This week in Choir: Week 32

Good Afternoon Grissom Choir,

Congratulations to the cast of The Addams Family on an excellent production.  It was an honor to learn and perform alongside you each this year.  Thank you for making this show a memorable one! BRAVA!


This Week in Choir…

Women’s Choir:
SCPA Preparation & Accompanist Rehearsal
Continue learning The Storm is Passing Over
Continue memorization and musicality of all songs

Men’s Choir:
SCPA Preparation & Accompanist Rehearsal
Continue memorization and musicality of all songs
Continue learning The Storm is Passing Over

Concert Choir:
SCPA Preparation & Accompanist Rehearsal
Review Modimo
Finish learning I Am The River, & Dirait-On 
Continue learning The Storm is Passing Over

Chamber Choir:
SCPA Preparation & Accompanist Rehearsal
Continue memorization, musicality, & mixed phrasing of Montgomery Repertoire
Continue learning Dirait-On & Star Spangled Banner
Finish learning Alma Mater & The Lord Bless You & Keep You
ReviewThe Storm is Passing Over

Vocal Lab:
Weekly Rehearsal Assessments
SRF Assignment


State Choral Performance Assessment
State Choral Performance Assessment (SCPA) will be held at Grissom High School NEXT Monday & Tuesday, April 17th & 18th.  Each choir (along with other choirs in our district) will perform the 2 songs that we have been working on this semester in front of a panel of 3 adjudicators.  These adjudicators (typically collegiate choral directors) assess each choir in their execution and performance of these two songs, focusing on blend, balance, tone, rhythmic and note accuracy, musical phrasing, energy, etc.  Each choir will then go into a Sight-Reading room, where they will be adjudicated by 1 judge on how well they can learn a new piece of music in the span of 5 minutes.  Each of these 4 adjudicators will then rate our performance based on a rubric and scoring sheet: I: Superior, II: Excellent, III: Good, & IV: Fair.  Grissom Choir has had a history of being rated Superior & Excellent in their performances, of which I am excited to continue with our students.  All of our choir’s assessments will take place during their normal Grissom Choir class block.  All students will need to bring their complete concert uniform to school that day and may leave it in the women’s & men’s dressing rooms until their performance time.  As this is a performance, all students are expected to be at school and participate in this assessment.  Please see below for the schedule for theses days:

    Monday, April 17th
        A2 - Men’s Choir
        A3 - Chamber Choir
        A4 - Concert Choir


    Tuesday, April 18th
        B2 - Women’s Choir


Costa Rica Pre-Trip Meeting #1
Travelers, please be reminded of our first Costa Rica Pre-Trip Meeting, currently scheduled for this coming Thursday, April 13th in the Grissom Choir Room from 6:00-7:00pm.  All students and adult travelers are required to be at this meeting, as well as parents/guardians of student travelers.  At this meeting, we will discuss the itinerary, go over our Trip Packet with rules and expectations, & discuss vaccination suggestions alongside Nurse & Medication forms.

Chamber Choir Legislative Performance
Chamber Choir students, please be reminded that our rescheduled Montgomery Legislative Performance will be on Tuesday, April 25th!  Call is 7:15am in Grissom Choir Shirt, bringing Full Uniform.  There will be an updated packet sent out this week with updated times, as well as information concerning our Montevallo stop on the way back into town!

End-Of-Year Applications
As detailed in previous Weekly Updates, we have various applications for upcoming awards & assessments.  For those that are interested in applying for these opportunities, please visit www.grissomchoir.com/applications and fill out the appropriate form(s).  Please see the due dates for these applications below:

    Senior Scholarship Application/Reference Form - Tuesday, April 25th
    Senior Slideshow Submissions - Tuesday, April 25th
    End-of-Year Slideshow Pictures - Tuesday, April 25th
    Chamber Choir Application/Reference Form - Wednesday, May 3rd
    Leadership Team Applications - Wednesday, May 3rd