Welcome to 6th Grade Choir! We have a great group this year. We have gotten off to a wonderful start!

 

Requirements for Choir:

There are no tryouts for choir. Everyone is welcome to choose choir no matter what their ability level is. However, your child MUST be willing to try to sing and follow directions given by the teacher. Your child will be graded on participation (singing every time, correct posture, following directions, etc.), music literacy skills (taught in class) and performance at concerts. Choir, like any performing ensemble, requires discipline and focus. Choir should not conflict with athletics, however, should there be a conflict with sports or some extra curricular activity,  your child will be required to miss non-school related sports practice to attend the two required concerts per year.  There are only two evening concerts a year that are required (for a grade), one in December and one in May. Everything else is during school hours. Please talk to me if you have concerns with this. You will be given these dates months in advance to ensure that you can plan for these dates accordingly. Band also requires students to attend two night concerts a year for a grade. Choir is a performance based class and performance attendance is graded. We will have a few field trips (day trips) where we perform at a venue other than the school. More info about grading procedures, discipline, an auditioned extracurricular show choir, field trips and uniform will be given out the first week of school.

Supplies/Uniform Needed:

Students were required to bring a 1/2" (half inch) 3 ring hard cover WHITE binder for choir within the first week of school. This is the smallest binder width available. This binder will stay in the choir room and cannot be shared with another class. The choir uniform consists of a choir t-shirt ($15) and is not included in any fees paid at registration. I do not need this money now, but I wanted to go ahead and make you aware that I will be asking for it in mid to late August. I will send more information on the type of pants to wear soon. The only other expenses for choir are minimal and are needed for some of our field trips. (There is a $20 elective fee paid at registration for any elective. This $20 covers sheet music that is purchased, paying our accompanist, festival registration fees and other classroom supplies. This does not cover the t-shirt or field trip expenses.)

I will be emailing you frequently throughout the year. In fact, email will be my primary method of communication with you. I want to go ahead and get some dates to you so that you can begin to have an idea of what our choir calendar will look like for this school year. A full calendar will be distributed at the Choir Parent Meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, August 28^th: (PTO meeting/Open House at BGIS 6-7) Choir Parent Meeting 5:30 in the choir room

September 28th and 29th: I will hold auditions for show choir for any students interested in Show Choir. After this, BGIS Show Choir will practice after school on Tuesdays.  

Monday, October 30th: BGIS Choir Field Trip: Alabama National Fair Choral Festival in Montgomery via charter bus. Depart at 8 am, return to school at 4:30 p.m. https://alnationalfair.org/choral-festival/

Tuesday, December 11th: Fall/Winter Concert, BGIS Competition Gym, 6:30