Singing Panthers Choir Per. 3 (Culver City Middle School)

Due: 04/24/2018

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:59:21 PDT

Please complete both your Rehearsal Rubric self-evaluation, as well as your Weekly Self-Evaluation, by Tuesday, 4/24. (Both are attached here.) Please be thoughtful and intentional when creating your one-month goals for yourself and the choir for our May 21st concert. Remember to use complete sentences!

Due: 02/28/2018

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:47:43 PST

Your seventh pass-off will consist of singing all of the solfege intervals, in order, up and down the scale. Have fun practicing with the resources below!

Feel free to use the following website to practice your intervals:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udonfhGZWC0 (She starts the intervals at 1:55).

You may practice as many times as you need to.

Feel free to use the following website for extra practice: http://www.earmaster.com/products/free-tools/interval-song-chart-generator.html

For your pass off, you will the major intervals, starting on the pitch “do” of your choice. You must say all of the syllables in order, and show each hand sign to get full credit. (See below for intervals and rubric evaluation). Be sure to sing up and down the scale for full credit. Voicestra also will sing two random intervals, out of order, for their pass-off.

If you are having difficulties, please plan to come by Room 1 during PAWs or after school to practice and complete this assignment.

Intervals to Sing: (See back for rubric and songs to remember the intervals! Be sure to sing down, then up, the the interval list).

Do, re, do

Do, mi, do

Do, fa, do

Do, so, do

Do, la, do

Do, ti, do

Do, do¹, do

Intervals to Sing in Order:

Interval:	A Song to Remember the Interval:	Interval is…
Do, re, do	“Do, a deer” from Sound of Music “Happy Birthday”	Major 2^nd
Do, mi, do	“Oh When the Saints”	Major 3^rd
Do, fa, do	“Here Comes the Bride” “Amazing Grace”	Perfect 4^th
Do, so, do	“Star Wars” theme “Twinkle, Twinkle”	Perfect 5th
Do, la, do	“My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean” “Dashing Through the Snow,” (Jingle Bells) “NBC” Chimes	Major 6^th
Do, ti, do	“Superman” theme song “Over the rainbow” (1^st and 3^rd notes)	Major 7^th
Do, do¹, do	“Somewhere over the rainbow” “Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow”	Octave (8^th)

Due: 02/15/2018

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:14:30 PST

Please complete your rehearsal rubric (attached below) based on your self-evaluation of your work and progress during class this past week and lat week during choir, by Thursday, 2/15. Thank you!

Due: 01/11/2018

Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:43:50 PST

Attached you will find information pertaining to our upcoming "Candide" field trip to the Los Angeles opera on Thursday, January 25th. Please turn in the field trip permission slip and your signed teacher permission slip by Thursday, January 11th. We are so thrilled for the chance to see Leonard Bernstein's opera!

Due: 12/22/2017

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 11:55:13 PST

Attached you will find your first semester pass-off list. Please remember that many of these pass-offs will continue into second semester. Each student should proceed at her or his own pace, mastering one pass-off before continuing to the next. On this website you will find many resources to help you practice rhythms and pitch note cards. Remember, you can always come into PAWs, and Ms. Koplinka-Loehr is available during lunch on Tuesday/Thursday, as well as after school on Tuesday/Thursday.

Feel free to use the following website to practice: http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195386042/flashcards/

Have fun practicing!

Due: 12/21/2017

Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:46:16 PST

Please color code your new sheet music that you received for the next semester using the following color-coding methodology for dynamics (see below, and attached). This should be coded for ALL pieces of music, starting with "True Colors." Please complete by Thursday!

f and ff = red

mf = brown

mp = green

p, pp and ppp = blue

crescendo < = red

decrescendo/diminuendo > = blue

Optional : ritardando (rit.) = blue

Optional: fermata (birds-eye symbol) = brown

Due: 12/04/2017

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:16:47 PST

If you would like to create program art for our upcoming CCMS Music Department winter concert, please see attached flier, and turn in your design by Monday, December 4th. Please remember, this is an optional, extra-credit homework assignment.

Due: 12/04/2017

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:15:07 PST

Please see attached flier with concert details for our upcoming concert on Wednesday, December 13th, and turn in the attached walking field trip permission slip form (passed out during class on 11/21) by Monday, 12/4. Have a wonderful break!

Due: 11/09/2017

Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:25:36 PDT

Below is the link to practice your note-reading flashcards, in the same key as "Shake the Papaya" and "Bidi Bom.":

http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/fdscontent/uscompanion/us/static/companion.websites/9780195386042/Flashcards/Tonal/FC_Tonal_Chapter_1a.pdf

If you would like to practice other flashcards, or listen to aural examples, you can look at the whole website here:

http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195386042/flashcards/

Please practice your cards by looking at the flashcards and playing the attached track in a separate window. You can also print out the flashcards. Feel free to pause the accompaniment track and sing the solfege back after listening to the track, or sing the solfege before hearing the track and check yourself to see if it is correct.

Due: 11/09/2017

Tue, 07 Nov 2017 13:10:28 PST

Attached you will find your weekly self-evaluation, to be completed by Thursday, 11/9. Please fill out your evaluation honestly and thinking back to your last three rehearsals (10/31, 11/2, and 11/7). Any areas in which you think you could improve could be your S.M.A.R.T. goal, which we will do in class on Thursday 11/9.