10 August 2011

 

Julia Brynenn’s Choir Ensemble Course

 

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The Choir Ensemble course serves as a general music course with the main focus on singing. It tremendously improves music memory, and trains the sense of rhythm. Students also become familiar with music notation, and understand music terms and symbols.

The course is designed to provide an atmosphere for the enjoyment, appreciation and performance of choral music. The instruction and improvement of voice quality, intonation, ability to read music, ability to sight-sing, and the overall development of musicianship is stressed in conjunction with the learning of each piece of music.

Throughout the year, the Choir Ensemble performs at holiday concerts and other special events. Attendance at these performances and dress rehearsals are a course requirement.

Through classroom discussion and musical performance the student will, by the end of the year, be able to:

1. sing with acceptable tone quality.

2. maintain accurate intonation in a group setting.

3. respond with appropriate musicianship in rehearsal and performance.

4. execute diction with accurate vowel and consonant sounds.

At lessons the following concepts/skills are stressed:

1. improvement of vocal quality.

2. accurate intonation.

3. music reading

4. overall musicianship