
Curricular Choral Offerings
Chiles Men ( Curricular )
This ensemble is open to any male student in grades 9-12. This choir gives guys the opportunity to sing with other guys. We sing, learn about music, and have a great time. This choir often performs for school functions (games and pep rallies) and we sing all types of music. This class meets during the day, and requires little or no after school commitment.
Chiles Women (Curricular)
This ensemble is open to any female student in grades 9 or 10 who has not taken chorus before. In this choir we learn basic musical concepts, how to produce a good healthy vocal sound, performance techniques , and make friends that can last throughout your high school career. This class meets during the day, and requires little or no after school commitment.
Chiles Singers (Curricular)
This mixed ensemble is open to students in grades 10-12 who have participated in Chiles Men, Chiles Women, or have excelled in another music class (Band, Orchestra, Guitar, etc.), show high musical ability, and a desire to sing. This
class meets during the day and performs many styles of choral music. Students learn healthy vocal techniques and strive for excellence in performance.
Singers also performs a great deal of multi-cultural music, as well as large
works accompanied by orchestra. Since men and women attend separate classes,
Chiles Singers rehearses for thirty minutes per week outside of normal class
time.
Belle Chantique (Curricular)
This advanced women's ensemble is by
audition only, and performs numerous concerts throughout the school year.
Students learn advanced vocal techniques, a high volume of repertoire, and
strive for excellence in performance. This ensemble often performs outside
of school for workshops, clinics, and concerts. Belle Chantique was featured
performing ensemble at the Florida ACDA Convention in 2006, and
were enthusiastically received as a performing ensemble at the 2008 Southern
Division ACDA Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.
Pardon Our Dust (Curricular)
This auditioned a cappella group is open to students
taking two curricular choirs, and rehearses daily. We perform numerous concerts at school and in the community, singing familiar pop and jazz music without any accompaniment. All percussion and background music is generated by student's voices, creating a unique kind of ensemble.
Extra-Curricular Ensembles
Honors Program
Benefits
If you
are an Honors student, you receive a weighted 4.5 for an 'A' in Chorus,
instead of the normal 4.0. This effort was initiated by our parent
organization, WOLPAC, in order to reward and recognize students for taking
the entire sequence of courses for an arts-related class.
Eligibility
If you are entering your third year of study in chorus at Chiles high school,
you are eligible to receive honors credit for your curricular choral class.
There is no application necessary, you will automatically be enrolled. If you
are transferring into Chiles from another program, and still have the
pre-requisite two years of curricular study, you are eligible as well. If you
are a transfer student, please click 'Contact us' in the navigator window to
your left to apply.
Requirements
In addition to the high rigor of
your participation, concert attendance and classroom work, you will be given
additional duties and written assignments to provide extra-evidence of your
scholarship, thus fulfilling the extra grade point that your grade will
carry.
1. Each quarter you will attend one local professional music concert and submit a review report by the semester final exam time. The report must be typed, double-spaced in 12 pt font, and at least three pages in length. Please click here for specific guidelines.
2.
During the year you will fulfill a mentorship role, and write a second
semester term paper
describing what you did and how it went. This can be completed by:
a.
Student-directing a small
extra-curricular ensemble
b. Participation in All-State, ACDA
Honor Choir, solo and ensemble, or other extra-curricular events.
c. Tutoring students in
sight-reading, running sectionals, and teaching mini-lessons after school.
d. Volunteering for the chorus
program completing various needed tasks.
3. The submission
deadline is during the final exam time. No paper
submission will be accepted. Please attach the paper to an email to
me in .doc or .rtf format. You can access my email address by clicking
CONTACT US in the upper navigation bar.