Jacquelyn DiMarco Title: Lesson 4 Ensemble: Chorale Small Group Lessons Time: 40min Materials: choral octavos, piano,

Youtube On My Own

10/5/12 (Week Four)

Musical Objective: The students will sing the correct pitches and use tall vowels when singing the choral music. Students will also learn about what the two songs mean and their function in culture and history. Behavioral-Students will be able to sing through the sections rehearsed of the choral music with 95% accuracy Cognitive-Students will understand how vowels color our singing and how their parts in the piece function in the context of the music as well as in culture and history. Experimental-Students will sing Okuyama Ni and On My Own and speak the text Critical-Students will gain perspective on culture and history by singing Okuyama Ni (Japanese song) On My Own Essential Question: To what extent can vowels change the quality of our singing?

Sequence:
A. Warm-Up a. Stretching1.Arms, Reach for the sky 2. Bend and touch floor 3. Massage Jaw 4. Big Face/Little Face, Stick Tongue Out b. Breathing1. Inhale/Exhale on ch c. Vocalization1. Lip Trills (do-sol-do-do) 2. Vi-Ve-Va-Vo-Vu 54321 3. La-Based Minor Scales, start in D Minor, get to F Sharp Minor, repeat after me, la-do-mi-mi 4. Solfege on board, measures 39-42, sing sop all together, then alto all together, then slowly in 2 parts, then in rhythm B. Okuyama Ni 1. Find what is on the board in score

2. Speak Japanese text slowly (Emphasize tall vowels) Refer to Vowel Colors 3. Sing measures 5-13 4. measures 15-23, learn sop; altos read through English text to themselves 5. put together measures 15-23, then 5-23 6. talk about meaning of piece C. On My Own 1. Play Eponine Clip (Youtube) 2. talk about meaning of the piece, French Revolution and analysis of musical Les Miserables 3. talk about vowels and tone (no belting). Refer to Vowel Colors 4. measures 11 (pickup)- 16 5. measures 27 (pickup)- 32 6. sing cover to cover Homework: Listen to all songs on practice CD Assessment: The teacher will listen for correct notes and tall vowels when students sing through the choral pieces as well as observe class participation. ************************************************************************ NJ Standards & Interdisciplinary Connections: NJCCS: 1.3.8.B.1 Perform vocal compositions using complex standard and non-standard Western, and avant-garde notation. 1.3.8.B.2 Perform independently and groups with expressive qualities aligned with stylistic characteristics of the genre CPI: Students sing accurately and with good breath control throughout their singing ranges, alone and in small and large ensembles 9.4.12.C.(4)7 Demonstrates a varied repertoire of music through vocal performance to show competence with fundamental elements used in the pathway National Standards: Standards 1, 5, and 6