Music Department

Mt. Ararat Concert Choir

 

Course Description

Grades 9-12

A one Credit elective course that meets 4 periods per week

Goals:

1. To increase individual performing ability.

2. To increase music reading ability.

3. To increase knowledge and appreciation of the repertoire performed.

4. To perform quality choral literature(in four or more parts) of various styles, grades IV-VI.

5. To afford an opportunity for students to perform and compete at the district, state, and regional level.

In this course, students perform standard choral literature, ranging in difficulty from grade IV to grade VI. The Concert Choir performs at school concerts and festivals. Students need not audition to get into this group but must maintain a level of music proficiency that would enable the student to be a contributing member of the ensemble.

Concert Choir is part of a vertical sequence that begins in elementary school and continues through middle school and high school.