Music - Mixed Choir

Course Description

Open to: 10, 11, 12 One-Year Course
Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
Content: Students will perform and prepare for A Cappella Choir and will participate in festivals, school programs, and citywide concerts.

Copyright Resources

Course Scope

First Semester

Second Semester

Unit 1`

Music Language and Symbols

Semester 1

1071.01 Students will demonstrate understanding of the names and functions of musical words and symbols.

Standard Reference
N-5: a, b, c, e
973.01a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Recognize, define and notate the following symbols as they relate to music: staff, doublebar, repeat sign, bass/f clef, treble/G clef, bar line, measure, sharp, flat, natural, grand staff

Master-works Press Sightreading series; Music Language and Fundamentals, Gretz

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02

Recognize, define and notate the following note and rest values: whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth and sixteenth note

Erev Shel Shoshanim, Hadar

03

Recognize, define and notate the following symbols and terms: pp, p, mp, mf, ff, crescendo, decrescendo, diminuendo, fermata, first and second ending, da capo, coda, tie

O My Luve’s Like a Red, Red Rose, Dickau

04

Recognize, define and notate the following articulations: staccato, slur, legato, phrase mark, accent

Dona Nobis Pacem, Palestrina Ching-A-Ring Chaw, Copland/Fine

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Unit 2

Reading and Notating Music, Music Literacy

Semester 1

1071.02 Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the reading and notating of music.

Standard Reference
N-4: a, 5: a, b, c, d, e, 6: b
973.01a, 973.03a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Name notes by pitch two ledger lines on either side of the staff

Masterworks Press Sightreading series

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02

Name scale degrees and solfege pitches for the eight tones of the scale

Music Language and Fundamentals, Chapter 1

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03

Name the enharmonics for all pitches

Music Language and Fundamentals, Chapter 2

04

Name the major signatures up to four flats or four sharps

Music Language and Fundamentals, Chapter 5

05

Identify aurally the intervals of unison, M3, P4, P5, P8

06

Define the significance of the numbers in a time signature

Music Language and Fundamentals, Chapter 3

07

Demonstrate an understanding of the ratios presented in the rhythm tree

08

Write out rhythmic dictation for examples in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 meters and label with counting syllables

09

Clap, tap, play or sing counting patterns in 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 meters

10

Recognize, define and notate the following parts of an octavo: title, composer, arranger, publisher, copyright information, voicing, accompaniment, key, time, meter, dynamics and articulations

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Unit 3

Rehearsal and Performance

Semester 1

1071.03 Students will demonstrate the following rehearsal and performance objectives.

Standard Reference
N-1: a, b, c, f, 2: b, 5: a, b
975.02a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Demonstrate the correct singing posture in both sitting and standing positions

TMA
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02

Demonstrate the proper breathing for singing

Panis Angelicus, Palestrina/ Biedermann

03

Correctly sing the 5 primary vowel sounds, 8 secondary vowel sounds and the 5 diphthongs of the English language

I’m Goin’ Up a Yonder, Hawkins/Read

04

Demonstrate sightsinging unison and two part exercises in major keys up to four sharps and four flats

Masterworks Press Sightreading Series

05

Participate appropriately as a performer and audience member in a concert situation, including concert dress and behavior

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Unit 4

Music History

Semester 1

1071.04 Students will identify style, forms and important musical characteristics from the six major time periods of music history.

Standard Reference
N-6: a, b, 8: a, b, 9: a, b, c
971.01a, 971.02a, 973.01a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify and demonstrate understanding of the six major time periods of music history (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20^th Century)

Music! It’s Role and Importance in Our Lives, Fowler, Chapter 23-25

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02

Identify and demonstrate understanding of the most important musical characteristics from each time period

03

Identify and demonstrate understanding of musical forms, genres and textures from each time period

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Unit 5

Music Language and Symbols

Semester 2

1071.05 Students will demonstrate understanding of the names and functions of musical words and symbols.

Standard Reference
N-5: a, b, c, e, 6: b
973.01a, 975.02a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Recognize, define and notate the following tempo terms: largo, andante, moderato, adagio, allegro, ritardando, accelerando, a tempo

Mass in G, Schubert

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02

Recognize, define and notate the following musical terms: tutti, sacred, secular, A Cappella, unison, subito, al fine

Music Language and Fundamentals, Appendix 1

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Unit 6

Reading and Notating Music, Music Literacy

Semester 2

1071.06 Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the reading and notating of music.

Standard Reference
N-5: a, b ,c , e, 6: b
973.01a, 973.03a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify and label the appropriate keys on a drawing of the piano keyboard

Music Language and Fundamentals, Chapter 1

TMA

02

Identify aurally whether the music is major or minor

Cum Sancto Spiritu from Gloria, Vivaldi The Coventry Carol, Rodgers

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03

Identify aurally intervals of the Tritone, m3 and M7

04

Notate various melodic and rhythmic dictation

05

Compose original melodies in major keys

06

Count, clap, and tap rhythms that include tied notes

07

Count, clap, and tap complex and compound rhythms using tied notes

08

Count, clap, and tap and rhythmic examples in 6/8 meter

09

Demonstrate conducting in both triple and duple groupings of 6/8 including preparatory beat and cut off

When Johnny Comes Marching Home, H. Carey (American Folk Song)

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Unit 7

Rehearsal and Performance

Semester 2

1071.07 Students will identify and demonstrate the following rehearsal and performance objectives.

Standard Reference
N-1: a, b, c, f, 3: c, 5: a, b, c, d, e
971.01a, 973.03a, 975.02a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Demonstrate singing correctly voiced and unvoiced consonants used in the English language

Shenandoah, Traditional

TMA
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02

Demonstrate blending within the ensemble attending to pitch, volume, and vowels

Ubi Caritas, Leavitt

03

Demonstrate sightsinging complex two part or three part homophonic selections

Masterworks Press Sightreading Series

04

Identify and demonstrate peer assessment of sightsinging

05

Improvise original melodies over given chord progressions, each in a consistent style, meter, and tonality

TO

06

Demonstrate singing with musicality as well as technical accuracy creating an aesthetic experience for the performer and the audience

TMA
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Unit 8

Music History

Semester 2

1071.08 Students will identify instruments and musical examples from the six major time periods of music history.

Standard Reference
N-6: a, b, 8: a, b, 9: a, b, c
971.01a, 971.02a, 973.01a, 973.03a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify and demonstrate an understanding of instruments from the six major time periods of music history (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20^th Century)

Music! It’s Role and Importance in our lives, Chapters 23,24, 25

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02

Identify and demonstrate an understanding of aural musical examples from each time period

Music! It’s Role and Importance in our lives, Compact Disc Examples