UPDATES: PHILO IMPORTANT DATES DECEMBER AND JANUARY I hope your Thanksgiving Holiday was fab! There were lots of announcements last Monday night, so here's a recap: Singer donations are now due. Please visit our website to get the link to Zeffy to make your donation. Remember to zero out the added Zeffy fee or do what I do and give a dollar or two. Melissa Margolis will also accept your checks and give them to our Treasurer, Lauren Entrekin. We have just SIX remaining regular rehearsals. If you need help, ask me or your section leaders. Learning aids are in the singer portal. I'll make others if you need them. Please ask. Please practice! This concert's music requires your work outside of Monday rehearsal time. You should receive various emails and posters and facebook posts during the next several weeks. Please share with your friends and family. UPDATES: Dec 1: Regular rehearsal...
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PHILO YEARBOOK IS LIVE After a long gestational period, our first-every Philo Singer Yearbook is available for your reading pleasure! Click here to access: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iW_LIrp3B_iViIC_LeODPXmjBgcb8tTD?usp=sharing We will update this 2x/yr at start of each "semester" when new singers join. So if you did not provide a photo or bio for "version 1," you can do so any time before February and we'll add your information in the next round. This pdf document will be housed on the Philo Singers section of our Google Drive. This section is also called the "singer portal." Just look for the folder called "Singer 'Yearbook'" to locate the document, if you misplace the above link. You can always search on the word "yearbook" on Google Drive as well. Thank you to everyone who provided photos and responded to our survey. I hope you will enjoy getting to know your fellow singers even better, especially if you...
THANK YOU FROM THE KISTNER FAMILY AND GAYLE Thank you so very much for singing at Dave Kistner's Memorial Service on Saturday. It meant so very much to the family. Those of you who knew Dave knew him as a humble, giving, all around great guy. I don't think his family had any idea how many people loved him. They thought there wouldn't be many people at the service. 🙂 His sons, Nate and Tim, were astonished. Nate is the one who requested Battle Hymn. He was awestruck by your singing and willingness to provide such a gift to them. Thank you for prioritizing this occasion in your very busy schedules. It mattered. You sang beautifully. I was so proud and grateful for your presence and voices. Extra thanks and smiles of gratitude for Kathy, for playing JUST the bass part, Dave's part, on some of the verses of the prelude hymn. For Don, who saved the seat next to him, where Dave sat every week, right behind me in the chancel pe...
AMERICA WILL BE: practice tracks with part dominant options Another practicing "hack". Thanks, Lise. Gayle From: yasui@aol.com <yasui@aol.com> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2025 2:32 PM To: Gayle Wieand <gdwieand@msn.com>; Susan Federico <sfed812@gmail.com> Subject: part dominant links Hi Gayle, I found this site helpful for learning America Will Be. It has part predominant files that you can purchase for a nominal fee. It seems accurate and is how I learn since I can't read music. Once downloaded, it can be played via computer or transferred to a phone for portable listening. America Will Be part predominant If you click on the "Voice Part" pull-down menu, it gives lots of options. The "predominant" selections enable you to learn alongside muted other parts, since so much of this requires listening to the rest of the choir. Another hack I use is to play it on my computer and simultaneously record it via my "voice memos...
PWMP CONCERTS DECEMBER 7 and 9 2025 Please share the news of this concert of our sister chorus with your family and friends Please share the concert info with your friends and family. I think the Sunday concert might be livestreamed, too. I'm really enjoying the music! It's lifting my spirits at a time I really need it! Our friends and family will probably feel the same! Hugs, Gayle
Philo's 2025-2026 Zoom link Topic: Philomusica Rehearsal Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81445767508?pwd=dX3wuGiFwD1TNz9XeaLb0BsOhXKYA5.1 Meeting ID: 814 4576 7508 Passcode: 828929 --- One tap mobile +13092053325,,81445767508#,,,,*828929# US +13126266799,,81445767508#,,,,*828929# US (Chicago) Join instructions: https://us02web.zoom.us/meetings/81445767508/invitations?signature=-KvG0vgKCtd2hl4Plzwcn7wBuw7BoH3MnVP2bLjXzvQ
Sectionals Wed Nov19 AND Sun Nov 23 - schedule below Wed Nov 19: sectionals on Wed eve are IN PERSON at Gayle's ( 1701 Hillcrest Rd, Laverock, PA 19038) 7:00 PM Sopranos 8:00 PM Altos Sun Nov 23: Also in person at Gayle's 12:30 Tenors 1:30 Basses 2:30 Sopranos 3:30 Altos There will be an attempt to use Zoom too, but recent technical difficulties suggest that it will not work. Please plan to come in person
Singer Aid for Dave Kistner's memorial service See link below From: Susan F <sfed812@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2025 3:49 PM To: GAYLE WIEAND <gdwieand@msn.com> Subject: Dave's Service Will this help Philo Singers because of our short time frame? If so, feel free to forward. The link should work for everyone. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPNyC-YXdeEXTIjbhx59I7nefizGkzx8d&si=EeCyQZQm8Y-SRhgI
Picaflor parts for sop and alto Dear Sopranos and Altos, Lise Yasui found these Picaflor tracks online. I haven't listened to them Maybe they'll help? Thanks, Lise! From: yasui@aol.com <yasui@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 10:41 PM To: Gayle Wieand <gdwieand@msn.com>; Susan Federico <sfed812@gmail.com> Subject: Picaflor parts Hi Gayle and Susan, Picaflor parts I found this site with parts broken out for Picaflor. It's weird and electronic, but accurate I think. I find these only so helpful since you can't hear the other parts, but alto 'dominant' sites are hard to find. I record these on my voice memos app on my iphone, and that allows you to play them back at slower speeds. Still, I'm eager for the day AI will let you create part-dominant training tools! lise