4th & 5th Grade Chorus
Everyone can sing!
All are welcome!
I would LOVE to start my day singing with you! Come join me in the Boyd Auditorium for singing, stretching, fun warm-ups, and joining a team that creates something AWESOME together!
Singing with others builds confidence because you are creating something all together, and only getting better individually as you go! Now is a great time to try it out to see if you enjoy the experience. Choir is also a 'place' you can share with your friends. It is a vessel to help you GROW and LEARN with others. Choir is a team you may choose to commit to, and continuously advance through, during your time in Elwood Schools. It is a truly special journey, and it all starts here at Boyd!
Students can be in Chorus AND in another ensemble (Band or Orchestra).
Chorus students should be dropped off in the FRONT of the building at 7:10AM for rehearsal.
5th Grade Chorus starts back up on Monday, January 8th, and rehearses weekly on MONDAY mornings:
7:15-7:55
Please arrive by 7:10, so we are ready to go!
You do not have to have been in 4th Grade Chorus last year, to join this year.
Parents, please join Remind: @BoydChor5
Text@BoydChor5 to 81010
I will send all important messages and copies of notices through Remind101.
4th Grade Chorus starts back up on Friday, January 12, and rehearses weekly on FRIDAY mornings:
7:15-7:55
Please arrive by 7:10, so we are ready to go!
Parents, please join Remind: @BoydChor4
Text @BoydChor4 to 81010
I will send all important messages and copies of notices through Remind 101
4th & 5th grade COMBINED rehearsals will take place as we get closer to each concert, respectively,
on both Mondays, and Fridays.
I will use Remind101, to communicate any changes to the schedule.
Winter Concert: Wednesday, December 6, 6PM
Spring Concert: Wednesday, May 15, 6PM
Google Classroom: All chorus students will be invited to the Chorus google classroom. There, I will have copies of anything I send home with students (concert letters/calendars), as well as links to music, and copies of their chorus music if they want to practice at home. I will also have information about NYSSMA, and contact information for outside theater, choir vocal and piano lesson opportunities for those interested.
WHAT WILL WE LEARN AND DO IN CHORUS?
*LISTEN*SING*CREATE*PERFORM*
Vocal Technique: Posture Breathing Warm-ups Creating proper/healthy vocal sounds
Choral Technique: Singing and reading a two-part octavo Applying dynamics
Articulation of consonants/resonant matching vowels Accurate intonation
Following/responding to the conductor Introducing choral vocabulary
Listening to others Discussing and assessing our sound
Music Literacy: Aligning the solfege learned in music class with the notes in our choral music
Performing articulations written in music Quarter note/half note/whole note/eighth note rhythms
Performing dotted rhythms and rests Performing syncopations and tied notes
All while preparing for our Winter and Spring Concerts!
If you have any questions, please email Ms. Nagle: Rnagle@elwood.k12.ny.us