Outcomes:
Demonstrate basic fundamentals of vocal technique.
Demonstrate skills (e.g., intonation, pitch breathing, alignment) and practices necessary for ensemble singing.
Demonstrate ability to interpret music using various visual (e.g., standard and/or non-standard notation, written musical scores, graphic score) and aural music systems.
Experiment with processes for improvising, arranging and composing.
Identify and experiment with stylistic practices of various vocal and choral music traditions.
Outcomes:
Investigate the role of choral music in the context of various cultures, places and eras.
Examine the role of choral music and Indigenous vocal music in maintaining traditions, reflecting cultural identities and conveying oral histories.
Examine the impact and role of choral music in own life.
Identify and describe legal and ethical considerations concerning music copyright and performance rights.
Outcomes:
Describe own process for improvement as individual singers and as an ensemble.
Describe, through critical listening, various genres and styles of choral music.
Outcomes:
Consistently demonstrate fundamentals of vocal technique.
Consistently demonstrate skills (e.g., intonation, pitch breathing, alignment) and practices necessary for ensemble singing.
Demonstrate ability to interpret, with increased accuracy, music using various visual (e.g., standard and/or non-standard notation, written musical scores, graphic score) and aural music systems.
Investigate processes for improvising, arranging and composing.
Demonstrate stylistic practices within various forms of vocal and choral music traditions.
Outcomes:
Investigate factors (e.g., place, time, societal events) that influenced the composer of the repertoire being studied.
Examine traditional vocal music of Indigenous peoples from Saskatchewan and around the world.
Identify pathways and benefits for continuing engagement in choral music.
Investigate legal and ethical issues, such as copyright and performance rights, related to choral music and performance.
Outcomes:
Identify or set goals for improvement as individual singers and as an ensemble.
Respond to a variety of live or recorded choral ensembles.
Outcomes:
Refine fundamentals and demonstrate advanced vocal technique.
Apply decision-making abilities, skills and practices for improving ensemble singing.
Demonstrate ability to interpret, with increased accuracy and expression, music using various visual (e.g., standard and/or non-standard notation, written musical scores, graphic score) and aural music systems.
Improvise, arrange and compose with purpose for meaning.
Refine stylistic practices within various forms of vocal and choral music traditions.
Outcomes:
Investigate how the choral music being studied has changed over time (e.g., role of choir, changing styles or genres).
Examine contemporary Indigenous vocal music and composers.
Create a plan for continuing engagement in choral music.
Analyse and discuss societal standards (e.g., legal, ethical, community norms and values) and cultural sensitivities related to choral music.
Outcomes:
Assess and refine own process for improvement as individual singers and as an ensemble.
Critique a variety of live or recorded choral ensemble performances.