Choir: A body of singers with more than one voice to a part

• Treble Choir: a body of singers with voices in the highest ranges of sounds used in music; usually SA, SSA, or SSAA voicing

• Tenor Bass Choir: a body of singers with voices in the middle and lower ranges of sounds used in music; usually TB, TTB, or TBB voicing

• Mixed Choir:  a body of singers with voices in both the Treble and Bass ranges of sounds used in music; usually SAB or SATB voicing

Voice Type:  a singing voice identified as having certain qualities or characteristics of vocal range, vocal weight, tessitura, vocal timbre, and vocal transition points, such as breaks and lifts within the voice.  From highest to lowest:  Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass

Voice Part: as it pertains to the choral world, this is strictly the melody line each singer is assigned in a given piece of music regardless of voice type.

Score or Musical Score:  The written notation of music; often called sheet music.  Octavos are scores specifically for Choirs.

Clinician or Guest Clinician: An expert or specialist musician who listens to performers and helps them correct faults or otherwise improve their performance.

Varsity: The principal team representing a school; typically the most experienced.

Voice Teacher:  A musical instructor who helps a student develop singing abilities with a focus on vocal health and instrument technique.

Voice Coach:  A musical instructor who helps a student develop their singing abilities with a focus on a specific performance of a particular song.

Smore: the current email newsletter sent each week to choir families with updates and information.

Solfege:  a tool used in vocal singing to identify notes on the staff and give them a scale degree (a specific job within the scale) to facilitate music reading, specifically at sight so that the intervalic relationships between notes on the staff are clear.  Also called Solfeggio or Solmization. The WCJH Choir program uses a solfege method called "Moveable Do"