Grade 11 - Choral Music

Choral Music 11 (includes Concert Choir 11, Chamber Choir 11, Vocal Jazz 11)

Curricular Competency

Content

Big Ideas

Explore and create

Reason and reflect

Communicate and document

Connect and expand

Music reflects aspects of time, place, and community.

The nuances of musical expression are understood through deeper study and performance.

A musician's interpretation of existing work is an opportunity to represent identity and culture.

Enduring understanding of music is gained through perseverance, resilience, and risk taking.

Choral music offers aesthetic experiences that can transform our perspective.

Perform in large ensemble, small ensemble, and solo contexts

Explore a composer's musical and expressive intentions

Express meaning, intent, and emotion through music

Improvise and take creative risks in choral music

Study and perform a variety of musical styles and genres

Explore a variety of contexts and their influences on musical works, including place and time

Develop and refine technical and expressive skills

Analyze and interpret musician's use of technique, technology, and environment in musical composition and performance, using musical language

Reflect on personal rehearsal and performance experiences and musical growth

Analyze and reflect on the design of musical selections

Consider the function of their voice within the ensemble

Analyze styles of music to inform musical decisions

Document and share musical works and experiences in a variety of contexts

Use musical vocabulary to communicate about choral music

Receive and apply constructive feedback

Anticipate individual responses to a piece of music

Express personal voice, story, cultural identity, and perspective in a variety of settings

Demonstrate awareness of self, others, and audience

Demonstrate personal and social responsibility associated with creating, performing, and responding to choral music

Develop a diverse repertoire of choral music that includes multiple perspectives and contexts

Demonstrate understanding of creative processes

Explore the relationships between the arts, culture, family, and society

Explore personal, educational, and professional opportunities in music and music-related industries

Identify and practise self-care to prevent performance-related injury

musical elements, principles, vocabulary, symbols, and theory

singing techniques specific to individual voices

technical skills, strategies, and technologies

creative processes

movement, sound, image, and form

roles of performer, audience, and venue

traditional and contemporary First Peoples worldviews and cross-cultural perspectives, as communicated through music

contributions of innovative artists from a variety of genres, contexts, periods, and cultures

history of a variety of musical genres

influences of historical and contemporary societies on musical works

ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism

health and safety issues and procedures