Warm-ups & Assignments

MARCH FOR LIFE: CHOIR ASSIGNMENT

Te Deum: Learning Example

	Daily Points Make-up Assignments *Students who miss choir class need to do a make-up assignment to earn their daily points grade.   *Make-up work is due on the second day after being gone.   *Choice of assignments are listed below Listening Response Students should listen to one of these pieces of music and then complete the Listening Journal form below. Listening Response Form Ain't Got Time to Die-Johnson My Song in the Night-Christiansen Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini-Rachmanonov La Gazza Ladra Overture-Rossini Ave Maria-Bobby McFerrin "Sleep" Eric Whitacre "Baroque in Blue" Claude Bolling "Epitaph for Moonlight" R. Murray Schafer "O Magnum Mysterium" Morten Lauridsen "Magnificat" Arvo Part "Crucifixis" Antonio Lotti "Rhapsody in Blue" George Gershwin "Chili Con Carne" The Real Group "Song for Athene" John Tavener "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" Canadian Brass "Ave Maria" Franz Biebl "Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho" Moses Hogan "Nimrod from Enigma Variations" Edward Elgar "Piano Concerto 23, mvt 3" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Biography Students should choose a composer from the list and then complete the form below. Composer Bio Form John Philip Sousa Johann Sebastian Bach Johannes Brahms George Gershwin Tomas luis de Victoria Franz Schubert Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Thomas Tallis Ralph Vaughan Williams Leonard Bernstein Edward Elgar Giuseppe Verdi Eric Satie Eric Whitacre John Williams Franz Joseph Haydn Peter Illich Tschaikovsky Johann Pachelbel William Byrd Franz Liszt Felix Mendelssohn Aaron Copland Claude Debussy Frederic Chopin Antonio Vivaldi Samuel Barber Sergei Rachmaninov Gustav Holst George Friedrich Handel Johann Strauss Edvarg Grieg

Note Naming (Treble & Bass Clefs)

Identifying Piano Keys

Identifying MAJOR & minor Thirds on the Piano

Identifying Major & Minor Thirds on the Staff

Simple Video Lesson on Chord Inversion (click on the bottom right to advance the slide)

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Singing is an athletic activity...make sure to warm up your body for the most beautiful and healthy singing possible!

*Stretch out
*Shoulder rolls, head rolls(forward/sides)
*Massage your neck & jaw
*Get the blood moving
*Backrubs
*Practice your breathing and breath support