Choir

Beginning Choir is for fifth graders and meets two times each week for 40 minutes. In this class, students are taught the fundamentals of singing techniques, including breathing, tone quality, blending, and singing in two and sometimes three-part harmony. Beginning Choir typically performs at several chapels per year, as well as the Fifth Grade Concert and Spring Choir Concert.

In sixth grade, Intermediate Choir is one of the Fine Arts elective options. This class meets three times a week for 50 minutes and digs into more difficult and diverse choral literature. Students spend more time learning to read the notation and symbols on a choral score, and the focus continues to be on blend, unified vocal production, and singing in harmony. This choir also performs at special chapels throughout the year as well as the Fall and Spring Concerts.

Advanced Choir is for seventh and eighth-grade singers who have either participated in choir previously or have permission by the instructor to join. This class also meets three times a week. Students learn to be stronger sight-readers, to sing more challenging choral music in a variety of styles, and can often be heard singing in four-part harmony. Advanced Choir performs at special chapels, Fall and Spring Concerts, and sometimes goes off-campus for Choir Festivals or choral exchanges with other schools.

Una Voce (“One Voice”) is a select group of 7th and 8th-grade females who are also in Advanced Choir. This group meets before school twice a week and participants are chosen through an audition process. These ladies sing diverse, challenging music, and perform at a variety of events throughout the school year.

Uno Mustacho is a select group of 6th – 8th-grade males who meet twice a week before school. These young men audition at the beginning of the school year and have a great time singing and performing together. It is pure joy to listen and watch this brotherhood of young men sing.