| Borrowing request: Make our garden grow | John Hoffacker | August 9, 2011 |
| Item: Make our garden grow - Bernstein's original arrangement
Composer/Arranger/Edition: Leonard Bernstein
Starting: Aug. 18
For: 5 weeks
Copies: 60
Willing to rent: Yes
Every year singers and orchestra members join to present a concert on September 11 at the Lake Harriet Bandshell in Minnea... |
| Comment: Re: Need good Hanukkah music | John Hoffacker | July 23, 2011 |
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Choruses from Judas Maccabaeus, especially the triumphal entry, which calls for children's (SA), women's (SSA), and finally mixed choirs (SATB). Works with organ or small orchestra
S'vivon, by Betty Bertaux (SSAA & SATB arrangments), Michael Braz (3-part arrgt), or Bob Chilcott (SATB)
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| Concert: Open Sings Minnesota - Vivaldi Haydn Mozart Brahms | John Hoffacker | June 29, 2011 |
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Wednesday evenings this July come to Epiphany Church in Plymouth MN to sing and play some really great music for some really great causes. We gather at 7 and rehearse for just an hour, take a break for some wonderful refreshments, then come back and sing it straight through without stopp... |
| Comment: Re: Policy on young children attending concert | John Hoffacker | April 27, 2011 |
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Chorus Polaris in Minneapolis welcomes families to its concerts, but recordings are different.
If the goal of recording is to capture the event, everthing is fair game — babies, sirens, doors, cellphones... If you're trying to produce a flawless, pristine recording of the music, do t... |
| Comment: Re: Fun rounds that can be performed? | John Hoffacker | April 14, 2011 |
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I wrote a fun round that you're welcome to use. Email me, and I'll send you the pdf. johnhoffacker@gmail.com
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| Comment: Re: Orch+Choir Closers... | John Hoffacker | August 22, 2010 |
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Brahms: Schicksalslied
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| Concert: Open Sing - Fauré Requiem | John Hoffacker | July 5, 2010 |
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The sixth season of Open Sings begins this Wednesday with Gabriel Fauré's Requiem. Please join us if you can at Church of the Epiphany, 4900 Nathan Lane North, in Plymouth MN, just west of Route 169 at the 49th Avenue exit (map).
Everything starts at 7 pm with a rehearsal fo... |
| Concert: Open Sings in Minnesota - Fauré Vivaldi Mozart Brahms | John Hoffacker | June 9, 2010 |
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Please join us this July for our 6th annual Festival of Open Sings! We're getting together to sing some wonderful music. It's free and open to all. We ask for donations, but they're completely voluntary. Pass this word along, and invite your friends!
At Open Sings, singers and orche... |
| Comment: Re: Atmospheric High School work - Halloween weekend | John Hoffacker | May 29, 2010 |
| Come out, all trolls - Robert Sund - SATB - Walton WGK104
Gamelan - R Murray Schafer - SATB - self-published |
| Comment: Re: Crud, I'm in the"B" choir now! | John Hoffacker | April 10, 2010 |
| Maybe the B choir needs a new identity – something its members can be proud of. You might look at repertoire that's different from the A choir's style. Maybe "Hist Whist" (speech choir & percussion) by Robert William Jones; "Old Abram Brown" (or other selections from Friday Afternoons) b... |
| Comment: Re: Works about Night | John Hoffacker | February 6, 2010 |
| Night and Morning, by Gyorgy Ligeti (Schott ED 6415) ssaattbb
Calme des Nuits, by Camille Saint-Saens (Editions Durand DF0310100) satb
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| Concert: Open Sing - Mozart Requiem - Haiti benefit | John Hoffacker | January 15, 2010 |
| Singers and instrumentalists of all ages — join us for an Open Sing of Mozart's Requiem on Sunday, January 24, at 4pm.
We'll rehearse for an hour, break for delicious refreshments, and then come back and play it straight through without stopping.
A donation of $10 is suggested – every ... |
| Comment: Re: Companion works for Dvorak Mass in D major | John Hoffacker | November 25, 2009 |
| Prague Te Deum 1968, by Petr Eben - for organ and choir, not much divisi in male voices and mostly divisi in quieter sections (as I recall). Beautiful, expressive work. |
| Borrowing request: Lend orchestra parts for Judas Maccabaeus? | John Hoffacker | October 21, 2009 |
| Item: Orchestra parts for Judas Maccabaeus
Composer/Arranger/Edition: Handel - Anthony Hicks ed.
Starting: November 1 2009
For: until Dec. 6 2009
Copies: all
Willing to rent: No
Can you lend the orchestra parts for Anthony Hicks's edition of Judas Maccabaeus? Happy to pay shipping both ways. |
| Comment: Re: MS choir needs more volume! | John Hoffacker | October 19, 2009 |
| Confidence and sincere expression seem to be most important. If they're confident with the music that will help a lot. Have them sing staccato so they're sure of the rhythms. And ask for crescendos and diminuendos when appropriate. Choose music that is quiet, because they're shy and not co... |
| Comment: Re: Finding Head Voice in High School | John Hoffacker | August 27, 2009 |
| Humming is pretty effective, I've found. You can do it on an [m], [n], or [ng]. Hum lightly and smoothly. She could have an Emma Kirkby kind of voice (really light, high, and sweet). Maybe some recordings would help, too, or some of your other girls. Get them all humming together. Hold the h... |
| Borrowing request: Need 1812 Overture choral part | John Hoffacker | July 29, 2009 |
| Item: 1812 Overture choral part
Composer/Arranger/Edition: Tchaikovsky, choral part added by Buketoff
Starting: August 16
For: until September 15
Copies: 80
Willing to rent: No
We're looking for the choral part that goes with the orchestra - either in Russian (Slavonic) or English, for a memor... |
| Comment: Re: Major Choral Works with Original Piano Accompaniment | John Hoffacker | July 20, 2009 |
| Norman Dello Joio (1913–2008) was a master of this texture. Two suggestions: "A Poet's Song" and especially Love Songs at Parting. |
| Concert: Open Sings - Wednesdays in July | John Hoffacker | June 27, 2009 |
| Greetings!
Join us this Summer for our 5th annual Festival of Open Sings.
We're getting together Wednesdays evenings in July to sing some
great music and raise funds and awareness for some great causes.
Pass this word along, and invite your friends!
At Open Sings, singers and instrumentalists gather... |
| Comment: Re: i have to find another church . . . | John Hoffacker | June 12, 2009 |
| Because many of us have experienced Bach's B-minor mass (and
Palestrina and Bruckner and Kodaly) as performers, we've gone to
spiritual places unknown to many of the people in the pews. Yet,
isn't it a significant part of our job to minister to them? To
provide musical experiences in the church that... |
| Borrowing request: Lend Haydn mass scores for Open Sing | John Hoffacker | May 22, 2009 |
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Item:
Haydn - Mass in Time of War XII,9, Lord Nelson
XII.11, or Mariazeller XII.8
Composer/Arranger/Edition:
Haydn
Starting:
July 22
For:
1 day
Copies:
150
Willing to rent:
No
Hi - We'd like to celebrate the Haydn
bicentennial this summer in our... |
| Comment: Re: Teaching the Latin "e" | John Hoffacker | April 29, 2009 |
| Ask them to sing "yes" with bright eyes and encouraging
faces. Or "yes, yes, YES!"
This can produce a forward vowel, and if they keep their back
teeth high and wide, and avoid grinning, you might get what you
want.
Best of luck! |
