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FA ’22: MUED 376

A.S.C.A.M. Rehearsal Guide Template
Suggested BEST ORDER: I. IV. II. V. III. & then Final Questions

A.S.C.A.M =
Audiation Decisions
Singing Decisions
Conducting Decisions
Analysis Decisions
Marked Score Decisions

I. Auditation Decisions:
Discography: Summary of important recordings and
performances, with notable comparisons:
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Welcome, Version 1: Version 2: Version Version 4:
Welcome 3:
Every Guest

Ragazzi Chamber Singers https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Boys Madrgals RMS v=nJo69gh9Hr4
Chorus, Music
Silicon
Valley

Tempo Allegrett Allegretto Allegr allegro

o o

Key a g g g
Style choral Choral/ Choral choral
theatrical
Type of N/a n/a 4 n/a
soloist
soloist
s
Type of piano n/a piano n/a
instruments
Solo n/a n/a n/a n/a
ornamentatio
n
My Choral Style All boys Mixed voices Mixed Mixed voice
choir voice
Golden Mean

Favorite Sound is:

I will achieve it with spacious vowels

I will achieve it with forward/resonant placements

I will achieve it with achievable rules

I will achieve it with a well-paced and artistic style

This round will be energized and lovely!

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II. Singing Decisions

Sound: Breathing -> energized and supported

Placement -> forward and resonant
Vowels and modifications -> pure and spacious
Consonants -> crispy
Type of blend -> cakey!
Preferred balance -> blended!
Vibrato -> light

Interpretative IPA
Decisions: Translations -> in English
Word Stress -> welcome, music, cheer, soul, sacred, explored,
complete, concert fair
Phrasing and Breathing-> where there is punctuation- lifts

Emotional Buzz words -> joyous & welcoming

Coloration: Placement-> forward and resonant

Soloists: Kind and type-> n/a

Kodaly Considerations:

Tone set:
Tone set defined: (pentatonic, modal, diatonic, chromatic)
Modal

Developmental strategy:

Prepare- write in solfege

Present- teach solfege
Practice- apply solfege
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III. Conducting Decisions: big/small, in/out, up/down

What does my Level 1 look like in this piece?

(My kinesthetic set-up, my Laban dimensions [time, weight & space],
effort actions & feelings, marked in the score)
My score is thoroughly marked with solfege and I have my cues/breaths noted.

A. My improvement goal for Level 1 Kinesthetic is:  

- Add more effort actions and feeling

- Work on laban dimensions

What does my Level 2 look like in this piece?

(My somatic facial affect, my emotional connection to the piece and my
facial affect, my mouth shape and my vowel shaping, my Laban
dimensions [time, weight & space], effort actions & feelings, marked in
the score)
My facial affect is light and joyous and my mouth will indicate breaths and spacious
vowels.

B. My improvement goal for Level 2 Somatic is:  

- Intentional facial affect

- More clear breaths
- More specification within score

What does my Level 3 look like in this piece?

(What are my beat patterns, my cues, my levels, my word stress, my
releases, my size of gesture, my entrances, my melded gestures, my eye
tracking, etc., and how do I execute them, my Laban dimensions [time,
weight & space], effort actions & feelings, marked in the score)
and what do my Rainbow Lady drawings look like?)
My word stress is notated above and my gestures will be a medium size.
My gestures will be more on the orange and yellow spaces.

C. My improvement goal for Level 3 Technical is:  

- gesture sizes and entrances
- Laban dimension
- eye tracking

Is Movement or Choralography needed, and if so, how do I deliver it?

Nope!

IV. Analysis Decisions

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Everything you study in order construct and develop an aural image of the
piece and to build a fluid, transparent, informed interpretation of the piece.

Historical Aspects: Composer – history and considerations

History of the Piece, 1838

Performance Practice elements

Program Notes- a cheerful song about

celebrations through music!

Theoretical Aspects: Analysis – Structural/Phrasal – on score

Analysis – Chordal – n/a

Kinesthetic Aspects: DRAWINGS on Rainbow Lady Template

V. Marked Score Decisions

Score Preparation: Prepared Edition – Do I make a prepared edition

for the choir? Yes!

Study Score – What is included in my study score?

Tempo markings, breaths, and cues

Conductors Score – What is included in my concert

score?

~FINAL QUESTIONS~

Do I see my A.S.C.A.M. decisions in my gesture?

Do I hear my A.S.C.A.M. decisions in the sound and

performance of my choir?