ADVANCED GIRLS’ CHOIR (6TH Period)

Feb. 13-14

 

 

 

Wednesday, Feb. 13

        Student Leaders:  C. J. Miller

This is a “solo/ensemble” day.  Many of the students are rehearsing or solo/ensemble contest on Saturday, Feb. 23.

Michelle Schuh will be coming in to rehearse with them.  Please make sure that as many solos or groups as possible have a chance to practice with her.  This will happen again next Wednesday.

 

 

Thursday, Feb. 14

        Happy Valentines’ Day

        Student Leaders:  C. J. Miller

 

Warm up using CD.  Have a student leader, probably C. J., lead the breathing exercises before singing with the CD.

 

Pass out and do SSA Sightreading exercise #7 using numbers.  Be sure to do a C Major scale and some interval practice first. Use the same procedure that you use with Choralaires 4th period—have the whole class sing each line together and then have them sing the harmony as written.  If there are problem spots, have the whole class go over them together.

 

Have students sing contest music together using accompaniment CD, except for Cripple Creek.  We just barely started that before I left.  They can probably handle two parts together with the CD.  Please DO help them with phrasing, breaths, dynamics, diction, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

ADVANCED GILRS’ CHOIR (6TH PERIOD)

Feb. 19-22

 

Tuesday, Feb. 19

        Student leaders:  C. J. Miller

Use the same procedure for warming up.

Do SSA sightreading exercise #8 using the same procedure as last week.

Use the same procedure for rehearsing that you did on Thursday.

 

Wednesday, Feb. 20

Michelle Schuh will be here again to rehearse solo/ensemble pieces.  The difference here is that students are to have their songs PERFORMANCE READY—that means memorized and polished.  If it is not, or if it doesn’t sound good, after conferring with Michelle if you both agree, tell the student/s that they have until tomorrow to get it down or they don’t go.  I don’t want anyone to be embarrassed or to be “worked over” by a judge in front of everybody.  I have told the students that you and Mrs. Schuh will have the final decision.

 

Thursday, Feb. 21

        Same procedure as yesterday.  If there is anyone not going to solo/ensemble, please let Mr. Patterson know so he can mark them off his attendance list.  Also, please give me a call at 532-4437.

 

Friday, Feb. 22

        Fridays are going to be movie days.  This class will be watching “Dreamgirls”.  If you have problems

with the projector or DVD player, ask Mr. Patterson.  Also, if there are students who want to practice solo/ensemble music, please allow them to do so.

 

     

 

 

 

ADVANCED GIRLS’ CHOIR (6TH Period)

Feb. 25-29

 

Monday, Feb. 25

        Student leaders:  C. J. Miller

Begin class with a discussion of solo/ensemble contest.Pass out judges’ comment sheets.  If they want copies of the ensemble sheets (there will only be one per group) tell them I’ll make copies for them when I get back.  Then be sure to collect the ensemble sheets.

        Have students warm-up and then go into sectionals.  As always, please circulate.

 

Tuesday, Feb. 26

        Student leaders:  C. J. Miller

Do SSA Sightreading exercise #9. Use the same procedure as last week.

        Follow rehearsal procedure

 

Wednesday, Feb. 27

        Same procedure as Monday.

 

Thursday, Feb. 28

        Same procedure as Tuesday.

        SSA Sightreading “#10

Friday, Feb. 29

        Show DVD of “Dreamgirls”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADVANCED GIRLS’ CHOIR

Mar. 3-7

 

Follow procedures from previous week.

 

Tuesday—SSA Sightreading exercise # 11 using same procedure as before.

 

 

Thursday—SSA Sightreading exercise #12.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADVANCED GIRLS’ CHOIR

 

You do have a bit of an issue with this group in that there are really two choirs during this period—there are 4 freshmen girls whose schedule would not allow them to take Choralaires 4th period, so they are learning that music during this class.  However, 3 of them auditioned for this class at the semester and were accepted, so now they are learning both set of music.

 

These four will do everything with the whole group except one of them will only work on one set of music.  (This sounds a whole lot more complicated than it is). 

 

What this means for you is that at some point during the week, you will need to listen to them sing together the music from 4th period!

 

Sorry I didn’t think of this before!  They’re really good girls, so there should not be any problems!

 

Thanks!