Lesson Plans
Elementary Music and High School Vocal Music
August 19-23, 2024
7th period Vocal Music
*Warm ups
*Introduction to Solfege
*Essential Elements book unit 1
8th period Vocal Music
*Warm ups
*Solfege practice-do, re, mi, fa, so
*Essential Elements book unit 1
September 9-13,2024
7th and 8th period Vocal Music
Monday and Wednesday
*Warm ups
*Solfege practice
*Sing "Pride of America"
*Listen to All Region Music
Tuesday and Thursday
*Warm up
*Essential Elements Book pages 7-8
*Thursday-Test on Basic Notation
Friday
*Sing through Pride of America and All Region Music
*Karaoke
September 16-20, 2024
All students have received All-Region audition music and listening tracks. Students should number the measures to each song and listen to the listening tracks as much as possible. I will begin after school and weekend rehearsals next week.
*Monday and Wednesday
Theory and listening
Solfege listening test
Sing through Pride of America
*Tuesday and Thursday
Sight reading and singing
Warm-ups in solfege
Singing in canon
Sing through Pride of America
*Friday
If we are caught up on theory and sight reading we
will have karaoke.
October 14-18, 2024
7th and 8th period Vocal Music
Monday and Wednesday
*Warm up using solfege
*Theory-EEM Unit 5 pages 22-30
*Pride of America
Tuesday and Thursday
*Warm up using solfege
*Sight singing
Pride of America
Thursday-Listening Test
**Junior High All-Region Auditions are Saturday, October 19,2024
October 21-25, 2024
MUSIC CLUB MEETS TUESDAY 3:30-5:00
7th period
Monday and Wednesday
*Warm up using video
*Essentials book pages 27-30
*Pride of America
8th period
*Warm up using video
*Essentials book pages 36-38
*Pride of America
January 27-31, 2025
Monday and Wednesday
7th and 8th Periods
Warm up using video
Sing warm up canons in circle
-One Bottle of Pop
-I Love the Mountains
Work on J'entends Le Moulin
Reflections of a Lad at Sea
-The Captain's Mate-individual parts until comfortable and then together.
Tuesday and Thursday
7th and 8th Periods
Warm ups using video/solfege
Practice listening using solfege intervals
Essential Musicianship books pages 57-59
Sing "Erin" as a 2-part Soprano/Tenor on part 1; Alto/Bass on part 2
Listening Test on Thursday
Friday-
7th and 8th periods
Karaoke- working on songs for the Family Fun and Food night