7th/8th Grade Mixed Ensembles meet once a week (Wednesday mornings) during the advisory period. These periods focus strictly on learning repertoire for performance, and sharpening students’ ensemble skills.
Students in these ensembles will perform twice a year in the music department concerts, but may also have additional performance opportunities (Assemblies, Memorial Day Program) as we are able to schedule them. The goal is to give students a unique classroom experience that prepares them for the high school music experience.
Students in chorus also take Voice Instruction.
Students in these classes will focus on improving vocal technique, and applying it to varied repertoire for performance. The class also places emphasis on music literacy through solfege and ear training, giving students the skills to take written music and turn it into sound without using recordings or overreliance on accompanying instruments.
