Hey folks, let's do a cabaret of our own music. Ok, well, YOUR own music. We are going to put on a presentation of individual videos that YOU make, and send to me, and I'll present them in a giant Zoom meeting that you and your families nd friends will be invited to. This is optional--you don't HAVE to do it. And, it's going to be an audition-type thing. Our first step is for you to pick a song and audition. So:

1) Pick a song you'd like to perform. It can be any song. Not one of our choir songs, one that you like, one that you listen to, and would like to share. It can't have any inappropriate stuff in it. You know what that means! Language, content...just keep it clean.

2) Find a karaoke track. We're going to be doing this with music backgrounds, so you'll need the music, and it cannot just be the song. That is, we're not just singing along with Billie Eilish, for example. The singing will be YOU. You kind find karaoke tracks all sorts of places, but ultimately you're going to need an mp3 file that you sing along with and put on a video, so I'd think about buying one on iTunes or something. Most tracks are about .99 cents, so they're not that much.

3) Record yourself doing SOME of the song, and submit it to me for an audition. We will talk about this during class this week...this is not the finished product, it's just a way for me to see who knows their songs so I can pick. We'll do this a few times this year, I'm sure, so if you don't get picked for this first one, don't worry! You'll get a chance! We want to get these by this Friday afternoon...

Start thinking about your tunes--which one do you want to do? I'll give more instructions during class this week...this should be fun!

Please complete all the drills in Chapter 5 of Breezin!

Go to Smart Music and tackle assignment 1; the measures should be specified...The recording is below, click on the 2-part Score paper icon.

Hi everyone!

Ok, so we want to make and upload a video of your part for "Don't Stop..." Remember a few things:

Video is landscape, not portrait
Try to eliminate background noise (appliances, outdoor sounds, household noise)
Have good lighting and a plain background...
Try and look into the camera, not away at things and your music
Sing out, and sing beautifully (which you all will because you are terrific!)


Also, Chapter 4 of Breezin"...

Enter notes from the PDF I display into your quiz. Don;t forget to put in NAMES!!!

Please invent your own mnemonic (something we say to ourselves to remember something) for:
1) Spaces on Treble Clef
2) Lines on the Treble Clef
3) Spaces on the Bass Clef
4) Lines on the Bass Clef.


For example, the mnemonic we talked about for the spaces on the treble clef is F-A-C-E...the spaces on the treble clef spell out FACE...Invent your own for spaces and lines of the treble clef, and the spaces and line of the bass clef. DUE FRIDAY!

Please go through the lessons AND the drills for Chapter 2. There are ten drills, one point each. Due Friday.

This is for "I am Only One." Upload a video of yourself singing your part from measure 19 (p.4) to measure 31 (p.5). I have attached a tiny vid helping to explain what I need, though I think you know what to do...I a, singing the alto part. You will each upload yourself singing whichever part YOU sing.

Make sure you put your name on the form and submit!

Please complete ALL the drills in Chapter 1, on Breezin'...all things relating to notes on the staff--Treble AND Bass Clefs! This will be due by Tuesday.

Please learn, for Monday...the first page of "I am Only One," all singers...

Upload video of first page...