Unfortunately, friends, neither TPC director has it in them this week. I'm sorry to leave this so last minute. It's been a challenging week. I look forward to seeing everyone after Imbolg!
-El, Admin. Dir.
Monday, January 27, 2025
Saturday, January 18, 2025
Next Rehearsal – 01/21/25
Our next meeting is next Tuesday!
January 21, 2025 7pm-9pm
Raleigh UU, Peace Hall, Rm. 101
3313 Wade Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27607
*UPDATE: Rehearsal is cancelled due to weather. We've just set up a Discord server and will hold remote rehearsal if there's enough interest.*
Since we're approaching Imbolg, I'd like to start working on the Imbolg piece from our "Chants" set. Our other Imbolg piece from the "Wheel of the Year" set is a bit more complex and probably won't be something we pick back up any time soon. I might also bring the lyrics I wrote and see if anyone has an idea for a melody, since I'm a Brigid devotee and don't feel like either of the pieces we have music for really do her justice. If you'd like to be an overachiever and come prepared, sheet music and recordings for most pieces are available on our Drive.
We welcome all safe and respectful Pagan and Pagan-adjacent adults of any skill and experience level! We're community-focused rather than performance-focused, so we don't hold auditions and we welcome drop-ins. Because of the music that is best-known and most-available, our starter songs trend a little Wiccan, but we will be seeking to incorporate all kinds of Pagan and Pagan-friendly music. You can help! We welcome recommendations and leads on pertinent music that is in the public domain or is low-royalty.
There are no fees or dues for participating, but we do gratefully welcome any cash donations* to cover the cost of renting our rehearsal space. We will have a receipt book on hand to log all donations and post aggregate info (without personally identifying information) to the blog so everyone can see where their donations are going. *We are not currently a registered 501c, so we don't have financial accounts and I can't speak to whether or not your donation is tax-deductible.
If you are experiencing any symptoms of a contagious illness, especially Covid-19, please defer your attendance until you're feeling well. We'll all be breathing the same air in that meeting room and, while you are absolutely welcome to wear a mask, it isn't exactly conducive to singing.
We will have name/pronoun stickers, sheet music, and folders available at our meetings. The sheet music is also available on our Drive. The only things you need to bring are your voice and the vocal-chord-friendly drink of your choice!
The UU campus has multiple lots, buildings, and doors, so we have a video demonstrating how to get to our rehearsal space from either lot. (Apologies for my winded smoker wheezing!)
We can't wait to sing with y'all on Tuesday!
- El Pethybridge, Administrative Director
TrianglePaganChoir@gmail.com
P.S. In addition to this blog, there are a number of ways to stay updated on our events. We have a mailing list for weekly email reminders and can even send you an Invite directly through Google Calendar. Email us at the address above to be added to both or either of these lists. You can also find us on Facebook at our Page and in our Group, where we share Events and other info. If you'd like to be added to the Invite list for our Facebook Events, please follow our Page or join our Group (otherwise FB won't let me send it to you) and drop us a PM. Here's the FB Event for our January 21 rehearsal.
Rehearsal Summary - 01/14/25
Four of us came out this week and worked on "Moon, Sister Moon", since the moon was full and glorious that night! There's a recording of it on YouTube that has a very different arrangement than the one we use, so we played around with different versions of it. The version we have music for is a slower, more solemn version, while the version on YT is very energetic. I like both versions; I think they make sense for different applications. The slower version feels more reverent, while the energetic version encourages movement, so I could see them both having interesting applications in ritual, depending on the nature of the ritual. It could be interesting to combine them with an ascending tempo as a way to build energy in a drawing down the moon ritual.
If you'd like to review any of our material, the sheet music and recordings are available on our Drive. For the naming conventions of the recordings, see the document in our Drive. You can also listen to the TPC playlist of recordings of some of the pieces by professional artists on Spotify. If you're trying to practice at home and can't quite discern your note, you can use a keyboard app to plunk out whichever ones you're having trouble with. (This is by no means an official endorsement, but the app I use is "Voice Training - Learn to Sing" by the developer Learn to Master. It labels the notes on the keyboard and gives you real-time feedback on what note you're singing.) If you need a tutorial on how to read music, this one seems sufficient for helping you figure out which note you want to find on the keyboard.
We didn't receive any donations this week but we remain grateful to our previous donors! If you would like to track our accounting, you can view our donations and expenses spreadsheet and receipts on our Drive.
We can't wait to sing with y'all!
- El Pethybridge, Administrative Director
TrianglePaganChoir@gmail.com
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Next Rehearsal – 01/14/25
Our next meeting is next Tuesday!
January 14, 2025 7pm-9pm
Raleigh UU, Peace Hall, Rm. 101
3313 Wade Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27607
Happy Birthday, TPC! Today (1/9/25) is the one year anniversary of our first rehearsal!
Our next rehearsal will be the day after the Full Moon, so it would be great to work on "Moon, Sister Moon"! We could also work on our Imbolg pieces since that's less than a month away. If you'd like to be an overachiever and come prepared, sheet music and recordings for most pieces are available on our Drive.
We welcome all safe and respectful Pagan and Pagan-adjacent adults of any skill and experience level! We're community-focused rather than performance-focused, so we don't hold auditions and we welcome drop-ins. Because of the music that is best-known and most-available, our starter songs trend a little Wiccan, but we will be seeking to incorporate all kinds of Pagan and Pagan-friendly music. You can help! We welcome recommendations and leads on pertinent music that is in the public domain or is low-royalty.
There are no fees or dues for participating, but we do gratefully welcome any cash donations* to cover the cost of renting our rehearsal space. We will have a receipt book on hand to log all donations and post aggregate info (without personally identifying information) to the blog so everyone can see where their donations are going. *We are not currently a registered 501c, so we don't have financial accounts and I can't speak to whether or not your donation is tax-deductible.
If you are experiencing any symptoms of a contagious illness, especially Covid-19, please defer your attendance until you're feeling well. We'll all be breathing the same air in that meeting room and, while you are absolutely welcome to wear a mask, it isn't exactly conducive to singing.
We will have name/pronoun stickers, sheet music, and folders available at our meetings. The sheet music is also available on our Drive. The only things you need to bring are your voice and the vocal-chord-friendly drink of your choice!
The UU campus has multiple lots, buildings, and doors, so we have a video demonstrating how to get to our rehearsal space from either lot. (Apologies for my winded smoker wheezing!)
We can't wait to sing with y'all on Tuesday!
- El Pethybridge, Administrative Director
TrianglePaganChoir@gmail.com
P.S. In addition to this blog, there are a number of ways to stay updated on our events. We have a mailing list for weekly email reminders and can even send you an Invite directly through Google Calendar. Email us at the address above to be added to both or either of these lists. You can also find us on Facebook at our Page and in our Group, where we share Events and other info. If you'd like to be added to the Invite list for our Facebook Events, please follow our Page or join our Group (otherwise FB won't let me send it to you) and drop us a PM. Here's the FB Event for our January 14 rehearsal.
Rehearsal Summary - 01/07/25
Only two of us made it out this week, presumably because everyone is still in holiday hangover mode, so we spent our time catching up, getting some much-needed catharsis, and enjoying the cookies I brought for our one year anniversary.
If you'd like to review any of our material, the sheet music and recordings are available on our Drive. For the naming conventions of the recordings, see the document in our Drive. You can also listen to the TPC playlist of recordings of some of the pieces by professional artists on Spotify. If you're trying to practice at home and can't quite discern your note, you can use a keyboard app to plunk out whichever ones you're having trouble with. (This is by no means an official endorsement, but the app I use is "Voice Training - Learn to Sing" by the developer Learn to Master. It labels the notes on the keyboard and gives you real-time feedback on what note you're singing.) If you need a tutorial on how to read music, this one seems sufficient for helping you figure out which note you want to find on the keyboard.
We received $20 in donations this week. Thanks so much to our generous donor! If you would like to track our accounting, you can view our donations and expenses spreadsheet and receipts on our Drive.
We can't wait to sing with y'all!
- El Pethybridge, Administrative Director
TrianglePaganChoir@gmail.com
Saturday, January 4, 2025
Next Rehearsal – 01/07/25
Our next meeting is next Tuesday!
January 7, 2024 7pm-9pm
Raleigh UU, Peace Hall, Rm. 101
3313 Wade Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27607
This will be our first rehearsal of 2025 and the closest rehearsal to our one year anniversary! We're investigating the possibility of switching rehearsal to another weekday evening, so please feel free to reach out to us with feedback on how that would work for you. As we begin a new year, "Dawning of a New Day" seems like an appropriate rehearsal piece. We could also start working on songs for Imbolg. I've been feeling drawn to "Moon, Sister Moon" recently, so I'd love to return to that! If you'd like to be an overachiever and come prepared, sheet music and recordings for most pieces are available on our Drive.
We welcome all safe and respectful Pagan and Pagan-adjacent adults of any skill and experience level! We're community-focused rather than performance-focused, so we don't hold auditions and we welcome drop-ins. Because of the music that is best-known and most-available, our starter songs trend a little Wiccan, but we will be seeking to incorporate all kinds of Pagan and Pagan-friendly music. You can help! We welcome recommendations and leads on pertinent music that is in the public domain or is low-royalty.
There are no fees or dues for participating, but we do gratefully welcome any cash donations* to cover the cost of renting our rehearsal space. We will have a receipt book on hand to log all donations and post aggregate info (without personally identifying information) to the blog so everyone can see where their donations are going. *We are not currently a registered 501c, so we don't have financial accounts and I can't speak to whether or not your donation is tax-deductible.
If you are experiencing any symptoms of a contagious illness, especially Covid-19, please defer your attendance until you're feeling well. We'll all be breathing the same air in that meeting room and, while you are absolutely welcome to wear a mask, it isn't exactly conducive to singing.
We will have name/pronoun stickers, sheet music, and folders available at our meetings. The sheet music is also available on our Drive. The only things you need to bring are your voice and the vocal-chord-friendly drink of your choice!
The UU campus has multiple lots, buildings, and doors, so we have a video demonstrating how to get to our rehearsal space from either lot. (Apologies for my winded smoker wheezing!)
We can't wait to sing with y'all on Tuesday!
- El Pethybridge, Administrative Director
TrianglePaganChoir@gmail.com
P.S. In addition to this blog, there are a number of ways to stay updated on our events. We have a mailing list for weekly email reminders and can even send you an Invite directly through Google Calendar. Email us at the address above to be added to both or either of these lists. You can also find us on Facebook at our Page and in our Group, where we share Events and other info. If you'd like to be added to the Invite list for our Facebook Events, please follow our Page or join our Group (otherwise FB won't let me send it to you) and drop us a PM. Here's the FB Event for our January 7 rehearsal.
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