High School Advanced, Beginning and Applied Choir

Activities/ Concept Benchmarks Instructional Assessments Unit Strategy High School Advanced,Matched to BeginningStudents and Applied will be ableChoir

Standards: to:

August-May (on going) 36 Posture & Support Show an awareness of proper Practicing music Performance, Open Mic weeks body alignment, and breath H 1.3 & H 1.4 support while sitting and Engaging in class discussion Solo Work, Singing Test Winter/Spring Concert standing.

Open Mic/Solo Work . Warm ups and Breathing Section Work, Google Breath control and support is Exercises Classroom, Worksheets understood. Proficiency at longer phrases and maintaining good tone quality. Scales, Solfege Watching Performances Rhythm exercises Concerts as an ensemble Focus is placed on increased Preparation for upcoming ability to breathe efficiently Concerts while standing, sitting or moving thereby enabling the student to sing longer phrases and to maintain good tone quality

August-May (on going) 36 Resonance & Develop a forward clear tone Performance, Open Mic weeks Tone Quality within appropriate range. Practicing music Solo Work, Singing Test Winter/Spring Diction Show an awareness of pure Concert vowel sound, and uniform Blend/Balance, consonant placement. Engaging in class discussion Section Work, Google Open Mic/Solo Work Register Consistency Classroom, Worksheets Demonstrate uniformity of Warm ups and Breathing H 1.1; H 1:2, H 1.3, H. 1:5; vowels, blend of tone, and Exercises Watching Performances H. 1.5; H 1.7 smooth transition between head and chest voice within the Scales, Solfege Concerts as an ensemble ensemble. Rhythm exercises Identify intervals ascending and descending, as well as major, minor, augmented and diminished triads. Listening- tonal memory (sing back 4-5 note patterns.)

August-May (on going) 36 Tonal Memory/ Developing Sight Reading and Practicing music Performance, Open Mic weeks Ear Training singing SSA, SATB, SSATB arrangements of music. Engaging in class discussion Solo Work, Singing Test Winter/Spring Concert H. 1.3; H. 1.4 Develop sight-reading skills using solfege and neutral Open Mic/Solo Work H.1.2; H. 1.3; H.1.4 vowels in warm ups and Warm ups and Breathing Section Work, Google repertoire. Basic Intervals. Exercises Classroom, Worksheets

Scales, Solfege Watching Performances Rhythm exercises Concerts as an ensemble

Competitions

August-May (on going) 36 Stage Presence (Energy and To develop a physical Practicing music Performance, Open Mic weeks Focus) awareness of body alignment during performance. Develop Engaging in class discussion Solo Work, Singing Test Winter/Spring Concert H.1.2, H. 7.1; H.7.2; H. 2.1 an awareness of body energy and focus during performance. Open Mic/Solo Work Develop ability to look at the Warm ups and Breathing Section Work, Google conductor and follow Exercises Classroom, Worksheets conducting gestures. Scales, Solfege Watching Performances Rhythm exercises Concerts as an ensemble High School Advanced, Beginning and Applied Choir