Current Students
This program is designed for any student in any grade with a desire to sing. It endeavors to create individuals who are active performers. The program fosters a love of music from diverse cultures, time periods, and genres while enabling students to learn and use musical notation, sight reading, and listening skills. It also puts an emphasis on choir as a group of individuals who, through a love of music, can form a community of caring individuals dedicated to sharing quality music with everyone they meet.
The mission of the Patton Choral Program is to educate and equip our students in the study and execution of the musical performing arts and to prepare them for a lifetime of musical experiences and personal enrichment.
The Patton Choral Music Program is unique and diverse in its course offerings. It is our goal to provide the broadest possible range of academic musical experiences in the discipline of choral music. Our program encompasses a range of vocal music styles and performance-based skill requirements. We strive to provide a positive and open forum to maximize student learning and achievement.
We proudly serve our community with a diverse and exciting program that provides students with an experience extending far beyond the normal classroom. The process of notes, rhythms, style interpretation, staging, and costuming translate into a tapestry of professional-level performances that are presented at home and all across the United States.
The Patton Choral Program incorporates academic guidelines for student achievement based on the Music Educators National Conference National Standards in Music Education, as well as the Burke County Public Schools Standards of Learning for Music Education.
Patton High School enjoys a supportive and actively involved administrative staff. Many students carry with them a love of music and the unique memories of their many performances and achievements in the Patton Choral Music Program.