[Choir] solo opportunities, and no music reading session tonight

[tom at tomschersten.com]

Donia,

I would be pleased to sing a solo part, and I have no strong preference for a particular passage or its length.  In the selected passages I would be happy to sing the bass part as written in the choral arrangement.

However, I identify particularly with the words in the first stanza.

Thanks.

Tom
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> On Sep 6, 2022, at 1:40 PM, Donia Prince via Choir <choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone!
> 
> First, for anyone who might have been planning to go to the music reading skills session tonight, I am unfortunately cancelling it.  I'm on the tail end of a cold or flu, so it doesn't seem like a good idea.
> 
> Also, attached below is the Counterpoint Chorus recording of Somos el Barco, singing the same arrangement we will be singing for the first service, for your listening pleasure!
> 
> Second, I am planning the Sara Bareilles song, "Safe Place to Land" for the choir for the second service, and there will be opportunities for several people to do short solos if you would like, so I wanted to put that out there before Thursday for you to think about since that second service is less than 2 weeks from now!
> If you have zero interest in doing a solo, no need to read further.  If you have even 1% interest, please do!
> You might have heard Heather, my friend Kate Latz, Lindsay and I doing this song for a postlude a couple of years ago.  It was written in response to the immigration crisis, but it suits the theme of the second service--"Belonging" in general, the loneliness of secular society in particular.
> 
> The choral arrangement was not written for solos, but I've decided to make several of the verse parts solos in order to make the piece manageable to learn for the choir, given that we only have the 2 weeks.  I also think it will sound good!  I encourage anyone who would like to try one to do so!  Some can be very short, a single phrase.  And even if the solo line is written in the arrangement for soprano, eg, anyone can do it in whatever octave.  I am happy to help out with coaching outside of rehearsal if you would like.
> 
> Let me know either before or at the rehearsal if you would like to try a solo, and which part if you have a preference.
> 
> I will attach recordings of both the original and the choral arrangement, including the choral score to follow along.  Note that the original and the choral arrangement are written in different keys, so if a part is comfortable for you in the original, it might not be in the arrangement.  
> 
> See you Thursday!
> Donia
> 
> These are the sections that can be done by a solo:
> (solos might be whole stanzas or single line)
> 
> When holding your breath is safer than breathing
> When letting go is braver than keeping
> When innocent words turn to lies
> And you can't hide by closing your eyes
> When the pain is all that they offer
> Like the kiss from the lips of a monster
> You know the famine so well, but never met the feast
> When home is the belly of a beast
> Oh, imagine yourself in a building
> Up in flames, being told to stand still
> The window's wide open, this is leap is on faith
> You don't know who will catch you, but maybe somebody will
> 
> Somos el Barco
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAg1VN8w_6w <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAg1VN8w_6w>
> Original Safe Place to Land
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OJMOTe56tE <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OJMOTe56tE>
> Choral arrangement Safe Place to Land
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82i6l2voT5U <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82i6l2voT5U>
> 
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