MUSC 1108 - Concert Choir

1. Perform selected choral music accurately and expressively.
2. Have developed an improved vocabulary of musical terminology and symbols for music reading and expressive interpretation.
3. Have developed improved vocal technique for choral performance.
4. Be able to critically evaluate their own and others’ choral performances through oral and written discussion and student rehearsal and performance critiques.
5. Have an awareness and appreciation for diverse styles of choral music through having studied the background of and performed varied selections of choral works each semester.
6. Understand varied choral pieces as expressions of their cultural and historical origins by having studied the context of the texts, music, and composers through instructor presentation and oral or written student discussion and musical background research assignments.
7. Have a heightened appreciation, sensitivity, and respect for individual human diversity within a group collaborative setting.
8. Have an understanding of the need for group interdependence and the individual and cooperative effort necessary to achieve a common goal of artistic performance excellence.

1. Group rehearsal study of diverse selected choral literature
2. Concert performance of a variety of choral works
3. Study of the historical background and social context of varied choral works, including the meaning of the choral texts as a reflection of their social environment and the musical style as the composer’s representative expression of the historical period of musical development.
4. Study of pitches, rhythms, texts, and musical symbols and vocabulary of musical expression for each composition.
5. Development of vocal technique for optimum performance of each work
6. Ongoing student and instructor critiquing and discussion of students’ rehearsal progress and performance and critiques of demonstration recordings and live performances of other choral groups
7. Emphasis of concepts of interdependence, cooperation, commitment, dependability, excellence, and stage deportment