Chorus
Welcome choir students!
Each grade-level tab on the Chorus Page will have information throughout the year for your specific grades chorus.
If you have any questions or a link does not work correctly, please email me: abigail.bordakraaflaub@pwssd.k12.wi.us
Did you know…
Singing is a skill that requires highly developed muscle reflexes.
Singing does not require much muscle strength, but it does require a high degree of muscle coordination. Individuals can develop their voices further through the careful and systematic practice of both songs and vocal exercises.
Tone deafness affects less than 2% of the population. Many people who say they cannot “Carry a tune in a bucket” can; they simply lack experience and coordination of the vocal mechanism and their ear.
Normally, a person of exceptional ability should be able to sing two and a half octaves without straining, breaking, or any other disruptions in the sound. There are various sets of muscles that control the vocal folds. The farther away from one’s optimum pitch, the more delicate the balancing act between those muscles.
The female voice can take up to four years to fully change and generally begins between the ages of 10 and 14. Females go through their growth spurts approximately two years before males. Many physical changes occur which include a size increase of the larynx in thickness and length.
Psychophysically, artful singing is the dynamic (ever changing) act of coordinating instantaneously the physical sensations of respiration (the will to breathe), phonation (the will to utter a sound), resonation (the will to form a particular vowel position) and articulation (the will to communicate by forming both vowel and consonant) into a disciplined utterance.
The vocal folds are not muscles. In fact, they are soft tissue. As the name ‘soft tissue’ implies, your vocal folds are quite fragile. Therefore, it’s no use to force the vocal folds with too much air. Less air is needed to sing higher notes because less of the vocal fold is opening and closing