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Eighth Grade Chorus @ NHJHS


This page will be your resource for knowing when our concerts are scheduled, what songs we are singing for each concert, extra practice song files that you can download to your computer, burn to a CD, or upload to your iPod/MP3 player for extra practice, and more.  Click on the links below to find out more about what is going on this year in the 8th Grade Chorus!

 

Thanks,

Mr. Cloonan

 

FOR CONCERT CHOIR & BOYS/GIRLS ENSEMBLE INFO:
Click the link on the QUICK LINKS menu sidebar to the left.

 

Announcements

 

  The Chorus Handbook, 2009-10 (pdf)


2006 Holiday Concert Photos:
Here are a few photos of the December 20th concert that were sent to Miss Kohne by a parent of a drumming ensemble member.

 

                 

 

Winter Holiday Concert
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
7:00PM, Jr. High Auditorium

Combined Choral Concert
Thursday, March 4, 2010
7:00PM, Jr. High Auditorium

Spring Concert
Thursday, June 3, 2010
7:00PM, Jr. High Auditorium

 


Click on the links below to hear samples of some songs we are singing in chorus this year.  Listed next to each selection is the style it represents, as well as some of the learning objectives that will be met/discussed in class.

 

  Gaudeamus Hodie - contemporary American composition, calypso style, 4-hand piano with percussion, processional, Latin text

  Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - African-American spiritual, minor tonality, solo opportunity

  Polly Wolly Doodle (midi file) - American Folk Song, body percussion, additional instrumental parts

  I'm Yours - contemporary pop selection, solo/small group feature, guitar accompaniment

  100 Years - contemporary pop selection, unison melody using male falsetto, close harmonies on refrain

  We Will - collaborative workshop composition, featuring English and Swahili text, vocal percussion, shaker

  I Will Rejoice - based on a canon by Telemann, Baroque style

  Liza (Water Come a Me Eye) - Jamaican Folk Song, a cappella with percussion

 

Last Updated: 06/08/2010

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