Welcome to Singing Panthers Choir! I am looking forward to an exciting, musical year. In order for our choir to sound its best, each of us needs to contribute to the best of our ability. The goals, expectations, and procedures outlined below will allow us to reach our fullest potential as a performing ensemble.
Course Description:
The goal of the choral program is to produce students who are knowledgeable about music, have developed listening skills, can perform successfully with confidence, and can operate and cooperate within a structured framework. Students are not expected to become virtuoso musicians. Students are expected to establish both short and long range goals for vocal improvement, and to develop the skills and tools necessary to become life-long independent musicians and learners. In choir, students gain knowledge and skills in proper vocal technique, unison and two, three-part singing, music reading, notation, terminology, ear training, critical analysis, and music history. Students perform a varied repertoire of music in different languages, cultures, and stylistic periods. All of the California State Music Content Standards that are covered for this class can be found here.
Please mark our 2018-2019 Concert performances on your calendar:
Winter Concert: Wednesday, December 12th 7:00 pm Robert Frost Auditorium
District-Wide Concert: Wednesday, February 20th 6:30 pm Robert Frost Auditorium
Spring Concert: Tuesday, May 21st 7:00 pm Robert Frost Auditorium
It is my goal to excite all students about music and singing, and to provide them with meaningful music instruction in a positive, supportive learning environment. If you have any questions about the class or your child’s progress, please contact me at (310) 842-4200, ext. 5001, or at [email protected], and I will be happy to meet with you. I very much look forward to working with all of you this year!
Musically yours,
Ms. Danielle Koplinka-Loehr, Music Educator, CCUSD
No upcoming assignments.
Program Design Contest!
We are looking for program art for our concert. If you would like to design a cover, please follow these guidelines:
Optional Homework Assignment: Becoming a Section Leader
If you….
…Then please turn in 1-2 paragraphs by Tuesday, October 30, explaining what would make you a strong, reliable section leader!
Traits of a strong section leader include:
-Strong music-reading ability
-Strong leadership skills
-Positive attitude
-Ability to motivate peers
All students are encouraged to apply. Your 1-2 paragraphs are due to Ms. Koplinka-Loehr at the beginning of class on Tuesday, October 30th. Good luck!
New York Times mini-documentary (5 minutes) on the new staging of Satyagraha:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCGmbzRz9Ws
39 minute explanation of Satyagraha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GzcJd_UhYk
Olympic Games music as an example of Phillip Glass's compositional style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCvhAAJwdtY
Act I, Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera in Russia, beginning of the opera:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfqQK-ZVMG4
Act 1 "Tolstoy", Scene 1, “The Kuru Field of Justice,” as performed by Staatsoper Stuttgart:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMtDI539bvI
Act I, Scene 2 and Scene 3 "The Vow." Staatsoper Stuttgart performance of “The Vow”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsU7wczwbNI
Act II, wherein Gandhi gets rescued by the mayor’s wife with the umbrella: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxGCwSD4Gj8
To see the umbrella rescue, start at 16:11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zLEcVokkNQ
Act III, Gandhi’s relationship to Martin Luther King, and Evening Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKFFP2wySb8
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