GRADE LEVEL: 11/12
CREDIT: 1
PE WAIVER: No

Prerequisite:
1) Auditions are held in the spring of each year. Late auditions may be scheduled by persons moving to Plano after regular auditions have been conducted.

2) Experience - Singers must have considerable choral experience and ability for enrollment in A Capella choir. Less experienced students are enrolled in concert choir.

Rehearsals: Students in choir are required to attend all rehearsals. All rehearsals are considered co-curricular and attendance is reflected in the grade. Rehearsals outside of class vary with each performance. Generally, there are five outside of class rehearsals a semester.

Description: The Senior High choirs represent the culmination of the Plano ISD choral program. The choirs are comprised of not only experienced choral students, but also beginning singers in their first year of study. Students are placed in the ensembles best suited to their individual talents, abilities and needs. Placement is through audition and teacher recommendation. Heavy emphasis is placed on the importance of music as a performing art. The performance-oriented ensembles strive to provide aesthetic and creative outlets for individual as well as group expression.

Tests: Tests for this course may include performance tests (both live and taped), written tests over musical terms and basic theory tests. Credit is also given for concert performance.

Projects: The choirs perform a number of concerts and programs each year. These include concerts on campus as well as various competitions and programs across the state (contests, extra-curricular).

Honors: Honors credit is available to students who complete an additional amount of work outside the basic choir curriculum. This includes theory assignments, participation in a juried recital and a research project. Honors credit is available to 11th and 12th.

Outside Costs: Students are financially responsible for having their uniforms dry cleaned at the end of the school year before returning them to the school.