LOGAN-ROGERSVILLLE R-VIII VOCAL MUSIC CURRICULUM

VARSITY CHOIR

COURSE RATIONALE

Besides being an auditioned, performing ensemble, the purpose of varsity choir is to develop mature musicians and individuals that have a firm foundation of vocal music and know how to apply this knowledge to their ensemble performance. This class endeavors to educate each student into becoming a well rounded singer and musician therefore giving them an appreciation of good choral music and literature, and also a fun, but challenging musical experience.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

A large, performing choir based on an audition process. Students will be exposed to a wide genre of choral literature and performance experiences. Areas of study include music theory, music history, sight-reading, ear training, proper vocal care and technique, small and large ensemble participation, district and state music festivals, and semester concerts.

COURSE COMPETENCIES

The student will be able to

1. Explore future job opportunities.
1. Decide future possibilities within the many faceted career opportunities in vocal music.
2. Use their listening skills.
1. Use in depth ear training with sight reading to perform high school level repertoire and some college level.
3. Demonstrate understanding of music history.
1. Distinguish between the major time periods of music history and the stylish differences of each. Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20^th Century.
4. Demonstrate understanding of cultural and historical influences.
1. Recognize and explain the differences of styles and genres of music literature as they relate to a society and history.
5. Perform with correct vocal production.
1. Recognize, understand, and correctly perform with well trained vocal technique.
6. Demonstrate understanding of expression within the ensemble.
1. Develop and examine individual differences among the ensemble.
7. Perform written music.
1. Demonstrate, recognize, and execute the elements of vocal literature.
8. Perform various genres of choral literature.
1. Understand proper practices for literature preparation and demonstrate these concepts in rehearsal and performance.
9. Demonstrate understanding of more complex rhythms.
1. Comprehend and execute specific rhythms from basic to complex within a piece of choral literature.
10. Critique and evaluate written music literature.
1. Exhibit a well developed understanding of music vocabulary and theory in their ability to analyze.
11. Perform in several foreign languages.
1. Sing with proper diction and style, literature in a variety of foreign languages (Italian, Latin, German, and French).
12. Perform in an ensemble setting.
1. Sing his/her specific voice part within four to eight part harmony literature.
13. Demonstrate care for the voice.
1. Explain, demonstrate and model proper care and maintenance for their voice.
14. Demonstrate understanding of the importance of expression within music.
1. Develop and define their individual responses and expression within a piece of choral literature.
15. Participate in contest experiences.
1. Perform in various entries of district and state contest levels: Solo, small ensemble or large ensemble categories.

Grade or Class: Varsity Choir

Last Revision: 1999-2000

Writer: Krista Smith

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency 1: Explore future job opportunities.
Sub-competencies a. Decide future possibilities within the many faceted career opportunities in vocal music.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
8.2, 8.3, 8.5	FA1 FA2 FA3 FA4 FA5	1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.8	Guest lectures Class discussion Video Off campus performances	Teacher observation (70%) Handouts (70%)	Handouts Video Audio

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency 2: Use their listening skills.
Sub-competencies a. Use in depth ear training with sight reading to perform high school level repertoire and some college level.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
8.1, 8.2, 8.4	FA1 FA2 FA3	1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 1.10, 2.2, 2.5	Class discussion Dictation Tonal memories Handouts Individual and ensemble practice	Tests (70%) Worksheets (70%) Teacher observation (70%) Concerts	Manuscript paper Octavos Handouts

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency 3: Demonstrate understanding of music history.
Sub-competencies a. Distinguish between the major time periods of music history and the stylistic differences of each: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20^th Century.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
8.2, 8.4, 8.5	FA1 FA3 FA4 FA5	1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.9, 1.10, 2.5	Lecture Class discussion Videos Recordings Handouts	Worksheets (70%) Tests (70%)	Worksheets Audio Video Handouts

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency 4: Demonstrate understanding of cultural and historical influences.
Sub-competencies a. Recognize and explain the differences of styles and genres of music literature as they relate to a society and its history.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
8.2, 8.4, 8.5	FA1 FA2 FA5	1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 1.9, 1.10, 2.4, 2.5	Lecture Class discussion Videos Recordings Student critique	Quizzes (70%) Listening tests (70%) Worksheets (70%) Score analysis (70%)	Octavos Video Audio

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency 5: Perform with correct vocal production.
Sub-competencies a. Recognize, understand, and correctly perform with well-trained vocal technique and intonation.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
8.1, 8.2, 8.4	FA1	1.10, 2.2, 2.5	Vocal warm-up exercises Breathing techniques Phrasing Legato line Dropped jaw Lifted soft palate Lifted rib cage Proper posture Ensemble and solo performances	Teacher observation (70%) Singing tests (70%) Semester concerts	Videos Teacher modeling

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency 6: Demonstrate understanding of expression within the ensemble.
Sub-competencies a. Develop and examine individual differences among the ensemble.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
8.1, 8.4	FA1 FA2	1.10, 2.4, 2.5	Student observation Listening Class discussion Group and individual performance	Teacher observation (70%) Concerts	Octavos

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency 7: Perform written music.
Sub-competencies a. Demonstrate, recognize, and execute the elements of vocal literature.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
8.1, 8.2, 8.4	FA1 FA2 FA3	1.5, 1.6, 1.10, 2.2, 2.5	Music vocabulary Directional markings Dynamics Tempo Key signatures Meter Score analysis Note and rest values Numbering and naming scale steps Style Lecture	Teacher observation (70%) Worksheets (70%) Tests (70%)	Handouts Octavos

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency 8: Perform various genres of choral literature.
Sub-competencies a. Understand proper practices for literature preparation and demonstrate these concepts in rehearsal and performance.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
8.1, 8.2, 8.4	FA1 FA2 FA3	1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.10, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5	Lecture Ensemble rehearsal and individual performance Rhythmic counting Sight reading Ear training Diction Posture Measure numbering Scale marking Score analysis	Singing tests (70%) Teacher observation (70%) Semester concerts	Handouts Octavos

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency 9: Demonstrate understanding of more complex rhythms.
Sub-competencies a. Comprehend and execute specific rhythms from basic to complex within a piece of choral literature.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
8.1, 8.4	FA1 FA2 FA3	1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.10, 2.2, 2.5	Lecture Group practice Individual rehearsal Rhythmic sight reading Body percussion Repetition	Teacher observation (70%) Concerts handouts	Octavos Handouts

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency 10: Critique and evaluate written music literature.
Sub-competencies a. Exhibit a well-developed understanding of music vocabulary and theory in their ability to analyze.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5	FA1 FA2 FA3	1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 2.2, 2.5	Lecture Class discussion Worksheets Rehearsal	Teacher observation (70%) Worksheets (70%) Quizzes (70%)	Octavos Handouts

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency 11: Perform in several foreign languages.
Sub-competencies a. Sing with proper diction and style, literature in a variety of foreign languages (Italian, Latin, German, and French).
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
8.4, 8.5	FA1 FA2 FA3 FA4 FA5	1.9, 1.10, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5	Lecture Repetition Phonetics Listening to recordings	Teacher observation (70%) Performances	Octavos Audio Research information

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency 12: Perform in an ensemble setting.
Sub-competencies a. Sing his/her specific voice part within four to eight part harmony literature.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
8.1, 8.2, 8.4	FA1 FA2	1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.10, 2.2, 2.5	Lecture Classroom rehearsal Melodic sight singing Part singing	Teacher observation (70%) Singing tests (70%) Concerts	Octavos

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency13: Demonstrate care for the voice.
Sub-competencies a. Explain, demonstrate and model proper care and maintenance for their voice.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
8.1, 8.4	FA1	1.7, 1.10, 2.4, 2.5	Vocal warm-ups Lecture Class discussion	Teacher observation (70%) Performance	Research information

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency 14: Understand the importance of expression within music.
Sub-competencies a. Develop and define their individual responses and expressions within a piece of choral literature.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
8.1, 8.4	FA1	2.4, 2.5	Listening Class discussion Large ensemble and individual rehearsal	Teacher observation (70%) Concerts	Audio Video Octavos

By the end of grade 12 students will be able to

District Competency 15: Participate in contest experiences.
Sub-competencies a. Perform in various entries of district and state contest levels: Solo, small ensemble, and large ensemble categories.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards