How do I earn honors credit?
Honors Credit in Choir is based off of how much work you do academically:
An Honors Credit can be given to any student in any choir who meets the requirements (below).
You DO NOT have to be in the top choirs to be considered “Honors”.
If you do not get in it DOES NOT affect your honors credit, you will still receive credit for auditioning.
If you complete all of your requirements, you will receive an Honors Credit in Choir for that school year.
Honors Credit in Choir is based off of how much work you do academically:
An Honors Credit can be given to any student in any choir who meets the requirements (below).
You DO NOT have to be in the top choirs to be considered “Honors”.
If you do not get in it DOES NOT affect your honors credit, you will still receive credit for auditioning.
If you complete all of your requirements, you will receive an Honors Credit in Choir for that school year.
Requirements to Recieve Honors Credit
Quarter 1:
Select one song that your choir is singing for the concert and write a 2-page, double spaced paper using a 12-point font (at least 500 words). Research topics can include but aren’t limited to the following:
Quarter 2:
Attend a high school, college, or professional choir performance and write a review. Write about what you saw, heard, liked, or disliked. See Mrs. Flores for a worksheet (rough draft) to help you write all of the information. Then it needs to be typed in essay format. Attach ticket/program to the rough draft. Turn in with a typed essay.
Quarter 3:
Audition for regionals. The registration deadline is November 16, 2023. The auditions take place on January 26 or 27, 2024. The required fee to audition is $25.
To audition for the regional choir, students must prepare and memorize a song found here on the Arizona Choral Educators website. There is also a sight-singing component to the audition. Hiring a private voice teacher is encouraged but not required. Students do not need to be selected for the regional choir in order to receive honors credit.
Quarter 4:
Complete a project of your choice. Projects must be approved by Mrs. Flores no later than March 10. Below is a brief list of possible projects. Be creative! Think about something that you love about music and dive into it! Projects could include something from the following list. Feel free to adapt a project to make it your own.
Select one song that your choir is singing for the concert and write a 2-page, double spaced paper using a 12-point font (at least 500 words). Research topics can include but aren’t limited to the following:
- Facts about the composer
- First performance of the piece
- Country of origin
- Recordings of the song
- Is the song from a larger work?
Quarter 2:
Attend a high school, college, or professional choir performance and write a review. Write about what you saw, heard, liked, or disliked. See Mrs. Flores for a worksheet (rough draft) to help you write all of the information. Then it needs to be typed in essay format. Attach ticket/program to the rough draft. Turn in with a typed essay.
Quarter 3:
Audition for regionals. The registration deadline is November 16, 2023. The auditions take place on January 26 or 27, 2024. The required fee to audition is $25.
To audition for the regional choir, students must prepare and memorize a song found here on the Arizona Choral Educators website. There is also a sight-singing component to the audition. Hiring a private voice teacher is encouraged but not required. Students do not need to be selected for the regional choir in order to receive honors credit.
Quarter 4:
Complete a project of your choice. Projects must be approved by Mrs. Flores no later than March 10. Below is a brief list of possible projects. Be creative! Think about something that you love about music and dive into it! Projects could include something from the following list. Feel free to adapt a project to make it your own.
- Compose and perform an original work song for voice or instrument. if you use someone else’s lyrics, be sure to cite the author’s name. Submit a video of you performing the song as well as sheet music with the words and the notation for at least the melody line.
- Write a 4-page research paper on a topic that you choose. A rubric will be provided if you choose this option.
- Create tutorial videos for first year choir kids. For example, “how to find your starting pitch in sight-singing” or “here’s what it means to have good posture in choir”, or something else that you choose
If you finish all your requirements for the year you will receive an honors credit on your transcript.
