Prepared by Donald Kendrick to save precious rehearsal time
SCSO CHORUS
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 2023
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Angelus Ad Pastores ait – Kendrick (Men only) MEMORIZE
Personent Hodie – Hoggard MEMORIZE
White Christmas – Berlin MEMORIZE
Chorus sings first 8 bars and then stops
Chorus returns on P.5 top last bar (may your) until P.7 bottom last bar and Stop
Chorus returns on P. 8 top last two bars (and may)
Do You Hear What I Hear – Crocker
Men P. 5 Sing “RRRRRum” on first beat of every bar
Tutti P. 9 Bottom bar A2+B2 Start, and Sop divide (row 1,2,3 sing top and row 4567 sing bottom) and Tenors divide (row 123 sing bottom and row 4,5,6 sing top)
It Wouldn’t Be Christmas Without You – Wendell
Beginning (bar 6) is Solo only
Chorus starts in bar 23 – 26 then Solo only
Chorus returns in bar 35-38 then Solo only
Chorus returns in bar 42 on last beat (Alto divisi) – 45 then Solo only
Chorus returns in bar 56 on last beat to bar 59 then Solo only
Chorus returns in bar 68 on last beat to bar 72 downbeat then Solo only
Chorus returns in bar 81 – 84 downbeat then Solo only
Chorus returns in bar 88 on last beat to bar 92 downbeat then Solo only
Chorus returns in bar 94 on last beat for two bars then Solo only
Chorus returns in bar 102 to end
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Bradford MEMORIZE
Bar 11 change text to “ here to stay”
Chorus sings to bar 14 then Solo only
Chorus returns in bar 31 – 38 then Solo only
Chorus returns in bar 62 to end
Seasonal Sounds – Randol Alan Bass
P. 6 change to all unison in men’s and women’s parts
P. 7 change to full chorus singing unison
P. 7 last bar mark Solo only
P. 8 last 3 bars SA Chorus returns in harmony
P. 9 top bar 3 Men change to unison
P. 9 bottom at 74 is harmony
P. 11 last two bars change to unison
P. 12 top bar 2 Men change to unison for 2 bars then Harmony all
P. 16 top bar 135 change to Solo only
P. 17 bottom bar 151 Full chorus enters in unison and stay in unison until
P.19 top score last bar
P. 20 bar 176 change first word to “Then” (not “O”)
P. 20 bottom score Tutti change to unison
P. 21 last two bars sing Harmony
P. 22 last two bars change to SATB in unison
P. 23 SATB still singing everything on page in unison
P. 24 top bar 216 change to Solo
P. 25 top second bar sing harmony
P. 28 bottom second bar delete chord entirely (For)
P. 30 bar 278 change to SATB
P. 31 second line first bar sing first note only (night) and then Solo
P. 32 Chorus returns on bottom pickup to bar 310
P. 35 last bar Alto change first note to a quarter note on low D followed by a half note on same pitch
P. 36 middle score last bar 351 change to SATB
It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Hayes
P. 4 bar 24 men don’t sing until bar 41
P. 6 bar 49 men sing “U”
P. 6 bar 58 second note should be C not B
P. 7 bar 64 change to Solo only
P. 8 Chorus returns in bar 80
P. 8 bar 84 Full Chorus sustain the C for three bars
P. 13 Top first bar change to Solo only
P. 13 Men return in bar 140 for three bars only
P. 13 middle last bar change to Solo only
P.14 Top last bar 150 Chorus returns
P. 14 bar 154 – 157 change to Solo only
P. 14 last two bar (158) Chorus returns
P. 15 bottom bar 165 Men change to “Lah Lah Lah Lah” only
Hallelujah – Handel MEMORIZE
Silent Night – Stopford MEMORIZE
P. 3 bottom bar 37 change to Solo only
P. 7 bottom bar 60 Chorus returns
We Wish You A Merry Christmas – Bass MEMORIZE
Beginning change to Solo
P. 3 last night Chorus sings to end
