Students electing to perform a NYSSMA vocal solo receive individual instruction in order to prepare for the NYSSMA festival. Working together, the students develop the personal discipline necessary to practice effectively and perform sensitively in an ensemble setting, and thus become more sensitive to the inherent aesthetic qualities of music.Ĭhoral students interested in performing a NYSSMA vocal solo are encouraged to do so. Flute-Summer Song Oboe and Bass Clarinet- Rigaudon (This is a violin playing, but youll get. Sight-reading is systematically developed using solfege and listening skills are emphasized. Some of these are not the best recordings, made on my cellphone. The choral rehearsal techniques focus on tone quality, intonation, breath support, diction (vowels and consonants), pitch and rhythmic accuracy, interpretation, including dynamics, phrasing, tempo, style, expression, and form. Vaughan Williams, R Songs of Travel: -Bright is the Ring of Words. The Island Trees Music Department is proud to announce that senior Matthew Giammanco was chosen as a snare drum alternate for the New York School Music Association(NYSSMA) All-State Conference for 2021. The repertoire selected represents a diverse and balanced program (multicultural, classic, folk songs, spirituals, contemporary, novelty, pop, and music theatre). The eighth-grade chorus curriculum focuses on the singing of 3 and 4 part (SA(T)B) choral music through active participation in the chorus rehearsal. 27 Syosset High School Students Selected For NYSSMA All-State - Syosset, NY - The students will be performing with other highly skilled performers at a special concert in Rochester this December.

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