| Instructor:
Mr. Matthew Hartman
Text: Assigned vocal music selections
Grade Level: 9-12
Course Credit: 1/2 credit per semester
Community Service: None
Prerequisite: None
Course Outline:
This course provides the foundation necessary for singers
to progress through successive levels of choral offerings.
Membership is open to all students and previous choral singing
experience is not required. Emphasis is on the fundamentals
of singing (including tone production, intonation, diction)
and on developing sight-reading skills. A variety of choral
literature from various cultures and historical eras is
rehearsed and performed. Students learn to appreciate and
understand the historic, aesthetic, and cultural context
of this music as well as the social and intellectual influences
affecting its development. Several performances are given
at school and occasional off-site performances may be required.
Course Outcomes:
The student will be able to:
1. demonstrate the fundamental skills of breath control
and support, tone production, and resonance;
2. demonstrate fundamentals of choral diction, intonation,
and blend;
3. sing selected repertoire from memory;
4. sight-read music notation from a four-part choral
score;
5. discuss the role of choral singing in a variety
of eras and cultures;
6. describe verbally or in writing the basic music
elements heard in a choral performance;
7. develop criteria for evaluating choral musical
performances;
8. describe in physiological and anatomical terms
the physical act of singing.
Grading policy, procedures, etc. are provided in the
Choral Music Handbook.
|
