Designed to provide opportunities for students to prepare for and participate in choral music presentations. Major components include fundamentals of vocal technique and artistic interpretation of choral music. Three laboratory hours per week. The course may be repeated each semester. To present at least one public choral performance per semester having led the students in the chorus through the process of effective preparation for such performances.
Emphasis is on appropriate choral discipline and high quality vocal technique and musicianship.
Concert folders will be provided for performances. The final grade depends on attendance and participation in all rehearsals and performances during the semester. Attendance at all rehearsals and performances of the University Chorale is expected. Members of the Chorale will receive one letter grade reduction for every two rehearsals missed without permission of the instructor. Chorale members on scholarship will lose their scholarship after missing three rehearsals without the permission of the director.