Lake Dallas Middle School Choir Varsity Girls Choir - Course Syllabus
Nancy Todd, Director

Course Description and Goals: The Varsity Girls Choir provides the means of maintaining a solid foundation in performance skills. As an auditioned group, these more advanced vocal students will showcase vocal skills through ensemble and solo performances. The students will be given opportunities within the district and the community to perform the selected pieces and showcase skills learned through the semester. This choir will compete in various UIL events during the school year. Through this course of study, the students will learn new pieces with ease, sing in tune, anticipate patterns in music, work as a close-knit ensemble, and become independent singers.

Class Rules
1. Be on time and ready to work
2. NO GUM!!!!
3. Keep a pencil in your folder at all times

Uniform Dress Code Formal - Black Dresses, Black dress shoes – flats preferable
Casual – Choir shirts and Blue jeans, any shoes EXCEPT flip-flops

Grading Policy
Attitude and participation in daily rehearsals, sectionals, extra rehearsals, and performances are very important. Excessive failures and absences may be cause for dismissal from the group.

Daily grading scale
Warm-up – 15 points
Sight Reading – 15 points
Behavior issues – 10 or more points
Rehearsal – 40 points
Talking – 10 points
Gum – 5 points
Folder care – 5 points