4/23 - 4/27


Weekly Objectives:
Students will continue to learn the harmonies for "Promise of Living" from rehearsal marking 38 - the end as evidenced by classroom singing.


Students will continue to hone their intonation and group-singing skills with warm ups designed to focus their attention on vowel shapes and dynamics, as described below.


Students will earn performance experience through a field trip to the local middle schools and a rehabilitation center as a recruitment exercise and as community service.


Mon:
Announce/Remind:
This Thursday will be a field trip to St. Mary's, Crestwood, and the Paris Lakes Rehabilitation Center. Bus will leave at 8:05. Come dressed in black pants and a colored dress shirt.
The concert is three weeks away! (May 15th)
Those who did not take the interval quiz last week must make it up this week sometime (possibly during class on Thurs [8th hour] or Fri [5th hour]).

Warm-Ups:
"mieiaioiu" on one note- goal, to maintain pure tall and round vowels, and have the entire choir match each other's vowels (we will be doing this for the rest of the week). Go down by half step, then up by half step
"LA" - 13531, messa di voce- goal to crescendo and decrescendo while maintaining support and intonation (we will be doing this all week). Go up by half step, then down by half step

Singing:
"Promise of Living" rehearsal marking 38 - 39.
- go through each part individually, then put them together while the piano plays some of the parts.
- piano plays chords (not their parts) to support choir

Tues:
Announce/Remind:
Same as Mon

Warm-Ups:
Same as Mon

Singing:
"Promise of Living" rehearsal 38 - rehearsal 39 again
- continue to strengthen parts in this section and try to learn all parts through to the end.

Wed:
Announce/Remind:
Tour tomorrow, turn in all anticipated absence forms- we'll be back by the middle of 7th hour.

Warm-Ups:
Same as Mon/Tues

Singing:
"Promise of Living", rehearsal marking 39 - end
 - go through each part individually, then put them together while the piano plays some of the parts.
- piano plays chords (not their parts) to support choir

Thurs:
Tour for 5th hour, 8th hour meets normally
Announce/Remind:
Discuss tour success.
Anyone who needs to make up the interval quiz should do so now.

Warm-Ups:
Same as Mon/Tues/Wed

Singing:
"Promise of Living" review rehearsal marking 39 - end, 38 - 39, and 31- 34

Fri:
5th hour meets normally, 8th hour has study hall with Sub
Announce/Remind:
Discuss tour success.

Anyone who needs to make up the interval quiz should do so now.

Warm-Ups:
Same as Mon/Tues/Wed

Singing:
"Promise of Living" review rehearsal marking 39 - end, 38 - 39, and 31- 34