Curriculum Snapshot-Chamber Chorus
Unit 1-Review-Weeks 1-4
Students will review construction and
performance of Triads (M, m, °, +) and Scales
(Major, 3 Minor).
Unit 2-DRM Weeks 5-8
Students will further study the patterns and intervals involving D, R, & M. Sightsinging
examples will be performed.
Unit 3-DRMS Weeks 9-12
Students will further study the patterns and intervals involving D,
R, M, & S. Sightsinging examples
will be performed.
MUSICIANSHIP RHYTHM/METER REPERTOIRE
Unit 1 Weeks 1-3 Students will work on
rehearsed and sightreading exercises
involving Quarter, Half, Dotted Half, and
Whole Notes and Rests.
Unit 2-Weeks 4-6 Students will work on
rehearsed and sightreading exercises
involving Upbeats, Ties, and Various
Endings (DC, DS, and 1st & 2nd endings).
Unit 3-Weeks 7-9 Students will work on
rehearsed and sightreading exercises involving syncopation.
Unit 4- Weeks10-12 Students will work on
rehearsed and sightreading exercises
involving 8th notes, rests, and upbeats.
Folk & Polyphonic Music Weeks 1-10
Students will prepare music representing the
folk idiom, and also polyphonic music in
order to foster musical independence.
Furthermore, students will prepare music for
performance at the Lakeside Choral
Festival. (or similar festival[s]) Music selected, when
juxtaposed with other yearly repertoire, should add to satisfy the yearly curricular requirements.
Holiday Music Weeks 9-18
Students will prepare concert music
specifically for the Winter concert, typically
held the 2nd week of December. Music will reflect the season, and
should, when juxtaposed with the
other yearly repertoire, satisfy all the curricular requirements for concert
music.
Unit 4-DRMSD Scale-Weeks13-16
Students will further study the patterns and intervals involving D,
R, M, S, & high D. Sightsinging examples
will be performed.
Unit 5-Review-Weeks17-18
Students will review the above for the Final.
Unit 6-F Weeks19-22
Students will further study the patterns and intervals involving D,
R, M, F, S, & D. Sightsinging examples
will be performed.
Unit 7-T Weeks23-26
Students will further study the patterns and
interval involving all previous plus T.
Sightsinging examples will be performed.
Unit 5-Weeks13-15 Students will work on
rehearsed and sightreading exercises involving the dotted quarter/eighth note
pattern and corresponding rests.
Unit 6-Weeks16-18 Students will work on
rehearsed and sightreading exercises
involving the eighth/dotted quarter
pattern and corresponding rests.
Unit 7-Weeks19-21 Students will prepare
rehearsed and sightreading exercises involving 16th notes
beamed together and with 8th notes, and
syncopation variations.
Unit 8-Weeks 22-24 Students will work on
rehearsed and sightreading exercises
involving triplets-eighth note and
quarter note.
Unit 9-Weeks 25-27 Students will work on
rehearsed and sightreading exercises involving 3/8 and 6/8
time signature exercises with all
previous techniques.
Solo Work Weeks 19-27
Students will prepare individual classical solos (either art songs or arias)
in order to prepare for the IHSA Solo &
Ensemble Festival. Musical independence will be stressed and students will also
evaluate and assess each others’ solos.
Large Ensemble Work Weeks 19-32
Students will prepare concert music
specifically for the IHSA Organizational Festival.
(or similar festival[s]) Music here will reflect the most serious of the Repertoire, and should, when juxtaposed with
the other yearly repertoire, satisfy all the curricular requirements
for concert music.
Unit8-L.C.P.’s Weeks 27-30
Students will study the patterns and intervals involving all diatonic
pitches and the lowered chromatic pitches.
Sightsinging examples wil be performed.
Unit9-R.C.P.’s Weeks 31-34
Students will study the patterns and intervals involving all diatonic
pitches and the raised chromatic pitches.
Sightsinging examples will be performed.
Unit 10-Review- Weeks 35-36
Students will review the above for the Final.
Unit10-Weeks 28-30 Students will work on
rehearsed and sightreading exercises involving 9/8 & 12/8
time signature exercises with all
previous techniques.
Unit11-Weeks 31-33 Students will work on
rehearsed and sightreading exercises involving 16th/dotted
8th, dotted 8th/16th, and diminished syncopation
patterns.
Unit12-Weeks 34-36 Students will work on
rehearsed and sightreading exercises involving mixed meters and irregular meters.
Finale Music Weeks 28-36
Students will prepare concert music
specifically for the Finale concert,
typically held the 1st week of May. Music
should blend the light and the serious, and when juxtaposed with
the other yearly repertoire, satisfy all
the curricular requirements for concert music.
Students may also prepare individual
pieces for final exams.