Sisters’ Voices ensembles, SV-One, SV-Two, and SV-Three, will operate differently this year because of Covid. We will ask families to register by semester, rather than full year, and pay by month or in full on a sliding scale. SV-One (2nd-3rd grade) will rehearse together over Zoom on Mondays from 3:00 until 3:45, SV-Two (4th-5th grade) will rehearse on Mondays from 4:00 until 4:45, and SV-Three (6th-8th grade) will rehearse on Mondays from 5:00 until 5:45. Please note that if schools return to meeting in person for full days we may need to shift the timing of Monday rehearsals slightly later. Each singer will also be invited to join a Small Group that will meet on another afternoon. We will also be operating a few in-person rehearsals this semester. See the tab below for more information. Singers may choose to do Mondays only, In-Person only, or both Mondays and In-Person. Singers who sign up for Small Groups are automatically signed up for Mondays and In-Person rehearsals as well. All ensembles are a semester-long commitment and may be joined at the beginning of the semester.
Costs:
Mondays: sliding scale $20-$40 per month
In-Person: $100 for five rehearsals
Small Group (includes Small Group, Monday, and In-Person): sliding scale $80-$140 per month
Our New K-1 Ensemble will be held in partnership with Leandra’s private studio, Wrensong Workshop. Please visit the Wrensong Workshop site to register.
Click here to go directly to the SV-One, SV-Two, SV-Three registration page.
Monday Ensembles
SV-One (2nd and 3rd graders), SV-Two (4th and 5th graders), SV-Three (6th-8th graders)
SV-One will meet on Monday afternoons from 3:00 until 3:45.
SV-Two will meet on Monday afternoons from 4:00 until 4:45.
SV-Three will meet on Monday afternoons from 5:00 until 5:45.
Regular weekly Monday meetings will continue as they have been going, with one change: we will ask families to commit to the whole semester. This will allow us to work on longer-term projects knowing who will be participating. Please keep in mind the caveat that if schools return to meeting in person for full days we may need to shift the timing of Monday rehearsals slightly later.
During these times we will play a gathering game, have a vocal warm-up together, and work on a set of four or five pieces of music, a different set of pieces each month.
The cost for Monday rehearsals will operate on a sliding scale of $20 – $40 per month for 5 months, or $100 – $200 for the whole semester. Monday ensembles are a semester-long commitment.
Small Group Ensembles
SV-One (2nd and 3rd graders), SV-Two (4th and 5th graders), SV-Three (6th-8th graders)
Singers who are interested in working in more depth, developing sight singing skills, and having more possibility to get together to practice in person are invited to register for Small Group Ensembles (in addition to Monday Ensembles and In-Person). Small Group Ensembles will meet for 45 minutes weekly over Zoom. These ensembles will be put together based on singers’ experience and music-reading ability. When you register you will be asked to indicate which days your child is available.
The cost for Small Group Ensembles will operate on a sliding scale of $400 – $700 for the full semester. Small Groups are a semester-long commitment. These singers will automatically be signed up for a Monday Ensemble and In-Person rehearsals. You will be asked to pay in 5 monthly installments at a rate of $80 – $140 per month or in full.
If your child has not sung with Sisters’ Voices before and has choral/vocal experience, please contact Leandra to set up an audition time so that your singer’s skills and experience can be taken into account when placing her into a small group.
In-Person Rehearsals
SV-One (2nd and 3rd graders), SV-Two (4th and 5th graders), SV-Three (6th-8th graders)
In-Person rehearsals, every few weeks, will begin in January. We will meet Saturdays between noon and 4pm at Southern Community Park in the large picnic shelter. We have reserved the space 1/30 and 2/27. We plan to reserve also 3/20, 4/17, and 5/8, as possible. We will start with in-person groups being 5 singers or smaller and consider expanding the size of the groups and length of rehearsals as the semester continues, depending on recommendations of health officials and parental comfort. Please note that if we are locked down, we will of course not meet and will reschedule for a later date.
The cost for In-Person rehearsals will be $100 for five rehearsals. This may be paid in 5 monthly installments of $20 or in full.
New Ensemble for Kindergartens and 1st Graders
Because of COVID, K-1 singers will meet in small groups and will begin the year online. Once it is safe to meet in person, these small ensembles will meet in Leandra’s home studio.
K-1 singers will engage in lots of singing through games and other musical activities. Students will begin using solfege (do, re, mi) to learn melodies and will develop a vocabulary of musical terms related to musical elements such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, form, and instrumentation.
Sisters’ Voices offers this ensemble in partnership with Leandra’s private studio, Wrensong Workshop. As with all SV ensembles, scholarships are available. If you are interested, please register through the Wrensong Workshop website.
Other Gathering Opportunities
Check back here soon for more information.
