Class Schedule:

1st Period: Women's Chorale

2nd Period: JV Mixed - Select Women and Select Men

3rd Period: A Cappella Choir (10-12 Auditioned)

4th Period: Tempo (Auditioned Show/Pop)

5th Period: Bel Canto

6th Period: Chamber Singers

7th Period: Men's Chorale

Music Literacy

Including but not limited to:

1. define concepts of music notation, intervals, and chord structure using appropriate terminology
2. define concepts of rhythm and meter using appropriate terminology and counting system
3. explore elements of music such as rhythm, meter, melody, harmony, key, expression markings, texture, form, dynamics, and timbre
4. apply health and wellness concepts related to music practice such as body mechanics, hearing protection, vocal health, hydration, and appropriate hygienic practices
5. read and notate music that incorporates rhythmic patterns in simple, compound, and asymmetric meters
6. interpret music symbols and expressive terms referring to dynamics, tempo, and articulation

Creative Expression

Including but not limited to:

1. demonstrate mature, characteristic sound appropriate for the genre while sight reading
2. demonstrate psychomotor and kinesthetic skills such as use of appropriate posture, breathing, text, diction, and articulation while singing
3. demonstrate rhythmic accuracy while sight reading using a counting system within an appropriate tempo
4. demonstrate use of a melodic reading system such as solfège, numbers, letter names, note names, or scale degrees while sight reading