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Freehold Township's choral music program is a diversified and well-established community within Freehold Township High School. Here, you will develop a musical family that will guide you to take on opportunities, take chances, make memories, and grow to your full potential!
Freehold Township's choral music program is a diversified and well-established community within Freehold Township High School. Here, you will develop a musical family that will guide you to take on opportunities, take chances, make memories, and grow to your full potential!
We offer 4 levels of Choir (including honors levels courses) Keyboarding I & II, and Pop Music I & II.
FTHS Concert Choir
FTHS Concert Choir
The Concert Choir class focuses on academic training and performance techniques crucial to success and achievement in concert setting .
Goals: Develop the voice; strengthen music comprehension; and perform quality literature from a wide variety of genres
Concepts Explored: ensemble singing, music theory, peer-critique evaluation, independent part singing, choral rehearsing , written analysis, sight-singing and music appreciation and history
Performances: Holiday and Spring Concerts, Graduation, Homecoming, as well as various other co-curricular performances.
Watch this video to learn more about the FTHS Choir Program!
Popular Music I & II
Popular Music I & II
The Popular Music course is a study of American music from about the mid 1800's to the late 1900's
The class focuses on helping students to think more creatively about the music they listen to in order to become a more critical listener of music
Students will study the most significant styles of genres of music in America and explore the importance of popular music throughout each decade
Concepts include musical style, form, cultural significance, and historical impact thru time
Popular Music Overview
Popular Music I
Popular Music I
Elements and Genres; Music Business; Identity and Stereotypes
What is Popular Music?
Tin Pan Alley
Minstrelsy; Ragtime; Social Dance; Silent film; Sound Films & Broadway; Big Bands
Blues, Jazz, Folk
Race and Hillbilly Music
Rhythm and Blues, Urban Folk
Popular Music II
Popular Music II
Early Rock 'n' Roll
1950s Producers, Soul, Later R&B; British Invasion
Punk, Disco and Soul
1960S Rock, Disco, Psychedelic Rock; Woodstock mainstream and Progressive Rock
Mainstream and Progressive Rock
1970s Progressive Rock, Reggae, Punk
Eighties
Digital technology, MTV, Rap, Hip-Hop, Alternative; Entertainment Business
Nineties
Where is it going?
Musical Keyboarding I & II
Musical Keyboarding I & II
Learn how to play melodies and harmonies with both right and left hands
Read, write and play all music notation and performance pieces proficiently
Learn specific music terminology used in the music
Develop good practice habits and study skills
Perform within rhythmic accuracy and control
Have fun and enjoy the music
Musical Keyboarding 1
Musical Keyboarding 1
Musical Keyboarding I is an introduction to the basic concepts and fundamentals necessary for piano/keyboard performance and technique
Each individual will work at his/her own pace, and receive individual attention as he/she completes each musical lesson
The class focuses on many different lessons of varying song literature in several fingering positions. As students advance, they begin to explore more difficult literature ad they practice good playing habits and study music composition
Musical Keyboarding 2
Musical Keyboarding 2
Musical Keyboarding II provides students the opportunity to continue to develop piano performance skills at an advanced level
Each individual will work at his/her own pace. Instruction will be tailored to their needs while they expand their abilities on technique, music theory skills, finger agility and performances practice.
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