SCVA Newsletter (on-line version) – December 2007
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Vocal Solo News – Colleen Kennedy, VP - Vocal Solo Competition
** The online application for the Vocal Solo Competition is now
available at www.scvachoral.net. **
Application Info
- Participation is open to
students in grades 6 – 12
- The non-refundable application
fee remains $20.
- Applications must be accompanied
by a school check or money order payable to SCVA, or an SCVA e-Payments
receipt.
- Include a self-addressed
envelope with the application for notification.
- Participants must be active members
of a choral group; religious and community choruses meet this requirement.
- The application must be signed
by the choral director to confirm chorus membership.
- Directors or sponsors must be
current members of SCVA, having paid their 2007-08 dues, in order for their
students to participate.
Performance Info
- Each participant will sing one
classical piece (art song or aria).
- Selections should be appropriate
to the singer’s age and experience level.
- Participants will have a total
of 8 minutes to perform and work with the adjudicator.
- Singers must provide their own
skilled accompanists for the preliminary and final rounds.
- The preliminary and final rounds
are in master-class format, lasting approximately 3 to 4 hours, including
breaks.
- Participants are expected to
check in before the master class starts and remain until the end to receive
their certificates and adjudication forms.
- Please remind participants to
make sure that they are available for all dates and times before completing the
application.
- Scholarships will be awarded,
and final placement of the high school finalists will be announced, at the Jr.
High/Middle School Honor Choir concert.
Dates to Remember:
- Applications
submitted/postmarked no later than Saturday 12/08/07
- Preliminary rounds (various
sites, see application): 9am – 1:00pm, Saturday January 12, 2008
- Final round (site TBD): 9am –
2:00pm, Saturday March 8, 2008
- Finalists perform at the Jr.
High/Middle School Honor Choir concert Sunday May 4, 2008
Mail applications to:
Colleen Kennedy – Vocal Solo Competition
3425 Jasmine Ave. #1 Los Angeles,
CA 90034
On-Line Vocal Solo Competition Application
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Vocal Jazz – Jamie Shew, VP – Jazz Choir
So many people ask me for suggestions on hip beginning-medium level
vocal jazz charts. Well, I’ve
compiled a list with the help of some great friends!!! Also, for ssa, ssaa, ttb, ttbb tunes,
check out michmusic.com or jenniferbarnesmusic.com – they’ve got some wonderful
charts to check out! If you’d like
the publisher information on any of the tunes below, please feel free to email
me at jshew@fullcoll.edu.
Beginning-Medium Level Vocal Jazz Charts
Recommendations by Jamie Shew, Cindy Bourquin, Christine Guter, Matt
Falker, Kate Reid, & Michele Weir
Like Someone in Love April
Arabian-Tini
I Could Write A Book Jennifer
Barnes
I’m Beginning to See the Light Jennifer
Barnes
Old Devil Moon Jennifer
Barnes
Sugar Dayru
How Deep is the Ocean Rosana
Eckert
Telephone Song Rosana
Eckert
Come Back to Me Matt
Falker
Comes Love Matt
Falker
Moondance Jeremy
Fox
Shenandoah Derrick
Johnson
Autumn Leaves Ken
Kraintz
Danny Boy Kirk
Marcy
Just One of Those Things Kirk
Marcy
Never So In Love Kerry
Marsh
Shout Blues Kerry
Marsh
Sing a Song of Song Kerry
Marsh
If I Loved You Phil
Mattson
I’ve Got You Under My Skin Phil
Mattson
Danny Boy Phil
Mattson
I’ll Be Seeing You Phil
Mattson
Drive Bobby
McFerrin
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me Darmon
Meador
Brazil Paris
Rutherford
Dahoud Paris
Rutherford
Flor de Lis Paris
Rutherford
Love Letters Paris
Rutherford
Old Devil Moon Paris
Rutherford
Caravan Vijay
Singh
Before I Gaze at You Again Vijay
Singh
Embraceable You Kirby
Shaw
Stolen Moments Kirby
Shaw
Sway Kirby
Shaw
Cinnamon and Clove Michele
Weir
At the End of the Day Michele
Weir
I’ve Got the World on a String Michele
Weir
James Michele
Weir
Mas Que Nada Steve
Zegree
This Masquerade Steve
Zegree
Vocal Jazz Ensemble Recordings
Beachfront Property Beachfront
Property & Straight Up
Genesis (Mt. Hood CC)
Gold Company (WMU) While
We Were Young, 20, & 25
Just 4 Kicks Side
By Side & Kick in the Pants
LA Jazz Choir From
All Sides
Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross Everybody’s
Boppin’, Sing a Song of Basie, &
The Hottest New Group In Jazz
M-pact Live
at the Triple Door
Manhattan Transfer Anthology:
Down in Birdland & Vocalese
Bobby McFerrin w/ Voicestra Circle
Songs
New York Voices Sing
Sing Sing
Soundsation (Edmonds CC)
Take Six Take
Six
The Boswell Sisters Shout,
Sister, Shout! 1925-1934
The Hi-Lo’s Suddenly
It’s The Hi-Lo’s/Harmony In Jazz &
Cherries and Other Delights
The PM Singers Jubilee
The Real Group In
the Middle of Life, Nothing But the Real Group, & Live in Stockholm
The Singers Unlimited Magic
Voices
The Swingle Singers Retrospective
& Mood Swings
Vocalogy Distilled
Voice Trek An
A Cappella Trek
Vox One Pure
Imagination & Chameleon
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Young Women’s and Young Men’s Harmony Festivals
Mark Freedkin, SPEBSQSA
ALL APPLICATIONS/FORMS AVAILABLE AT SCVACHORAL.ORG
We are pleased to invite you to this year’s Barbershop Harmony Festivals for
Young Women and Young Men. Both
events will be held at the Robert B. Moore Theater on the campus of Orange
Coast College in Costa Mesa. The
3rd annual “Diva Day” Young Women in Harmony Festival, sponsored
by the Harborlites Chorus will be held on Saturday, February 2, and the
8th annual “Young Men’s Harmony Festival” will be held on Saturday, February
23, sponsored by the Masters of Harmony. Both of these events will
provide a unique musical opportunity for your singers and will provide a
positive boost to your choral music program.
Each event will consist of morning and afternoon clinics and rehearsals,
followed by a public performance in the evening with the respective adult
choruses. There will also clinic
for music educators who would like to participate in a hands-on demonstration of
how the barbershop style is taught and how it can be used to attract more young
men and women into your program.
The cost to attend is only $25 per singer. The sponsoring choruses will
cover the remaining costs for all sheet music, practice CDs, rehearsal
facilities, guest clinicians and performance costumes. Each singer will receive
a commemorative t-shirt. We will also provide lunch and dinner for the singers,
choral directors and any parent chaperones accompanying the singers.
Please visit the SCVA website, scvachoral.org, to download and print the
appropriate applications/forms for each student. Please complete and return
these, along with payment by cash, check or money order payable to Harborlites
(for the Young Women’s Festival) or Masters of Harmony (for the
Young Men’s Festival). Both events
will be limited to a maximum of 250 participants, so be sure to submit your
applications early. Note that
these festivals are separate events, and you must send the appropriate forms
and payments to the proper recipient.
Young Women’s Festival Only:
In order to accommodate more schools, we are limiting the number of singers
per school to twelve (12). Ideally we suggest 1-2 tenors, 3-4, leads, 2-3
baritones and 3-4 basses. This will allow you to perform the music as a group
and use this group to help your other students learn the joy of singing
four-part harmony barbershop style. Send applications for all students you wish
to participate, indicating those students beyond the initial 12 that you wish
to put on the Waiting List. We will try to accommodate as many as we can.
Young Men’s Festival Only:
There is no limit to the number of singers from your school who wish to
participate, but please submit your applications early to ensure that all of
your singers can be accommodated.
We look forward to receiving your applications. Please contact us if you
have any questions about our festivals.
Karen Ridout Mark
Freedkin
Harborlites Chorus Masters
of Harmony
Home: 714-847-0787 Home:
(949) 559-9621
Cell: 714-319-2325 Cell:
(714) 357-1187
Email: kridout@socal.rr.com Email:
mfreedkin@yahoo.com
Application Forms (require Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Diva Day - Student Application Form
Diva Day - Parental Consent/Medical Form
Diva Day – Music Educator
Application Form
Young Men's Festival – Student Application & Parental Consent/Medical Form
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JUST DO IT – ATTEND A CHORAL FESTIVAL THIS YEAR!
by Jennifer Stanley, VP
of High School Festivals, and Maria Fritts, VP of Middle School/Junior High
Festivals
As music educators, we are in a
very unique position for assessment because of festivals. No other discipline allows teachers to
have their students assessed by experts in their field and receive instant
feedback. Choral directors who
attend festivals have positive experiences with adjudicators who understand
their teaching situations, and the adjudicators actively work to reinforce
their teaching. Attending
festivals is an excellent way to expose your students to great choral
literature, and for them to see other students working on the same choral concepts
you are teaching. Since it is a
positive experience for everyone involved, make sure that you ATTEND A CHORAL
FESTIVAL THIS YEAR!
Thank you to all the directors who
are hosting festivals! With our festival hosts, we have been able to schedule
44 festivals in many different locations throughout March, April, and May. The
festival application follows this article. Applying early will increase your chances of being accepted
to your first choice festival. As
a courtesy to others, please do not bring more than two choirs to one
festival. The application deadline
is March 1, 2008, and
late applications will not be accepted.
Please check your school’s testing schedule and spring break when
scheduling your festival. Please
be aware of the location of your festival so you can begin planning for
transportation.
The SCVA website has information to
assist you and your students in your festival preparation. The schedule of festivals, festival
application form, PayPal payment system, festival adjudication form,
adjudication scoring scale, festival code of conduct, festival listening guide,
festival host guide, and list of recommended choral literature are there for
your use. Please let us know if we can post other useful information for
you. For more information or
questions, please contact Maria Fritts at MFRITTS@temeculaprep.com or (951)
926-6776; contact Jennifer Stanley at jstanley@emuhsd.k12.ca.us
or (626) 258-5292.We are pleased to announce that this year’s conductor
will be Dr. Ricardo Soto of Orange Coast College!
SCVA Choral Festival Code of Conduct
Directors are strongly
encouraged to read the Code of Conduct to all students who participate in SCVA
festivals. A choral music festival
sponsored by SCVA provides the opportunity for a satisfying experience in
listening as well as in performing.
These rules are designed to encourage concert behavior in which everyone
may take pride. They are not meant
to stifle enthusiasm or to detract from the enjoyment of a festival.
1. Each student is a guest of the
host school and will follow the rules of that school. He/she will not leave the auditorium without permission of
their director.
2. Each student will be seated with his choir prior to the opening of the
festival and will remain in his place until its conclusion. Personal needs must be satisfied before
the festival begins.
3. A courteous listener will sit up in his seat and will refrain from talking,
chewing gum, eating, combing hair, applying make-up or doing homework.
4. Applause at the proper time is encouraged. However, activities such as standing, shouting and whistling
are obviously inappropriate in a concert hall. Adjudicators may downgrade any performing group that
displays poor concert behavior, or may withhold adjudication for obviously
disruptive conduct.
5. California State Law prohibits smoking on school grounds.
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Other Important Information
On-Line SCVA Membership Application