AmbassodorsClassification: Honors
Students taking Advanced Chorus (The Ambassadors) develop musicianship and specific performance skills through ensemble and solo singing. The Ambassadors is a mixed show choir comprised of highly proficient vocal music students, generally limited to juniors and seniors. Mastery of basic vocal technique must be evident. Activities create the development of a quality repertoire of the highest caliber in the diverse styles of choral literature appropriate in difficulty and range for the students. Areas of refinement include a cappella singing, sight-reading, and critical listening skills. Instruction is designed to enable students to connect, examine, imagine, define, try, extend, refine, and integrate music study into other subject areas. The Ambassadors provides instruction in creating, performing, conducting, listening to, and analyzing, in addition to focusing on the specific subject matter. Students develop the ability to understand and convey the composer's intent in order to connect the performer with the audience. Advanced training is offered in stage presence, movement, and poise. Students have the opportunity to experience live performances by professionals during and outside of the school day. A limited amount of time, outside the school day, may be scheduled for dress rehearsals and performances. A limited number of public performances may serve as a culmination of daily rehearsal and music goals. Students must participate in performance opportunities, outside of the school day, that support and extend learning in the classroom.
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