Warwick School District

Curriculum❯History and Study of Vocal Music I&II (sem) (2020-

History and Study of Vocal Music I&II (sem) (2020-

Grade Levels: 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |

Course Description

Students taking History & Study of Vocal Music I will gain understanding of the voice as the vocal apparatus through the study of posture, breathing and breath support, vowel shapes, diphthongs, basic music theory and sight reading. Students will study and relate techniques and terminology of historical and cultural context to vocal music works.

Students tacking History & Study of Vocal Music II will expand their experience of solo and small ensemble recital performance, further develop vocal musicianship, increase their repertoire of songs for performance.

Core Curriculum Content Standards

Arts and Humanities (2002)

  • Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts

    • GRADE 8

      • Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities. Elements -Dance: • energy/force • space • time -Music: • duration • intensity • pitch • timbre -Theatre: • scenario • script/text • set design -Visual Arts: • color • form/shape • line • space • texture • value Principles -Dance: • choreography • form • genre • improvisation • style • technique -Music: • composition • form • genre • harmony • rhythm • texture -Theatre: • balance • collaboration • discipline • emphasis • focus • intention • movement • rhythm • style • voice -Visual Arts: • balance • contrast • emphasis/focal point • movement/rhythm • proportion/scale • repetition • unity/harmony(9.1.8.A)
      • Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts. -Dance: • move • perform • read and notate dance • create and choreograph • improvise -Music: • sing • play an instrument • read and notate music • compose and arrange •improvise -Theatre: • stage productions • read and write scripts • improvise • interpret a role • design sets • direct -Visual Arts: • paint • draw • craft • sculpt • print • design for environment, communication, multi-media(9.1.8.B)
      • Identify and use comprehensive vocabulary within each of the arts forms.(9.1.8.C)

    • GRADE 12

      • Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts. -Dance: • move • perform • read and notate dance • create and choreograph • improvise -Music: • sing • play an instrument • read and notate music • compose and arrange •improvise -Theatre: • stage productions • read and write scripts • improvise • interpret a role • design sets • direct -Visual Arts: • paint • draw • craft • sculpt • print • design for environment, communication, multi-media(9.1.12.B)
      • Integrate and apply advanced vocabulary to the arts forms.(9.1.12.C)
      • Analyze works of arts influenced by experiences or historical and cultural events through production, performance or exhibition.(9.1.12.F)

  • Historical and Cultural Contexts

    • GRADE 12

      • Explain the historical, cultural and social context of an individual work in the arts.(9.2.12.A)
      • Relate works in the arts chronologically to historical events (e.g., 10,000 B.C. to present).(9.2.12.B)
      • Relate works in the arts to varying styles and genre and to the periods in which they were created (e.g., Bronze Age, Ming Dynasty, Renaissance, Classical, Modern, Post-Modern, Contemporary, Futuristic, others).(9.2.12.C)
      • Know and apply appropriate vocabulary used between social studies and the arts and humanities.(9.2.12.F)

  • Critical Response

    • GRADE 8

      • Identify and classify styles, forms, types and genre within art forms (e.g., modern dance and the ethnic dance, a ballad and a patriotic song).(9.3.8.C)

    • GRADE 12

      • Explain and apply the critical examination processes of works in the arts and humanities. -Compare and contrast -Analyze -Interpret -Form and test hypotheses -Evaluate/form judgments(9.3.12.A)
      • Analyze and interpret works in the arts and humanities from different societies using culturally specific vocabulary of critical response.(9.3.12.D)
      • Analyze works in the arts by referencing the judgments advanced by arts critics as well as one’s own analysis and critique.(9.3.12.G)

  • Aesthetic Response

    • GRADE 12

      • Compare and contrast the attributes of various audiences’ environments as they influence individual aesthetic response (e.g., viewing traditional Irish dance at county fair versus the performance of River Dance in a concert hall).(9.4.12.C)

Standards for Music (2013-14)

  • Grades 5-8

    • Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music(MUSIC.5-8.1)
    • Reading and notating music(MUSIC.5-8.5)

  • Grades 9-12

    • Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music(MUSIC.9-12.1)
    • Reading and notating music(MUSIC.9-12.5)
    • Listening to, analyzing, and describing music(MUSIC.9-12.6)
    • Evaluating music and music performances(MUSIC.9-12.7)
    • Understanding music in relation to history and culture(MUSIC.9-12.9)

Units

Unit #1 - Eras of Music

Unit #2 - Proper Posture and Breathing

Unit #3 - Vowel Shapes and consonant diction

Unit #4 - Note Reading - Basic Music Theory

Unit #5 - Sight Reading

Unit #6 - Vocal Recital Performances, preparation

Course Resources

Teacher selected excerpts of Essential Musicianship, A Comprehensive Choral Method, Book I

Teacher and student selected chants, art songs, opera arias and musical theater songs from various sources.