Welcome to FORTISMERE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
Fortismere MUSIC Centre
FCC Rehearsal Information
All rehearsals are on Saturday mornings in the Music Concert Hall, Music Block, North Wing, Fortismere School, 10.30am - 1pm with a break for refreshments where tea/coffee and cake is provided. There are also occasionally whole day rehearsals from 10.30am - 4pm. Please bring your music, a pencil to mark up the score, and a mug for the tea/coffee break.
If you are coming by car please come via the Tetherdown entrance and use the lower car park. The car park off Creighton Avenue is available for those who need closer access, please talk to the Centre Manager if you need this. Walk in entrances are open both at the Tetherdown gate and the Creighton Avenue gate.
We are currently rehearsing Mozart's Requiem for performance on 27th April. We are using the Barenreiter edition.
Summer Term 2024
Spring concert: Saturday, April 27th at 7pm at St Andrew's Church, N10 2DD
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus in D major, K618
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Choir rehearsal dates leading up to 27th April performance:
Tuesday 16th April: Fortismere School Concert Hall, 7 - 9 pm Choir and Orchestra: Requiem and Ave Verum.
Saturday 20th April - Fortismere School Concert Hall, Choir only, full day 10.30 am - 4 pm with choir master Cathal Garvey.
Tuesday 23rd April: Fortismere School Concert Hall, Choir and Orchestra 7 - 8 pm - Requiem.
Friday 26th April: 6.45 pm - 8 pm at St. Andrew's Church N10 2DD, Choir and Orchestra Requiem and Ave Verum.
Saturday 27th April: Concert Day rehearsal at St. Andrew's Church, N10 2DD
1.45 pm: Choir in seats for warm up
2 pm: Requiem - Soloists and Orchestra only.
2:20 pm: Requiem - Choir and Orchestra and soloists run-through
3:30 pm: Break
3:45 pm: Ave Verum
4:00 pm: BREAK
6.45 pm Warm up
7:00 pm Concert
Summer Term Come & Sing Workshops
(In the Music Concert Hall, Fortismere School. All welcome, £10 per workshop)
Sunday 26th May 11.30 am - 4.30 pm
Choruses from Haydn’s The Creation
Saturday, 15th June 10.30 am - 4 pm
English Choral Classics
Britten: Ceremony of Carols
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Elgar: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me from The Apostles
Saturday, 13th July 10.30 am - 4 pm
Songs from the Shows
Working Girl: Let the River Run
Carousel: You’ll Never Walk Alone
Medley from South Pacific
Interim Musical Director: Cathal Garvey
Sheet music for each day will be provided.
Rehearsal Aids for Mozart's Requiem
Cathal's score has been scanned in so that members can do a final check of their breathing/dynamics. FB = free breathe, ie where you want to. BB = big breath. A line / means separate the next word, but not necessarily with a breath.
pp. 1 - 17
pp. 18 - 31
pp.32 - 47
pp.48 - 61
pp 62 - 75
pp 76 - end
Cyberbass rehearsal parts can be found here.
Videos with scores can be found online, for example ChordPerfect:
Alto playlist
Tenor playlist
Bass playlist
Rehearsal Aids for Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus
A recording with score and all parts balanced, is here.
Chord Perfect's videos for sections with the score can be found by clicking the links below:
The cyberbass.com parts are at https://www.cyberbass.org/Major_Works/Mozart_W_A/mozart_KV618_Ave_Verum.htm
The vocal score will be available at rehearsals but you can download/print out a copy here.