Vocal Production Essential Question: How can we make a better sound when singing?

Modified: 2012-06-07
Music Reading Essential Question: How does reading music help us learn the song better than a lyric sheet?

Modified: 2012-06-07
Repertoire Essential Question: How do we interpret genres and repertoire in a culturally and historically correct manner? Why is this piece of music deemed important? What is the poem/text trying to convey through the music? How does the text relate to the historical and/or geographical context of the piece? From where and what time period does the music originate from?

Modified: 2012-06-07
Ensemble Skills Essential Question: How as a section/ensemble can we sound as one unit? How can we make music come to life?

Modified: 2012-06-08
Performance Etiquette Essential Question: Why does a choir dress alike for a formal concert? How does participant behavior add to, or detract from a viewers appreciation for the music? How does a choir deport themselves in a evening concert? How is a school assembly, a recording, or a virtual chorus differ from a formal evening concert?

Modified: 2012-06-08