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Honors Choir Information
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HONORS CHOIR REQUIREMENTS – Fall 2011
1. Learn and perform the
Region music. Due the first six
weeks. You will sing in class
Tuesday, September 20th.
(Region hopefuls will sign up for a
special time to be announced during that
same week).
2. Type a paper on a
composer of CHORAL works. Choose from
the list of composers below. (You must
get permission from your Choir Director
to write about a composer who is not on
the list.) The content and construction
of this paper must reflect the high
standards expected of an Honor Student.
a.
Length should be four (4) full
pages, typed, double-spaced. Use “Times
New Roman”, 12 point font.
b.
A 5th page will be
your citation page. Use at least three
(3) sources, with at least one source
from a published book. (Not all three
sources from the internet).
c.
Include information about the
composer’s CHORAL works, as well as
interesting facts about his/her life and
career. Please use birth/death dates.
d.
Choose a different composer each
semester you are enrolled in Honors
Choir at LHFC/LHHS. Remember, we know
what you have done in the past.
e.
Your paper is due Thursday,
November 3rd in your class
period. It will not be accepted late.
You may turn this paper in any time
prior to Nov. 3rd.
J.S. Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Leonard Bernstein
Carl Orff
Johannes Brahms
Giovanni Palestrina
William Byrd
Lloyd Pfautsch
Gabriel Fauré
John Rutter
Joseph Haydn
Randall Thompson
William Mathias
Giuseppe Verdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Lodovico Viadona
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Antonio Vivaldi
3. Concert attendance and
evaluation.
Directions: Go to two (2)
professional or collegiate
choir/vocal performances per semester
and write a 2-page essay about each
concert. A calendar of the kinds of
concerts you should attend will be
posted. Other concerts must be approved
by your Choir Director. Normal church
choir events will not be accepted.
Please submit the programs from the
events along with your essays by
Monday, December 12th. Essays
can be turned in early within each
semester.
Use the
following questions as prompts for
writing your two-page essay. Your essay
should be typed using a 12-point font,
double-spaced.
1.
Give a description of this
performance. Describe some of the
pieces using music vocabulary. Talk
about melody, harmony, keys (major or
minor?), rhythm and meter, formal
structure, texture, etc.
2.
What voicings were used in this
program?
3.
Were there any unusual or
interesting voicings used?
4.
Was there variety in the
program?
5.
Was it confined to a certain
style or historical period? Talk about
the styles of music in this program.
6.
What historical period(s) were
represented?
7.
Were there accompanied or
acappella pieces? Both?
8.
Which was your favorite piece and
why?
9.
Which was your least favorite
piece and why?
10.
Have you performed any works by
any of the composers you heard at the
concert? Please include the title(s),
and state any similarities or
differences in the pieces.
REMEMBER
– Your composer and concert evaluation
papers can be turned in early. If you
chose to plagiarize, you could get
caught and have to deal with the
consequences. Also, during choir class,
you will be held to a higher standard in
choir fundamentals, participation,
skills and performance.
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