UIL

Who: Tenor Bass Choir (2nd Period), Advanced Treble Choir (4th Period)

What: UIL Concert and Sight Reading Evaluation

Where: Klett Performing Arts Center (2211 N Austin Ave, Georgetown, TX 78626)

When: Thursday, March 12th DURING THE SCHOOL DAY

8:15 am - 12:19 pm (Tenor Bass Choir)

11:49 am - 3:55 pm (Advanced Treble Choir)

Uniform: Formal Uniform (Black Choir Dress or Black Dress Shirt and Pants with red tie; Black Closed Toe Shoes)

Schedule: 

Tenor Bass Choir

8:15 - Meet in the choir room, ARRIVE IN FORMAL UNIFORM, final rehearsal and reminders

8:55 - Depart for Klett PAC

9:25 - Arrive at Klett PAC and check in

9:55 - Warm Up 

10:20 - Concert

10:40 - Sight Reading

11:00 - Check out and receive scores

11:15 - Depart for Chisholm Trail Middle School

11:45 - Arrive at Chisholm Trail Middle School

Upon arrival at CTMS, students will change out of their uniforms (if they want to). 6th grade students will eat lunch in the choir room from 11:49-12:19 (this is 7th grade lunch). 7th grade students will eat lunch in the cafeteria at their regular time. 8th grade students will return to their classes and eat lunch at their regularly scheduled time.

Advanced Treble Choir

11:49 - All 4th period choir students eat lunch during 7th Grade Lunch (8th graders in the choir room)

12:19 - Meet in the choir room, change into uniforms, final rehearsal and reminders

1:05 - Depart for Klett PAC

1:35 - Arrive at Klett PAC and check in

2:05 - Warm Up 

2:30 - Concert

2:50 - Sight Reading

3:10 - Check out and receive scores

3:25 - Depart for Chisholm Trail Middle School

3:55 - Arrive at Chisholm Trail Middle School and get picked up

Every choir will begin in the warm-up room, perform their program on stage for 3 judges, and then sight-read for 3 judges. There is a separate score for the concert portion and the sight-reading portion. The UIL score structure is as follows: 1 is superior, 2 is excellent, 3 is good, 4 is fair, 5 is poor. 

Warm Up: We will have 20 minutes to warm up our voices, run our concert program, and encourage each other before starting our concert portion.

Concert: We will perform 3 songs for our concert program.

Sight-Reading: We will sing a 24 measure song in 2 parts. Every choir will be given 2 timed practice periods and 2 read throughs of the example. The first timed practice will be 7 minutes long, and the second will be 2 minutes.

About Required Performances

The Round Rock ISD School Board has determined that choir is a performing art and part of the school curriculum, even outside of the school day. It is essential that students participate in all performances and required rehearsals, before or after school. An unexcused absence from any performance or required rehearsal will affect the student’s grade. The choir department follows school policy in determining the status of an absence.

If a student must be absent from any required choir event, a parent/guardian must inform the choir director either via phone, email, or written note BEFORE the event occurs in order for the absence to be excused. The director will determine if the absence will be excused or unexcused. For grading policies, please see the performance section of the Handbook.

Choir Calendar - A choir calendar will be given at the beginning of the year. Any changes or additions will be kept to a minimum, emailed to parents, and placed on the choir website.

Conflicts with Choir Activities – We do our best to avoid conflicting with other after-school activities. When there is a schedule conflict with another school sponsored activity, it is the responsibility of the student to notify both sponsors/coaches of the conflict AHEAD OF TIME so that all adults involved can come to a solution that works for everyone without penalty to the student. Waiting until the last minute will make this more difficult for all sponsors/coaches.

Absence for Rehearsal, Concert, & Contest

Outside of school non-curricular conflicts are not an excused absence. Forgetting about the concert, not having a ride, not having uniform, etc. will not be considered excused absences and will result in a grade of “0” for performance grade.

Good communication between teacher, student, and parent can prevent misunderstandings.

• Written notice from a parent is required for all absences. Email is acceptable.

• Verbal or students’ written notices are not acceptable

• Advance notice is required for all prior commitments. A prior commitment is defined as a date already committed to before the choir schedule/handbook is received