Choral Curriculum Map
Below you will be able to see month by month what will be taught in our Choral classes.
Students will be introduced to and should be able to recognize...
AUGUST
Note names and values/basic music theory terms/simple melodies/solfege hand signs and syllables.
SEPTEMBER
Clefs/note placement/notation on staff paper/begin singing some concert literature/music symbols/rhythms/
Sightreading(SR) patterns and techniques using solfege.
OCTOBER
Continue working and singing concert literature/begin foreign language piece/ear training/cont. notation and rhythms/major scale/theory/SR-sofege/hand signs
NOVEMBER
Cont. concert literature/theory/notating simple melodies/major scale/rhythms/performance etiquette-learning how to perform in a group-also being able to listen appropriately in a concert setting/riser work/SR-sofege/hand signs
DECEMBER
Cont. concert literature/begin festival literature/Audience etiquette/performance etiquette/theory/how to evaluate their own concert/notation/rhythms/SR
JANUARY
District Festival literature/Foreign language/SR-solfege and hand signs/begin learning how to improvise simple melodies/major and minor scales
FEBRUARY
Cont. Fest. literature/SR-solfege and hand signs/notation/ear training/compose simple melodies with harmony/performance etiquette/riser work/history/evaluate District concert
MARCH
Begin Spring concert literature/cont. SR/notation/ear training/rhythms/cont. composing/history
APRIL
Cont. spring concert literature/SR-solfege and hand signs/notation/ear training/compose simple melodies with harmony/performance etiquette/riser work/history/evaluate spring trip festival concert
MAY
Cont. spring concert literature/SR-solfege and hand signs/notation/ear training/compose simple melodies with harmony/performance etiquette/riser work/history/evaluate concert