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Choral Music 1
In this music learning exercise, students listen to choral music from different countries around the world. Students also answer three questions about the music.
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Choral Music II
For this music worksheet, students look at a map of the world and find the places where the Santa Fe, New Mexico Desert Chorale has traveled. There is little information about music on this page.
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Classical Period Music - 1750-1810
In this classical music worksheet, students examine a graphic organizer that explains 7 characteristics of the music. They examine characteristics such as melody, timbre, texture, dynamics, and melody. There are no questions associated...
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Boombox Classroom: Choral Music I
In this music/social studies worksheet, students listen to a broadcast by the Boombox Classroom. Students then mark the countries that they heard about. Students then answer multiple choice questions about music. For extra credit,...
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Arranging Patriotic Songs for Chorus
Students examine the melody of a patriotic song by playing it on the piano and having them sing it back to the teacher and are assigned a specific patriotic song to arrange for voices. They create their own four-part choral arrangement...
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Oh Shenandoah
Young scholars sing Oh Shenandoah with correct notes, diction, a characteristic choral tone, appropriate style and have an understanding of the history of the lyrics. The version of Oh Shenandoah is for an SSA choir and was arranged by...
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The River Sleeps Beneath The Sky
High schoolers practice singing "The River Sleeps Beneath the Sky" by Mary Lynn Lightfoot and "Laudamus Te" by Antonio Vivaldi in an SSA choir setting in this Choral lesson for High Schoolers. Emphasis is placed on National Standards for...
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Fantasia On Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams
In this classical music instructional activity, students first listen to Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Students read a biography of the composer and answer 20 matching and multiple choice questions . Students write...
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Creating Sight-Singing Originals
Young scholars create sight-singing examples for presentation in the high school choir class. Day One is used for review/introduction of the material. Day Two is used for student work time and Day Three is for presentation and evaluation.
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My Love And I
Students practice singing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this High School music instructional activity for the SSA choir. Emphasis is placed on proper singing techniques. This is part of a unit of...
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West Virginia Def PB Wants You!
Students write, adapt, and compose a song related to the West Virginia State Museum. In this music lesson, students create a composition for a work of visual art. Students incorporate major and minor melodies.
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World's Largest Concert (WLC). Aaron Copland, selected composer
Young scholars explore the life and work of Aaron Copland. . They create a "brochure" about Mr. Copland, one of the composers highlighted in the World's Largest Concert (WLC), and explore and summarize information about the man.
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Characteristics of the Classical Period
In this music instructional activity, students identify the specific characteristics of the Classical Period in music. They define seven key terms related to the period and who the composers were of that time period.
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Family of Musicians
Learners view a video about street musicians/singers and then perform in a small ensemble, recognizing that there is no real star of an ensemble.