Grading is based on musical development in rehearsals, performances, and lessons.Ĭrooners: No credit, Open to Tenor and Bass students in Grades 9 - 12 Practice at home is required for success in this course. Students attend A Cappella Choir each day with an additional mandatory weekly rotating small-group lesson. Members are required to participate in all scheduled performances. A variety of performance experiences are offered, including small ensemble and solo opportunities that include the NYSSMA Solo Festival. Works may include eight-part unaccompanied literature and major works with English and foreign texts.

Vocal production and musical sensitivity are further developed for all, with emphasis on analysis and performance of the larger works of major composers. This course is open to students after successful completion of Freshman Choir Program (for 10th grade tenors and basses) or Treble Choir (for 11th grade altos and sopranos) or by audition indicating superior ability in sight-reading and vocal production. Grading is based on musical development in rehearsals, performances, and lessons.Ī Cappella Choir: 1 Credit, MHS open to male students in Grades 10 - 12 and female students in Grades 11 and 12

Students attend Treble Choir each day with an additional mandatory weekly rotating small-group lesson. Works may include four-part unaccompanied literature and major works with English and foreign texts. Students are admitted to Treble Choir after successful completion of Freshman Choir or by audition. Treble Choir: 1 Credit, MHS open to all Treble Voices in Grade 10

Attendance is mandatory for all school-sponsored performances. Grading is based on progress in a number of musical disciplines, including history, theory, vocal-production, and most importantly, music reading skills. Students attend Freshman Choir each day with an additional mandatory weekly rotating small-group lesson. Study includes a variety of musical genres, sung in large and small ensembles, with solo opportunities that include the NYSSMA Solo Festival. Throughout the year, Freshman Choir students work toward an autonomous musical experience. Students are admitted to the Freshman Choir after successful completion of 8th Grade Chorus or by audition indicating superior ability in sight-reading and vocal production.

Nyssma level 6 sight reading practice