Prodigy Junior High Show Choir

Choral/ShowChoir Music PACING GUIDE Pisgah High School

DATES SHOW CHOIR ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS OBJECTIVES ASSESSMENT STANDARDS

Week 1-2 II. Movement/Dance What is freestyle? Improvise dance movements Teacher Observation of to appropriate beat freestyle activity

IX. Identify the following: Entertainment As Art What are the basic elements of show choir?  Vocals first Class Discussion  Stage directions  Space  Pathways  Movement  Acting I. Singing What are the basics of choral music? Introduce new Fall Music identify the essential elements Class Discussion for choral development:  Posture breathing, tone, steady beat, note values Weekly Participation Assessment: 1) Singing 2) Movement Week 3-4 I. Do you understand what I am singing and acting Identify the lyrics and Class Discussion/visual Singing out? associated movements Assessment

Aural Evaluation/Singing Do you understand the notation and symbols? Identify and perform Test !SUMMATIVE! appropriate tempo markings, note values, accent, decrescendo, crescendo Weekly Participation Assessment: 1) Singing 2) Movement Week 5-6 V. Do you have correct vowels? Identify and perform “tall” Aural Evaluation Interpreting Music Are your rhythms correct? vowels Elements Identify and perform Aural Evaluation syncopated rhythms II. Are your movements sharp and “crisp?” Perform movements in small Individual Assessment in Movement/Dance groups small groups

Aural Evaluation VIII. What does it take to perform a solo? Audition for select solos Creativity of the Weekly Participation Individual Assessment: 1) Singing 2) Movement 3) Facials Week 7-8 IX. Are you performing the three disciplines of Demonstrate appropriate Teacher Observation as a Entertainment as Art show choir? rehearsal technique, Individual and Group continuous practice with attention to detail Weekly Participation (constant rehearsals to Assessment: prepare for upcoming 1) Singing 2) Movement performances) 3) Facials Week 9-10 VII. Are you ready for the stage? Analyze the performance !SUMMATIVE! Performance Practices Under the guidelines provided, how did you standards and perform and and Evaluation perform? evaluate their own Fall Concert performance as a group and !SUMMATIVE! individual Week 11-12 I. What are the music elements for the competition Identify note values, note Teacher Observation Singing show? What is the musical genre? What is the names, tempo markings, Week 13-14 meaning of the songs? What is the theme? meter, phrasing, key Memorization Test V. Why is it important that your notes are accurate signatures, and breathing !SUMMATIVE! Week 15-16 Interpreting Music before we begin movement? Elements Vocally demonstrate the Weekly Participation musical concept Assessment: 1) Singing 2) Movement 3) Facials Week 17-18 II. Do you understand the basic fundamentals of Perform basic steps, rhythm, Teacher Observation Movement/Dance the competition choreography? Do you have and transitions rhythmic precision? Do you understand the Small Group (Choreography transitions? Observations training) Weekly Participation Assessment: 1) Singing 2) Movement 3) Facials Week 19-20 IV. Where are you still not singing while moving? Rehearsing the choreography Teacher Observation Integrating Art Forms What trouble areas do you have in the with vocals choreography? Week 21-22 VI. Are you performing without thinking of Analyze their own Aural/Visual Assessment Stylistic Awareness moves/lyrics/smiling? performances using the using Judging Forms Are you using appropriate articulations and mirrors phrasing? Analyze their own vocal performances by singing into the mirrors/wall Week 23-24 VI. Are you entertaining your audience? Are you Examine each song/dance Stylistic Awareness expressing the vocal lines in connection with the vocally, theatrical, and dance moves? accuracy South Jones Invitational IX. January 28th ! Entertainment As Art Are you ready for your first competition??? SUMMATIVE! Week 25-26 VII. Rehearse problematic Performance Practices What can we change? sections of the show and Evaluation

Teacher Observation Week 27-28 IX. What are you going to improve for the 2nd Con’t rehearsing problematic Teacher Observation Entertainment as Art competition? sections and reinforcing memorization and performance skills Purvis Invitational Competition ! SUMMATIVE! Week 29-30 VII. How did the group do in competition? How Did Evaluate the group Written Self-Assessment Performance Practices you do? performance as well as and Evaluation individual performances with discussion of other groups and their performances

IX. Con’t Listening to taped judging Teacher Observation Entertainment as Art How can we be better? evaluations, alter sections/music/moves

IV. Did you perform like a star? Perform final competition for WJSCI Competition Integrating Art Forms judges !SUMMATIVE!

VII. How did the group do? How did you do? Evaluate overall Group/Individual/Yearly Evaluation Overall, how did the competition turn out? performances Evaluation What could have changed to be better next year?

SPRING BREAK Week 31-32 V. What basic elements can be identified? How Introduce new Spring Music Teacher Observation Interpreting Music can I relate the Fall & Comp music to the new identifying the essential Elements Spring music? elements for vocal growth: Vowels, meter, key signature, harmony, note values, complex rhythms, articulation, tone quality Week 33-34 II. Do you understand the basic foot/arm work of Introduced to Spring Teacher Observation of Movement/Dance the choreography? Is it easier than the Choreography and invited to Individual and Group beginning of the year? input their choreo ideas

VIII. How can I express my talent as a solo Performs a solo performance: Creativity of the performer? 1) singing Evaluation of Individual 2) dancing performance 3) theatre skit

Week 35-36 I. Do you understand the basics of the Spring Con’t rehearsing problematic Teacher Observation of Singing Show? Are your vocals and movement sections and reinforcing Group II. together? memorization and Movement/Dance performance practices Week 37-38 IX. Are you ready for the last performance? How Performs in last show for the Evaluation of Entertainment as Art are you going to use the 3 disciplines together season Performance for a quality performance?

Week 39-40 VII. How did I perform in the Spring Show? Overall Evaluates performance and Written Assessment Performance Practices year? overall yearly performance and Evaluation

Show Choir Standards I. Singing Performing alone and with others, the members of the show choir should demonstrate the ability to sing a varied VI. Stylistic Awareness repertoire of music from the popular culture and musical theatre genres with appropriate and healthy vocal After listening to analyzing and rehearsing the music, the members of the show choir should demonstrate technique, musical accuracy, technical accuracy, expression, ensemble skills and stylistic integrity. stylistic awareness in the music they perform through appropriate vocabulary, the performance of appropriate II. Movement/Dance articulations and phrasing and critical evaluation. Performing alone and with others, the members of the show choir should demonstrate the ability to add VII. Performance Practices and Evaluation movement to their performance that compliments the music through technical accuracy, appropriate ensemble By evaluating performances, the members of the show choir should demonstrate the ability to objectively technique, expression and appropriately varied styles of dance. review both their performances and the performances of others utilizing the accepted standards of excellence III. Instrumental Accompaniment incorporated by the disciplines of music, dance and theatre along with the ensemble approach to the When performing with instrumental accompaniment, the members of the show choir should demonstrate the combination of these disciplines. The members of the show choir should recognize that performance practices ability to create a total ensemble performance integrating the skills of all the performers into a stylistic, in this genre do allow for more individualized interpretation than that of traditional choral literature. entertaining and educational package for both audience and participants. The use of live accompaniment is VIII. Creativity of the Individual strongly encouraged. Directors of the show choir should work toward this achievement. As a means of encouraging the development of a variety of individual competencies, the members of the show IV. Integrating Art Forms choir should be given the opportunity to demonstrate their individual talents and abilities as solo performers, as While experiencing the rigors and complex demands required in combining the individual disciplines of music, composers and arrangers of repertoire for the ensemble, as choreographers and designers and as production dance and theatre into a single performance medium, the members of the show choir should demonstrate the leadership team members. skills of the complete artistic performer. IX. Entertainment as Art V. Interpreting Music Elements Recognizing the relationship between the three disciplines of music, dance and theatre in the performing arts, In reading and notating well-crafted music, the members of the show choir should demonstrate the ability to the members of the show choir should demonstrate their concept of entertainment as an art form through the read a vocal score of varying parts appropriate to the ability level of their ensemble, describe the elements of elements of performance, appropriate rehearsal etiquette, continuous practice with attention to detail and respect music being used and expressively interpret the markings within the score. for the contributions of others.