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Tag Archives: chorus
Holiday Solfege Bingo!
In this 5×5 bingo game students are given a short phrase from a popular Christmas or Hannukah tune (both sacred and secular included) and the starting “do”, along with the key signature. Use this fun bingo game to test your … Continue reading
Posted in Lesson Plans & Ideas, sight-singing, Teaching Chorus, Teaching Voice, Uncategorized
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Simple Music Symbols Quiz
This is a quiz appropriate for probably 3rd-6th beginners to music. I’ve realized that most kids easily get basic symbols confused, and often do not know the name of the symbols they are reading. This assessment gives some brief explanation … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd-5th Grade Lessons, Composition and Theory Information, Teaching Chorus, Teaching Elementary, Teaching Private Lessons
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Website: Teachers Pay Teachers
It’s been a while…I am currently teaching two classes of orchestra, two classes of chorus, guitar, and “musical theatre” at a middle school, along with my evening lessons (about 12 students per week). I am sitting in a rehearsal for … Continue reading
Posted in Lesson Plans & Ideas, Links, Uncategorized
Tagged band, cheap, chorus, download, free, handouts, high, lessons, middle, music, orchestra, school, worksheets
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Article: Music Instruction Can Make for a Smarter Teen
An article that follows groups of teenage students, studying the impact of formal music training in school on high school students with no (or limited) prior experience in music. This would be great to send to your principals and administrators. … Continue reading
Article: Teacher NOSE Best – dealing with nasality in singing.
An excellent article from the “Vocal Process” blog, written by Jeremy Fisher, on how to remove that gross nasal sound from your choir or soloist. http://vocalprocess.co.uk/nasality-in-singing/ Enjoy!
Posted in Teaching Chorus, Teaching Private Lessons, Vocal Resources
Tagged choir, chorus, how-to, nasal, nasality, nose, process, singing, solo, tone, vocal
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Selecting Choral Literature
Selecting literature for your music ensemble may be one of the most important tasks you do at the beginning of the school year, and also one of the most difficult and time-consuming. Guest clinician Jason Locker presents some things to … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Chorus
Tagged choir, choose, choral, chorus, clinician, guide, guidelines, how-to, literature, Melody, music, musicality, phrasing, pick, quality, range, select, selection, tessitura, tone
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Music Curriculum Standards and Pacing Guide
Hi all! I’m currently sitting in a chorus/band summer training institute for teachers and we are discussing music standards, and how to work with them. Some useful websites for planning lessons and exploring standards are: 1. http://www.CPALMS.org, the site for … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Band, Teaching Chorus, Teaching Elementary, Teaching Guitar, Teaching Orchestra
Tagged arts, band, choir, chorus, cpalms, elementary, essential learnings, fine arts, guide, high school, incomplete curriculum, marzano, middle school, music, orchestra, pacing, perform, Race to the top, standards, strings, sunshine state, vocal, voice, winds
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Article: Singing Changes Your Brain
Hello all! I apologize for the long time between posts. I have several tabs open in my browser, just waiting to be shared and added to my lists, but the complications of moving, having to put down my lovebird Buddy, … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Informational, Teaching Chorus
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10 Rules for Expressive Singing
These are 10 rules that were demonstrated and explained at a music educator’s conference I attended recently. Most of these are things that choral people should know, but perhaps have forgotten and need to be reminded of. If you follow … Continue reading
Adventures of a Music Teacher 