Elementary Choir
2024-25
ClinicianMatthew Schwan
Important Dates
Oct. 28 - Nomination Deadline
Jan. 18 - Clinic & Concert @ Pittsburg Community Middle School - $15 participation fee per selected student
Nominations
Nominations must be entered online in the KMEA Members site. Any student grades 5-6 from the Southeast District is eligible. Teachers may nominate 8 students from their school to participate in the choir. If your district has more than one elementary school, please limit your number to 6 per school. All nominations must be completed online by the posted deadline.
Fees
Use the SEKMEA Invoice Generator to create your fee invoices. An invoice print-out must be included with each payment. Make checks payable to Southeast KMEA. Fees are $15 per student due no later than the day of performance.
Memorization Expectation
The goal is to provide a quality experience for advanced students. Selected students are to know the music before the event as the elementary choir will perform by memory.
Practice Tracks
Practice Tracks are available for KMEA Members
[Honor Grps > Choral Practice Tracks]
Schedule
8:30 - Registration/Check In-Both Choirs in Old Gym
9:00 - Rehearsal- Old Gym
9:30 - Directors Meeting (Staff Development Center in Basement)
10:00 - Break
10:15 - Rehearsal- Old Gym
11:00 - Lunch- Cafeteria- concession stand Available
11:45 - Rehearsal- Auditorium
12:45 - Break
1:00 - Rehearsal- Auditorium
2:00 - Change for concert
2:30 - Rehearsal- Auditorium
3:00 PM - Concerts Begin
- Middle School Band
- Elementary Choir
- Middle School Choir
Dress
Students may wear school clothing for rehearsals. Facilities will be available to change before the concert. All clothing must follow your schools dress code. Concert Dress is as follows:
Ladies: Dresses/Skirts/Slacks and nice shirt (no jeans, t-shirts or tennis shoes)
Men: Slacks and Dress Shirt/Sweater, tie is optional (no jeans, t-shirts or tennis shoes)
Lunch
Items may be purchased for lunch at a concession stand or students may bring a sack lunch.
Student Checklist
- Music marked with the school name so it can be returned if misplaced.
- Original music only in a black three-ringed binder.
- Pencil for marking the music.
- Money for lunch or a sack lunch. (Please encourage students to bring smaller bills to purchase their lunch.)
- Water in a closeable container. (No pop is allowed in the music room or gyms.)
- Concert attire.
- A positive attitude and desire to have a great day making music with others!
Performance Repertoire
Lunar Lullaby - 2pt - Jacob Narverud
Under the Calico Tree - 2pt
Sahayta - SSA - Ben Allaway
Oye - Unison - Jim Papoulis
We Can Dream - 2pt - Pinkzebra
Notes from the Clinician
Under the Calico Tree - 2pt
Sahayta - SSA - Ben Allaway
Oye - Unison - Jim Papoulis
We Can Dream - 2pt - Pinkzebra
Sahayta
- Please teach the clapping. Sopranos take the up stem and altos do the down stem.
- Sopranos please learn the "Solo/Small Ensemble Line" and altos will learn the "Choir/Audience Line" for measures 3-9 & 15-20. Then split them into the three parts for the singing of "Sahayta" every time. Things get a little more complicated at measure 27 so here goes:
- Sopranos all sing measure 27 then everyone replies on measure 28, next soprano 1 sing measure 29 then soprano 2 and altos sings their parts on measure 30, and finally soprano 1 will sing measure 31 and repeat it on measure 32 with everyone else. This also happens at measure 65-70
- 2 soloists at the beginning. We will hold auditions during one of the breaks.
- Soprano 1 singers from Sahayta can sing descant at "C" or measure 28. This doesn't need to be all the sopranos as it would be too much.
- As written. The line is
Tilly-lum-li, Tilly-lo-lum-lee, O dilly-dum-di-dum-dee!
Pronunciation:
Tilly (as in silly) lum (as in bum) li (as in sigh), tilly lo (as in snow) lum lee (as in three) - same thing for the "d" words.
- Measure 44 - Please do the Sahayta split. Have soprano 1, sop 2, and alto.
- Measure 79-82, We're concerned with breaking into 4 parts there. We can do the soprano split, but the c# at 82 might be too difficult. Directors please split your sopranos however you want and keep the altos on Alto 1 notes until the A in measure 82.