Our Boys and Girls Choirs are great for students who want to begin using their voice as an instrument and will sing appropriate and varied vocal repertoire.

Students will:

•Learn proper vocal technique including posture, breathing and vowel shape
•Develop rhythmic skills
•Explore musical nuance and expression
•Learn to sing in unison and harmony

Instructor: Ms. Carla Margolis

Come join the AA-SPA Clarinet Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Cecilia Kang!

This is a rare opportunity to make clarinet chamber music with your peers and learn valuable performance practice skills!!!

COURSE OBJECTIVE

• To guide clarinet students develop a solid foundation in the areas of tone, technique, rhythm, pitch, and articulation.
• To develop critical listening skills and awareness of balance and blend in ensemble setting.
• To explore a variety of musical styles in the context of great clarinet chamber music!
• To enhance the understanding of music through the study of music theory and ear training.

Meet the Masters!
A Music Appreciation Course for Junior High and High School Students

Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Copland, Bach…. This course offers an introduction to the great composers of Western classical music presented in a visually and aurally compelling manner.  Students will be given the opportunity to expand their understanding of the major works and figures in the classical repertoire.  Using film and video, audio examples, lectures, visual illustrations, score study, and interactive exercises, “Meet the Masters” will cover ten main canonic composers—composers whose works the students have or likely will encounter during their continued musical studies.  Though this course does focus on major figures in Western classical music, its structure will, by design, also introduce students to the six major eras of music; common musical genres, forms, and instrumentations; national styles; and relevant historical and social movements and events. Each class will consist of sixty minutes of lesson, segmented into shorter, discrete sections—the life and social context of the featured composer, an overview of two of their works, and an introduction to a contemporaneous composer with a brief overview of one of this second composer’s works.  This will be followed by twenty minutes of review, often in the form of a game show or other interactive activity, which will ask students to recall and synthesize information they have received to date.  

Instructor: Jessica L. Getman

Our Boys and Girls Choirs are great for students who want to begin using their voice as an instrument and will sing appropriate and varied vocal repertoire.

Students will:

•Learn proper vocal technique including posture, breathing and vowel shape
•Develop rhythmic skills
•Explore musical nuance and expression
•Learn to sing in unison and harmony

Instructor: Ms Carla Margolis