GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Curriculum Guide

 

 

 

Course Title:                                        High School Chorus

 

Subject:                                                Chorus

 

Grade Level:                                         9-12

 

Department/School:                              Music Dept/High School

 

Duration:                                              Full Year

 

Number of Credits:                               5

 

Prerequisite:                                          None

 

Elective or Required:                             Elective

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author:  Rachel Nissim

Date Submitted:  Summer 2005

Course Description

 

 

            The Glen Ridge High School Chorus offers students an opportunity to study music by singing and composing.  Through these means, they learn to express themselves creatively while knowledge of notation and performance traditions enable them to hear new music independently all their lives.  Skills in reading, evaluating and synthesis enable students to recognize and pursue excellence in their musical experiences and to understand and enrich their environment.  Since music is an integral part of human history, the ability to listen with understanding is essential if students are to have a broad cultural and historical perspective.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

MUSIC MISSION STATEMENT

 

 

 

The making of music is a thoughtful practice involving formal and informal knowledge.  It requires the development and practice of sensory skills, the manipulation and translation of complex symbols, and the understanding of the component parts and the big picture within the composition. 

 

The Glen Ridge Music Department strives to show that one cannot understand music without the awareness of size, shape, physics and mechanical functioning of the instrument.  Personal physical involvement and the development of skills in breathing, projection, and intonation are intimate personal activities that most people give little notice to but which are essential skills if we are to be able to be clearly understood.

 

The Glen Ridge High School Choir is an opportunity for mutual effort and success.  The knowledge that the group’s successful performance is reliant on the practice and perfection of each individual’s contribution is an asset to the family, the school and later in the workplace.

 

 

 

New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards

 

 

MUSIC

 

STANDARD 1.1:  (AESTHETICS)  ALL STUDENTS WILL USE AESTHETIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE CREATION OF AND IN RESPONSE TO DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, AND VISUAL ARTS.

 

STANDARD 1.2: (CREATION AND PERFORMANCE)  ALL STUDENTS WILL UTILIZE THOSE SKILLS, MEDIA, METHODS, AND TECHNOLOGIES APPROPRIATE TO EACH ART FORM IN THE CREATION, PERFORMANCE, AND PRESENTATION OF DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, AND VISUAL ART.

 

STANDARD 1.3:  (ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPALS)  ALL STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, AND VISUAL ARTS.

 

STANDARD 1.4:  (CRITIQUE)  ALL STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP, APPLY AND REFLECT UPON KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROCESS OF CRITIQUE.

 

STANDARD 1.5: (HISTORY/CULTURE)  ALL STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND AND ANALYZE THE ROLE, DEVELOPMENT, AND CONTINUING INFLUENCE OF THE ARTS IN RELATION TO WORLD CULTURES, HISTORY, AND SOCIETY.

 

Curriculum Description

 

 

UNIT 1 – ACTIVE PARTICIPATION

 

Objectives:

Students will be able to:

1.      Perform with correct posture.

2.      Use proper voice placement.

3.      Demonstrate correct breathing technique.

4.      Sing with good tone quality and intonation.

5.      Demonstrate proper articulation.

6.      Demonstrate the ability to sing two, three and four part music.

7.      Perform with rhythmic accuracy in various meters and tempi.

 

Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

 

Duration of time:  Full Year

 

Activities

 

-          Teacher demonstration

-          Physical exercises given by teacher and handouts

-          Classroom warm-ups

-          Record, playback and analyze student/groups performance

 

 

UNIT 2 - ELEMENTS OF MUSIC

 

Objectives:

Students will be able to:

1.      Perform the various elements of music as found in the composition with pitch, rhythmic, dynamic and stylistic accuracy.

2.      Discuss the various elements of music as found in the composition.

3.      Sight read simple, expanded and advanced melodies.

 

Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

 

Duration of time:  Full Year

 

Activities

 

-         Classroom discussion

-         Teacher provided material

-         Classroom rehearsal

 

UNIT 3 - CREATING AND PERFORMING

 

Objectives:

Students will be able to:

1.      Participate as a performer in a music ensemble.

2.      Perform with correct dynamics, articulation, rhythmic and stylistic accuracy.

3.      Perform proper rehearsal and performance techniques and procedures.

4.      Demonstrate through performance correct interpretation of conductor’s patterns and directions.

 

Content Standards:  1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5

 

Duration of time:  Full Year

 

Activities

 

-         Teacher and student developed rubrics

-         Evaluation worksheets

-         Teacher provided readings and worksheets

 

 

UNIT 4 - CRITICAL/ANALYTICAL/JUDGMENTAL/EVALUATIVE

 

Objectives:

Students will be able to:

1.      Develop and utilize a set of criteria to evaluate their performance.

2.      Distinguish performing, analyzing, and listening to various styles of literature.

 

Content Standards: 1.4, 1.5

 

Duration of time:  Full Year

 

Activities

 

-         Teacher and student developed rubrics

-         Evaluation worksheets

           

 

 

 

                                                Texts, Resources, and/or Literature

 

·          The choir chooses for a varied selection of music.  The difficulty depends on the group and is with a difficulty rating from 1-5.