MS Music Guide

Topic 6: Performance & Rehearsal Considerations Level 1: Vocal Music

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS:

-Select appropriate vocal literature that is challenging yet accessible. -Performer is responsive to the conductor and follows cues. -Performers are professional in their appearance, poise and decorum as well as being an appropriate audience member. Examples of Learning Intention and Success Criteria Learning Intention: I can sing while meeting all performance expectations (listed above). Success Criteria : I know I’ll have it when, ● I demonstrate a variety of vocal warm-up procedures and correlate them with their purposes. ● I demonstrate good posture, breath control, articulation, enunciation, and vowel production. ● I sing a large and varied repertoire of vocal literature, including some songs performed from memory. ● I demonstrate knowledge of proper care of the voice. ● I sing with a clear and resonant tone quality that blends with the ensemble. ● I sing an appropriate part in an ensemble with proper attention to correct notes, intonation, articulation, phrasing, and expression, including dynamic levels, and tempo. ● I follow the conductor while maintaining proper tempo, balance, blend, and style. ● I sing music scored for a variety of voicings, unison through multiple parts. ● I demonstrate requirements for an ensemble singer, including proper rehearsal and concert behavior, part preparation, and responsibility to the section.

Example of Learning Progression

● Rehearse warmups and vocal literature in class with correct posture, tone, and expression. ● Listen to, analyze and describe how the elements of music are used in a given work to make it unique, interesting, and expressive. ● Rehearse vocal literature with proper interpretation to pitches, rhythms, and other notational symbols. ● Perform music with demonstration to concert etiquette, resonant tone, and musical expression.