Choir · Week 5 · Finding Our Voices
Listening for Blend
Sections listen for blend and balance and adjust their volume so no single voice sticks out.
- Students will
- Students show how listening informs performance by adjusting volume and vowel shape within a quartet until no single voice sticks out.
- SEL skill
- Listen closely to others and adjust your own sound or action to fit the group
- What it looks like
- Students practice attunement by listening to others closely and adjusting their own sound for the good of the group.
- Content focus
- Blend and balance in sections
- Format
- Group roles share
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding other people's perspectives and showing care for the people around you. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- MU:Pr5.1.E.HSI: Music, Ensembles, Performing, Presenting, or Producing, Anchor Standard 5 (Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Performing, Presenting, or Producing
- Level: High School Proficient
More social awareness activities for Choir
- Tuning to Each Other Social awarenessStudents sing chords and adjust pitch by listening to their neighbors, connecting musical tuning to tuning in to people.
- Songs of Remembrance Social awarenessStudents explore songs that cultures use to remember loved ones and share respectful reflections on a remembrance tradition.
- Music for Día de los Muertos Social awarenessStudents learn the context of a traditional Mexican song connected to Día de los Muertos and perform it with understanding and respect.
- Stepping Up and Stepping Back Social awarenessStudents reflect on when to lead their section and when to support it, then practice both roles in rehearsal.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.