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300 How is communication established between performer and conductor in both a performance and a rehearsal setting?
300 How is blend and balance achieved within a rehearsal and/or performance?
300 How do vowel shapes affect sound production?
300 What constitues good breath support and breath control?
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400 Rehearsal and performance techniques are first introduced in mixed chorus.  The skills presented here will be used through out the year and continually in Glee Club and Chorale.  One of the main focuses of this unit is to learn how to follow and communicate with the conductor.  Choral blend and balance will also be discussed and emphasized throughout the year.  
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400 The students will develop a daily rehearsal routine that will consist of stretching and vocal warm-ups.  The warm-ups are designed to help expand the range of the singer as well as help to create a uniform sound through out the ensemble.  Equal focus will be placed upon vowel and consonant production.  
500 The student will develop the ability to:
500     *explain and demonstrate correct posture for singing
500     *explain and demonstrate proper diaphragmatic breathing
500     *sing with a round, warm characteristic tone quality
500     *Appropriately respond to conductor cues: tempo, breathing, cues, cut-offs, phrasing, dynamic changes
500     *blend their sound and volume with that of their section and the ensemble
500     *perform with a wide range of dynamic contrasts
500     *identify musical phrases and appropriate breathing opportunities
500     *sing music written in three parts with and without accompaniment
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600 On a daily basis, students will work on rehearsal and performance techniques via:
600    -Vocal warm-ups that help to extend range and breath support/control
600    -Vocal warm-ups that are sung using all of the vowels.  Attention is paid to uniformity     in the vowels and how the shapes of vowels affect tone and range.  Warm-ups may be geared to specifically target problem areas in the choral literature
600    -Blending as an ensemble and as a section via uniform vowels
600    -Self evaluation and class discussion on how to improve the sound/performance
600    -Self evaluation and class discussion on what is being performed well and how to          reproduce said sound
600     -Incorporation of skills presented during warm-ups into choral literature
600 *Students will participate in a minimum of 3 concerts a year: Winter, Spring and End      of the Year
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700 Students will be assessed via the following:
700     *Self evaluation and class discussion 
700     *Aural evaluation-tone quality, blend and balance, unison and harmonies, vowel formation
700     *Visual evaluation-posture, jaw position, vowel shapes, breathing, ability to follow conductor
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