Tenor Bass Choir I-IV

Fall Semester

Students will perform simple songs and learn warm-ups to establish strong foundational vocal technique.

Students will identify and demonstrate their vocal range and the use of upper and lower registers.

Students will practice consistent vowel shapes and clear diction.

Students will explore choral repertoire including unison singing, ostinatos, canons, and partner songs.

Students will perform in a concert setting which may allow opportunities to sing in an ensemble and solo setting.

Students will practice simple homophonic textures and focus on singing short passages in multiple parts.

Students will identify and define basic music symbols and rhythm concepts.

Students will develop foundational aural skills through listening and dictation.

Students will review and assess their understanding of music symbols as the intensity of aural training increases.

Students will complete music literacy pre-tests to establish a performance baseline.

Students will be introduced to sight reading by performing melodies with stepwise patterns.

Students will continue to work on sight reading passages to include minor and major third intervals in the tonic and dominant chord.

Students will learn and practice classroom norms, procedures, and rehearsal etiquette skills.

Students will learn proper posture and body alignment during rehearsal.

Students will learn and practice concert etiquette as both the stage performer and concert viewer.

Spring  Semester

Students will refine their vocal technique through the use of more advanced warm-ups.

Students will continue to work on vocal flexibility to include transition from chest voice to head voice, vocal passaggio, and healthy techniques for long-term singing.

Students will apply consistent healthy vocal technique to a wider variety of music repertoire.

Students will begin to work on solo repertoire. Solos may pull from a wide variety of genres to include musical theatre and classical solos based on the UIL PML and other publications.

Students will work on increasingly difficult repertoire as they prepare for their spring assessments.

Students will participate in district performance initiatives to include, but are not limited to, Fine Arts Fest, Los Leones, UIL assessment, and more.

Students will begin to work on more challenging rhythmic patterns to include dotted quarter notes, dotted sixteenth notes, and sixteenth note patterns.

Students will continue to define aural skills by singing in multiple parts for the majority of their concert music.

Students will begin to incorporate jumps and skips in the IV and V chords.

Students will begin to sight read in two parts after establishing strong, confident singing one part at a time.

Students will review and assess their proficiency in reading chordal skips and singing in multiple parts.

Students will review classroom norms, procedures, and rehearsal etiquette skills.

Students will review proper posture and body alignment during rehearsal.

Students will monitor and adjust their adherence to classroom and ensemble procedures through ongoing teacher feedback.