Lesson Plan
Grade/Age: High School Chorus Rehearsal
Time: 40 Minutes
Musical Elements: Rhythm (meter changes, syncopation, tempo
changes, “cut time,”
and Ritardando)
Melody (phrasing, unison, releases,
articulation)
Harmony (keys of G, Ab, D, and C majors)
Dynamics (crescendo and decrescendo)
Objectives:
Music Concepts –
Students
will demonstrate an understanding of the musical elements contained in the
choral pieces as listed above.
Behavioral Concepts –
Students
will demonstrate the above concepts by singing 1) That Holy Night So Long
Ago, 2) O Come and Sing, and 3) Count Your Blessings Instead of
Sheep.
Outline of Activities:
1. Ensemble will sing O Come
and Sing.
a. Run through piece
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“What needs worked on?”
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“What was and was not remembered from yesterday’s rehearsal?”
b. Work on memorization of text
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in sections (once through with music and then without)
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beginning to m. 16
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mm. 17-25
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mm. 25-35
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mm. 35-43
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mm. 43-end
c. mm. 25-35
- meter changes
d. mm. 45-end
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m. 47 (two different parts in Soprano/Tenor and Alto/Bass)
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m. 51-end (full chords and crescendo)
2. Ensemble will sing That
Holy Night So Long Ago.
a. Run through piece
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“What needs worked on?”
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Evaluation of yesterday’s rehearsal
b. mm. 16-18
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unison rhythms (crescendo/decrescendo)
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in on the “and” of beat one
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bring out eighth notes in m. 17 (Alto/Tenor)
c. m. 23
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instantly forte
d. m. 27
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decrescendo
e. m. 40-m. 41
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key change
3. Ensemble will sing Count
Your Blessing Instead of Sheep
a. Memorization of text (worked on in sections)
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mm. 7-15
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mm. 15-23
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mm. 23-31
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mm. 31-39
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mm. 39-end
b. mm. 45-end
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tune chords
Materials
Piano
and sheet music for That Holy Night So Long Ago, O Come and Sing,
and Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep
Adaptations for Special Needs (if necessary)
