Music Analysis: Bernstein's Warm-Up

Our first piece, the Bernstein “Warm-Up” was definitely our most difficult song. During the unison sections, we blended well because we were all singing the same thing which is what we are used to doing. In the round sections, you could hear individuals sticking out. I think the balance between voice parts should be worked on next time. When we sang the word “bong” you could hear a lot of the “ng” sound as opposed to hearing the “o” sound. Our diction was done nicely, we were very percussive when singing the “du-bing du-bang du-bong”. “Begin, My Soul” was our strongest piece vocally. Our balance in this song was presented nicely, the men voice parts blended nicely with the ladies. The balance in the seconds though, was not good. Our intonation in the mid-section had many individuals sticking out. The tenors were definitely a vital part to this song because of all of the clashes that their part includes. The song would feel empty without them. Vowel shape in the word “Enraptured” was one of our downfalls in this song. Not everyone pronounced it the same, some said “en-rap-tyure” and some said “en-rap-chured”. The first example is what we should all use. Our posture during this …show more content…
We have been doing this song and dance since the beginning of September so we should be confident in it. The dance was nearly perfect, which it should be. I feel as though our volume could have been a lot louder though, the dance wasn’t that exhausting. Our balance in this song was done well, there were no parts or individuals sticking out. In the opening measures of the song, we always “woo” for 8 counts, and then completely stop for 8 counts, which doesn’t make sense and makes the song awkward. Our diction for this song should be improved, the audience probably knew the song, but many of the words you could not make out. Facials were done nicely too, they were pretty much automatic with this song because it is so