CHORAL SIGHTREADING PACKET - MTVA

1 M i d d l e T e n n e s s e e V o c a l A s s o c i a t i o n CHORAL SIGHTREADING PACKET 2 0 1 1 C h o r a l A d j u d i c a t i o n F e s t i v a l Ba s e d on MT V A S i g h t re a d i n g S t a n d a rd s DO NOT OPEN THIS PACKET UNTIL THE SIGHTREADING CLINICIAN INSTRUCTS YOU TO DO SO. Table of Contents MTVA SIGHTREADING Guidelines .. 2 Rhythmic Exercises ..3 Melodic Exercises : Treble .. 4 Melodic Exercises : Tenor .. 5 Melodic Exercises: Bass ..6 Multi-Part SA .. 6 SSA .. 7 TB .. 8-9 TTB .. 10 TTBB .. 11 Mixed SAB .. 12 SATB .. 13-14 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 2 CHORAL Festival SIGHTREADING Guidelines 2011 The following guidelines have been set for the SIGHTREADING portion of the MTVA CHORAL Festival. Based on the National Standards of Music, the rubric below is meant to set reasonable and age-appropriate SIGHTREADING goals for the CHORAL ensembles in Middle Tennessee.

2 Music written for the SIGHTREADING PACKET will be based on these guidelines. H i g h S c h o o l C h o i r s C l a s s i f i e d a s a c h o i r c o n s i s t i n g o f G r a d e s 9-1 2 ( 9th-G r a d e C h o i r s c a n c h o o s e J u n i o r H i g h o r H i g h S c h o o l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n ) . E a c h s e c t i o n i n e a c h c h o i r w i l l b e r e q u i r e d t o s i n g a t l e a s t o n e s e t o f r h y t h m s a n d o n e u n i s o n m e l o d y . T h e e n t i r e c h o i r w i l l s i n g o n e m u l t i-p a r t p i e c e . B e f o r e e a c h R h y t h m i c o r M e l o d i c e x a m p l e , t h e a d j u d i c a t o r w i l l a l l o w a t l e a s t 1 5 s e c o n d s o f r e a d i n g t i m e , d u r i n g w h i c h t h e r e i s t o b e n o v o c a l i z a t i o n f r o m t h e d i r e c t o r o r s t u d e n t s.

3 B e f o r e e a c h p a r t-s i n g i n g e x a m p l e , t h e a d j u d i c a t o r w i l l g i v e a t l e a s t 2 0 se c o n d s o f r e a d i n g t i m e , d u r i n g w i t h t h e r e i s t o b e n o v o c a l i z a t i o n f r o m t h e d i r e c t o r o r s t u d e n t s . E a c h R h y t h m i c a n d M e l o d i c e x a m p l e s h a l l n o t e x c e e d 8 m e a s u r e s i n l e n g t h . E a c h m u l t i-p a r t p i e c e s h a l l n o t e x c e e d 2 0 m e a s u r e s . T h e d i r e c t o r c h o o s e s t h e v o i c i n g o f t h e m u l t i-p a r t p i e c e ; h o w e v e r , i t i s e x p e c t e d t h a t i t r e f l e c t t h e m a j o r i t y v o i c i n g s o f p i e c e s s u n g d u r i n g t h e p e r f o r m a n c e p o r t i o n o f t h e F e s t i v a l.

4 E a c h c h o i r c a n p e r f o r m t h e e x a m p l e s u s i n g w h i c h e v e r s y s t e m t h e y e m p l o y during class (fixed do , numbers, c o u n t i n g , c l a p p i n g , e t c . ) R h y t h m T i m e S i g n a t u r e s c a n i n c l u d e 2 / 4 , 3 / 4 , 4 / 4 , 6 / 8 , 9 / 8 , 1 2 / 8 . R h y t h m s c a n i n c l u d e c o m b i n a t i o n s o f w h o l e , h a l f , q u a r t e r , e i g h t h , a n d s i x t e e n t h n o t e s a n d r e s t s . R h y t h m s c a n i n c l u d e d o t s , t i e s , s y n c o p a t i o n , a n d t r i p l e t s . M M = 6 0-112 U n i s o n M e l o d y S a m e R h y t h m i c R e q u i r e m e n t s . T i m e S i g n a t u r e s s h a l l i n c l u d e 2 / 4 , 3 / 4 , 4 / 4 , o r 6 / 8 T r e b l e a n d B a s s C l e f r e a d i n g , n o t n e c e s s a r i l y s p e c i f i c t o v o i c i n g.

5 S h a l l i n c l u d e s t e p w i s e , l e a p s w i t h i n t h e t o n i c , d o m i n a n t , o r S u b d o m i n a n t t r i a d s . A c c i d e n t a l s c a n b e u s e d L e a p s s h a l l n o t e x c e e d a n o c t a v e . I f e x a m p l e d o e s n o t s t a r t o n t h e T o n i c , t h e c l i n i c i a n s h a l l e x p l a i n o n w h i c h s t e p i t b e g i n s . M a j o r a n d m i n o r m o d e s . Mu l t i-p a r t S i n g i n g S a m e R h y t h m a n d M e l o d i c R e q u i r e m e n t s . I f o n e p a r t i n t h e e x a m p l e d o e s n o t s t a r t o n t h e T o n i c , t h e c l i n i c i a n m a y o r m a y n o t e x p l a i n . T h e c l i n i c i a n w i l l p l a y t h e s t a r t i n g p i t c h o f e a c h p a r t p r i o r t o b e g i n n i n g t h e p i e c e.

6 M a j o r m o d e o n l y . 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 3 H i g h S c h o o l R h y t h m i c E x e r c i s e s 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 4 H i g h S c h o o l M e l o di c E x e r c i s e s 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 5 H i g h S c h o o l M e l o di c E x e r c i s e s ( T e n o r) 6. A. B. C. 7. A. B. 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 6 H i g h S c h o o l M e l o di c E x e r c i s e s ( B a s s) 8. 9. H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Two-part Treble (SA) 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 7 H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Three-part Treble (SSA) 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 8 H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Two-part Male (TB) 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 9 H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Two-part Male (TB) 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 10 Three-part Male (TTB Men singing the middle part can sing either the 2nd or 3rd line) 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 11 H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Four-part Male (TTBB) 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 12 H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Three-part Mixed (SAB)

7 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 13 H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Four-Part Mixed (SATB) 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 14 H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Four-Part Mixed (SATB)