Yo Violists!
damm sian today so im posting at random...
Viola is pronounced as vee-o-le(the a is near silent)! haha :p
Piano is pronounced as Pee-ae-no for the musical instrument, and Pee-arr-no for p (soft).
lol...
right back to serious business.
1) sec 1 and 2 attendance is sucking. We need to appoint someone to contact the juniors if they are MIA for rehearsals.
2) after hao meng leaves the viola section, you ppl find another welfare to be in charge of distributing smarties and tic tacs
3) THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT: Since this is our (the sec 4s) last concert, we want it to be perfect. There are some viola parts you people NEED to memorize and play perfectly. Or at least, fake perfectly and play together. So here are the stuff we need to settle during sectionals
Sectionals/Stuff to practise at home1) Mozart. Bowings. Direction of bow, amount of bow. Very important.
2) St Pauls Suite: First movement and last movement accelerando chords all memorized please. We can't afford any violist to look at the scores during the concert.
3) St Pauls Suite: Second and third movement. Viola solo parts and Vivace (you know which ones im talking about). Memorized and perfect our nice vibrato sound.
4) St Pauls Suite: Fourth movement. the stupid boring tune that keeps repeating. Stamina and constant harmonization with the cello/violin melodies is ESSENTIAL. we cannot lose control and rush individually.
5) Tchaikovsky: First movement. From figure A to figure D MEMORISED.
6) Tchaikovsky: Second movement the irregular fingerings portion. you know which one im talking about. MEMORIZED.
7) Tchaikovsky: Third movement. Get the fingerings and bowing all correct. Viola solo part until the end MEMORIZED.
8) Tchaikovsky: Fourth movement. First page MEMORIZED.
9) Tchaikovsky: Fourth movement. Running passages and chords MEMORIZED.
I think thats about it.
Cheers,
Choong
