

View all of the Livestream recordings on our YouTube Playlist.

WATCH the Rehearsal recording after the live rehearsal using the links below.

Enhanced Timestamps: We also included enhanced timestamps to find your notes by section. Each timestamp is a link to that exact spot in the rehearsal. Check back frequently. As other enhanced rehearsal timestamps are annotated, we will add them!

Week 6: April 29 (This hyper link takes you to the entire rehearsal recording.)

00:00:30 – Warm up

00:09:20 – There Is More Love
00:10:39 – Importance of the phrase “I will keep on …”
00:13:30 – All voices sing

00:15:39 – Miriam’s Song
00:18:00 – Sopranos and Altos (p. 30-31),
00:21:43 – All voices singing at Tutti (p. 34-35, m. 25-33 – cut m. 34)
00:22:28 – Basses (p. 34) 00:24:23 – Tutti (p. 34)
00:25:42 – Sopranos and Altos, (p. 38-40 – this will be sung repeatedly as a round with other voices) 00:27:04 – Tenors and Basses (p. 38-40)
00:27:08 – All voices (p. 38-40)

00:29:38 – What Have I Done?
00:30:22 – Tenors and Altos (p. 17, m. 9)
00:32:00 – Basses (p. 17, m. 17)
00:32:45 – Altos, Tenors, Basses (p. 17, m. 17)
00:33:23 – Sopranos practice coming in with others (p. 17, m. 17)
00:34:52 – Sopranos only (p. 18, m. 23)
00:36:15 – All voices (from bottom of of p. 18, m. 32)
00:39:17 – All voices at CODA, (p. 21-23)

00:43:45 – Celebration
00:44:00 – All voices practice a great run through the entire song with minor explanations to clarify any questions as to who sings what when and how.

00:54:00 – The Storm Is Passing over
00:54:21 – All voices sing through this song several times, with a crisp entrance, at high speed and with Mike’s words of encouragement.

01:07:46 – Announcements

01:20:39 – Before My Ashes Flow to the Sea
01:20:41 – All voices run through from start to finish. (p. 10-16)
01:33:10 – Special practice on the longer notes at m. 88 on p. 13 to end.

01:36:11 – Now Let Us Sing
01:36:19 – UPDATE: Change “Sing to the power..” to “ Sing TILL the power …”.
01:38:50 – All voices sing to the CODA two times.
01:55:25 – All voices sing from p. 6 m. 3 with jump to CODA at end

Week 5: April 22 (This hyper link takes you to the entire rehearsal recording.)

00:03:14 – Warm up, Happy Birthday, Arlyn!

00:12:10 – Before My Ashes Flow to the Sea, with story behind the song’s dedication
00:18:15 – All voices sing, p. 10 m. 53
00:20:29 — Tempo comments (p. 11, m. 61) and Key change (p. 13, m. 88) 00:22:28 – All sing (from p. 13, m. 88)
00:23:55 – Tenors and Basses
00:25:30 – Altos at m. 91
00:26:40 — Sopranos from m. 96
00:31:31 – Basses, m. 100
00:34:05 – Tenors, m. 100 (Mike sings)
00:34:28 – All voices p. 13, m. 88

00:39:47 – A Promise I Will Keep
00:39:50 — All voices (p. 4 m. 16)
00:41:17 – Sopranos and Altos (m. 16 and m. 27)
00:42:32 – Tenors and Basses (m. 16)
00:46:15 – All voices (top of p.8, m. 51)
00:47:30 – Sopranos and Altos (p. 13, m. 102)
00:51:50 – Tenors and Basses (p. 13, m. 102)
00:54:15 – All voices (p. 13, m. 102)

00:56:57 – The Storm Is Passing Over
00:56:58 – All voices (1st time through, comments and questions)
01:03:30 – All voices (2nd time through, comments and questions)

01:11:15 – Announcements

01:15:40 – Mike talks about lyrics-only packets

01:17:05 – Swimming to the Other Side
01:17:27 – All voices, p. 26-27. (Several times through)

01:23:28 – What Have We Done? (Azisenzeni Na?)
01:24:30 – Altos (p. 17, m. 9)
01:25:14 – Tenors (p. 17, m. 9)
01:25:49 – Altos join tenors
01:26:22 – Sopranos (top of p. 18, m. 23)
01:27:08 – Ruth on piano (Soprano part)
01:28:18 – Basses (p. 17, m. 17) plus a few comments to everyone about the song’s rhythm and extra practice for all from m. 49
01:33:11 – Coda Practice for all from p. 21, m. 65 to the end on p. 23. This includes altos and tenors beginning to sing “We shall overcome” p. 22, m.73, basses joining in that song p. 23, m. 88, followed by sopranos at m. 90.
01:44:23 – Explanation of Azisenzeni Na?
01:49:25 – All Voices sing the Coda (from top of p. 21 through to end p. 23)

01:51:32 – Now Let Us Sing
01:51:54 – All voices sing pages 6-8. Then Mike explains how all the repeats and soloist verses are sung, and in the CODA section he explains repeats at top of p. 9 (measures 37-38; measures 39-40) and on to end of song.
01:57:51 – All voices practice singing from p.6 to top of p. 7 “last time to CODA.” Quickly flip over to top of p. 9 and sing the repeats of the measures noted above (37-38, 39-39) and continue on to the end of p. 9.

Week 4: April 15, Part 1 of 2

00:08:48 — Warm up begins (go to 2^nd link below for all other April 15 timestamps)

Week 4: April 15, Part 2 of 2  (This hyper link takes you to the entire rehearsal recording.)

00:00:00 – Celebration (from backup livestream)

00:00:01 – Altos and Tenors (bottom of p. 1 last two measures and top of p. 2) 00:05:03 – All Voices (starting at p. 2, m.6) From this point, further practice mixes singing with explanations of how the repeats occur, and when the soloists sing. The entire song is given a good workout.

00:16:12 – A Promise I Will Keep
00:16:15 – All Voices (p. 4, m16)
00:20:40 – “Pom” Practice, hitting each note precisely. (p.5, m. 25-26-27)
00:24:20 – Sopranos and Basses (top. of p. 5)
00:25:50 – Altos (top of p. 5)
00:26:55 – Altos and Tenors
00:27:20 – All Voices practice “Pom” (from p.4, m. 16)
00:28:22 – All Voices sing (from p. 4, m 16)
00:29:19 – All Voices sing (p. 8-9 to m. 66)
00:30:20 – All Voices (p. 11-13, from m. 86)

00:32:00 – Swimming to the Other Side (More information given about Solos, p. 24)
00:37:39 – Practice Solo parts (All voices singing) p. 24
00:40:11 – Sopranos and Altos (Chorus, p. 26)
00:40:53 – Sopranos (p. 26)
00:42:30 – Sopranos and Altos (p.26)
00:43:27 – Tenors and Basses (p.26)
00:44:32 – [A few thoughts about the lyrics]
00:47:18 – All Voices

00:49:25 – Announcements

00:56:38 – There Is More Love (sing-along – not in music packet) Non-stop singing, all voices, including review of each part: Melody – Alto – Tenor – and Bass. Keep in mind this is an audience sing-along.

01:03:40 – Mike talks about the songs chosen for this concert and the 35th anniversary

01:04:31 – Miriam’s Song “Road map” Important explanations about where the Soloists will sing, when the Tutti Chorus is singing, and relevant information about lyrics only sheets and soloist parts.
01:08:23 – Sopranos and Altos (p. 33-31, m. 5-12)
01:10:50 – Basses (p. 34)
01:12:23 – Tenors (p. 34)
01:13:02 – Altos (p.34)
01:13:42 – All voices
01:16:03 – A few more road map instructions. Note: Tutti chorus on p. 38, m. 55, is sung in an “offset” round format.
01:18:34 — All voices, multiple repeats (p. 38)
01:19:40 – One Voice
01:19:42 – All voices practice last two lines. (p.41)
01:23:50 – Volunteers soloists come to front of room (S-A- T-B) (p. 41).
01:25:10 – Volunteers are in two groups. Verses 1-3 are sung, and Chorale joins for Verses 4 and 5. For Verse 5 last to measures are sung in unison.

Week 3: April 8 (This hyper link takes you to the entire rehearsal recording.)

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00:11:03 – Welcome and Warm up

00:19:50 – The Storm Is Passing Over
00:21:07 — All Voices sing together. (p. 4) (Note: Use rhythms from the recordings.) 00:27:10 — All together faster. (Words of advice about ms. 21-25.)

00:35:33 – Before My Ashes Flow to the Sea
00:37:21 — Sopranos and Altos (p.10, m.53)
00:41:22 — Tenors and Basses (p. 11, m.65) and (p. 12, m. 80 -90)
00:45:47 — All voices (p. 11-16)

00:53.54 – Now Let Us Sing
00:54:00 – All voices
00:56:15 – Sopranos
00:59:00 – Altos
01:00:03 – Sopranos and Altos
01:02:07 – Tenors
01:02:35 – Tenors and Basses
01:03:20 – All voices

01:06:45 – Announcements

01:26:09 – There Is More Love (sing-along – not in music packet)
New bass harmony introduced. Practice with all voices. (Note: Melody was introduced in Week 1, Alto harmony in Week 2).

01:29:24 – A Promise I Will Keep
Mike explains the sheet music for this song Nick Page wrote and arranged. Only write in pencil, erase marks before handing the sheet music back at the end of the season. The vocal parts are posted online.
01:31:29 — Ruth plays the melody as an introduction to A Promise (p. 4, m. 16)
01:32:49 – Sopranos, Altos and Tenors (p.4, m.16)
01:33:20 – Information about signing up for Solo parts
01:36:35 –Altos, Sopranos, Tenors (p. 8)
01:37:51 – Sopranos briefly sing, top of page 8. Discussion concerning pronunciation of several words and what a tenuto is.
01:42:38 — All sing (p. 8, m.51)

01:45:00 – Swimming to the Other Side
01:45:01 – All voices practice Soprano Solo melody (p. 24-25). More information about Solo auditions.
01:49:19 – Chorus. All voices, verse 1 (p. 26-27)
01:56:21 — Chorus. All voices, verse 2 (p. 26-27)

01:57:41 – Miriam’s Song

Week 2: April 1 (This hyper link takes you to the entire rehearsal recording.)

The hyperlinks below take you directly to that spot.

00:08:45 – Welcome and warm up

00:16:42: There is More Love (sing-along; not in music packet)
All voices practice melody together
00:17:26: All voices practice a new harmony
00:20:05: Melody and harmony sung together

00:22:10: Before My Ashes Flow to the Sea
(Announcement: Mike explains that CD’s will be available at the next rehearsal.)
00:23:46: Sight reading on p. 10 measure 52. Sopranos and Alto practice. (Mike has several comments about sight reading practice.)
00:33:33: Tenors and Basses practice on p.11 m. 65 (m=measure) and on p.12 m. 80
00:37:01: Sopranos and Altos practice on p. 11 m. 65 (bottom of page) to top of p. 13 00:42:18: All voices sing

00:46:05: The Storm is Passing Over
All voices sing (p. 4)
00:47:34: Sopranos
00:48:06: Altos
00:48:53: Tenors
00:49:50: Basses
00:51:08: Question about pronunciation of T and K. Mike’s answer: Final consonants should be clearly enunciated. Also a question about Soprano vs Alto notation. Soprano notes have stems pointing up and Alto notes stems pointing down.
00:52:12: All voices together at a fast tempo

01:00:11: Swimming to the Other Side
01:00:40: All sing in unison (p.26). First harmony occurs in the Alto part on the word “stream” (m. 23).
01:01:21: Altos
01:04:46: Sopranos
01:06:09: Tenors
01:07:38: Basses
01:08:30: All together (typo: Alto and Bass parts, p. 27, m. 25, 2nd verse, the word not should be noticed)

01:11:12: Announcements

01:23:02: Celebration
01:24:20: Tenors practice (Everyone should turn to page 1, measure 26).
01:26:52: Altos (m. 26)
01:28:52: Basses (m. 20)
01:31:00: All voices. Soprano and Altos start off “Whoo hoo!” and other voices enter as indicated on pages 1 and 2. Sing through p. 2 m. 63, then back to page 1, m. 26.

01:38:04: One Voice
All voices practice singing verses 4and 5 (p. 41). Take note: For the last 2 measures of verse 5, all voices sing the melody in unison.

01:47:00: Mike shares info about solos auditions

01:52:34: Now Let Us Sing
01:52:48: Basses (p. 6)
01:55:30: Tenors (p. 6)
01:57:38: All voices (p.6) (Sopranos and alto had a brief introduction last week)

Week 1: March 25 (This hyper link takes you to the entire rehearsal recording.)

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00:04:45 – Welcome and warm up

00:21:50 – Swimming to the Other Side
00:22:23: Mike explains a few things about the structure of the Solo and Quartets on p.24-25, and the Chorus on pages 26-28.
00:23:50: Sopranos
00:27:00: Altos
00:29:15: Tenors
00:31:16: Basses
00:33:10: Chorale sings the Chorus (all parts together)
00:37:52: Mike explains the note (p.28 upper right corner) about repeats and when the verses are sung. Take note when the whole Chorale sings verse 3 and the Chorus 2 times. Also suggests using the website resources for practicing at home.

00:40:38 – The Storm Is Passing over
00:40:41: Lyrics only practice for tempo and rhythm (page 4):
00:43:03: Sopranos and altos together
00:45:20: Tenors and basses together
00:46:58: All voices together at faster tempo
00:47:47: Basses begin, other voices added: Tenors, altos , sopranos
00:49:59: Continue on from measure 14 for a bit of sight reading

00:50:26 – One Voice
00:53:51: Sopranos
00:55:23: Altos
00:56:05: Sopranos and altos together
00:56:43: Tenor and basses together
00:58:16: All together
00:59:07: All together on last verse (5^th line down: one voice /one people)

01:01:28 – Announcements
01:11:20: Mike introduces his signature Dad joke. The Chorale sings Happy Birthday to his newly born niece Iris.

01:14:00– There Is Love Somewhere (sing-along song)
Mike explains the tradition of sing-along songs for the audience to participate in, and introduces one such song.

01:23:06 – Celebration
Mike talks about the score and structure of this next song. Mike explains the general style of song.
01:23:30: Singing intertwined with explanations of how to find your voice part within the score (top lines and bottom lines)

01:29:42 – What Have We Done?
Mike has a few comments about the score in the music packet, p 17. Changes are likely to be made as the final version of the performance is developed (i.e. improvisations may occur, possibly another language).
01:31:20: Altos
01:32:46: Tenors
01:33:46: Altos and tenors
01:35:11: Basses (p. 17 at m. 17)
01:36:30: Altos –tenors-basses (and some extra rhythm practice)
01:39:43: Sopranos (p.18 at m. 23)
01:42:11: All voices together (p. 17-19 to m. 40)

01.45:23 – Miriam’s Song
01:46:02: Sopranos and altos, first 3 lines (p. 30-31)
01:50:32: All voices practice lyrics and rhythm (p. 31-33 m. 15- 22)
01:52:24: Basses and sopranos
01:52:25: Altos and tenors

01:57:43: Comment about problems with CD’s

01:59:25 – Now Let Us Sing
Very brief introductory practice for all voices (p. 6-7 to m. 18).