Oakland Symphony Chorus

Oakland Symphony Chorus

Thursday, April 25, 2024

OSC Rehearsal Wednesday, April 24, 2024

 We have 2 recordings of this session.

Part 1

Start        Warmups, ending with Lift Every Voice and Sing verse 3
15:31       Announcement, new chorus coordinator (watch for official announcement)
17:51       Canticle of Freedom, starting on page 5 and continuing to the evening break
51:42       Run the entire piece
58:38       Chorus Committee announcements. Phil Bowling-Dyer has the tenors each stand up and introduce themselves and give a little background; he'll do this later with other groups.  After some announcements we had the break.

File size:  89.8 MB


Part 2

In this section, we perform the piece along with the orchestral recording (which is on Chorus Connection).  Ash makes a number of comments, and at the end suggests some rehearsal practices to use.  Recording begins around 1:52 of this recording; the chorus part begins at 3:14 of the recording.  At 8:51 Ash suggests some rehearsal techniques for the piece beginning on page 10.

File size:  14.6 MB