Andrew Roberts Mr.

Paul Seymour Student Teaching 19 February 2014 High School Choir Lesson: 2/20 National Standards addressed Standard 1: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music Standard 5: Reading and notating music Standard 6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music Standard 7: Evaluating music and music performances Standard 9: Understanding music in relation to history and culture PA Standards addressed Standard 9.1: Production, performance, and exhibition of dance, music, theater, and visual arts Standard 9.2: Historical and cultural contexts Standard 9.3: Critical response Standard 9.4: Aesthetic response Teacher Objectives: Help students develop solfege skills through use in warm ups and repertoire Help students successfully sing from beginning to end of Kujichagulia Give students big picture idea of what the piece is about Continue to develop a rapport with the students in coming rehearsals with this choir Student Objectives: Produce a healthy and natural sound throughout the rehearsal Continue to develop proficiency in solfege Successfully sing from beginning to end of Kujichagulia Stay on task throughout the rehearsal Repertoire/Materials: Solfege Warm ups o Vocalizing o Hand signs and intervals from Dillworth Choir Builders o Divided hand signal activity Recording of Kujichagulia by Glenn E. Burleigh as sung by Essence of Joy Amplification system (found in the classroom) Kujichagulia from The Nguzo Saba Suite, Op. 41 by Glenn E. Burleigh

Rehearsal Plan: Est. Time Warm Up about 10:00 Descending patterns on [u] in falsetto o SFMRD on [u] for men on [a] for women o Switch to solfege Scale exercise from Dillworth book Divide the room and do listening exercise with solfege (2 groups; 2 hand signals at one time; each group follows a hand) Active Listening Activity about 5:00 Listen to Essence of Joy perform Kujichagulia by Glenn E. Burleigh o Listening for Articulation Rhythmic integrity (groove) o Open discussion about what musical elements were most important and what students heard Kujichagulia Remaining time Make sure students are in spots for split Review beginning to m. 35 (keep going if students are doing well) M. 56 o Part by part; B, T, A, S Pg. 21 m. 26 o On solfege o On solfege without music o Add bass 1 part from m. 61/62 o Sing that together and explain that we will sing that at the end of the piece instead of what is written Sing from m. 56 to m. 64 Last measure slowly o B, T, A, S o All parts together Sing from m. 56 to end Add m. 48-56 with women on top tenor part Sing entire piece