Choir

Middle School

 

Sept/Oct

Nov/Dec

Jan/Feb

March/April

May/June

Skills

Note: All skills continue throughout the year.

Intonation in Major keys, Rounds, Basic Part Singing, Count Singing, Rehearsal Etiquette, Numbering Measures

Expression, Performance Etiquette, Sight Reading Cards, Major intervals

Basic Sight Reading Exercises, Key of C major, F major and G major.

Reading rhythms in 6/8.

Minor Solfege, Sight Reading in A minor, D minor and E minor, Minor intervals

Musical Phrases, Performance, Continue with more difficult sight reading in various keys and time signatures

Vocabulary

Solfege, Audiation, Intonation, System, Staff, Measure

Simple Meter

Major

Polyphonic/Homophonic

Simple/Compound

Subdivision of the beat

Minor scales: Natural, Harmonic, Melodic

 

Repertoire

Music for the Winter Concert

Music for the Spring Concert

Seminar

Reflection and Evaluation of Rehearsal Recording.

Reflection and Evaluation of Performance.

 

Reflection and Evaluation of Rehearsal Recording.

Reflection and Evaluation of Performance.

High School

 

Sept/Oct

Nov/Dec

Jan/Feb

March/April

May/June

Skills

Note: All skills continue throughout the year.

Navigation of the page in more complex pieces. A Capella Music

Rehearsal Etiquette, Numbering Measures

Counting Rhythms in Simple Meter.

Reading basic melodies in Treble Clef

Listening To and Recognizing Intervals, Sight Reading in the Treble Clef,

Counting rhythms in simple and compound meters

Sight Reading in C Major, F Major, D Major, Bb Major and G Major

Sight Reading in the Bass Clef

Listening To and Recognizing Minor intervals, Sight reading in various minor keys

Continue various sight reading activities

Vocabulary

System, Staff, Measure, Ledger Lines, Solfege

Simple Meter

Major

Simple/Compound

Time Signature

Key Signature

Minor: Natural, Harmonic, Melodic

Relative/Parallel Minor

 

Repertoire

Music for the Winter Concert

Music for the Spring Concert

Seminar

Reflection and Evaluation of Rehearsal Recording.

Reflection and Evaluation of Performance.

 

Reflection and Evaluation of Rehearsal Recording.

Reflection and Evaluation of Performance

 

 

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