Share Your Passion
Online Courses All online Summer MECA courses begin on June 8 and conclude on July 31, 2020. Registration for all online courses expires at 12:00 noon CST on June 5, 2020.
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All online MECA courses conclude on May 3, 2020.
The first step covered in this class is giving our singers the tools to read music as we daily lay a foundation towards music literacy. We will also uncover ways to insure our singers are looking at the correct spot and deciphering the music in front of them rather than simply looking at the lyrics. By inputting your own music into presentation programs, you will be able to highlight, manipulate, and control exactly where you want students to focus. Using notations programs and projectors, teachers can show singers how to follow their vocal line and successfully sing the notes with simple prompts. Once your students experience the power of reading music, they will be hooked!
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
Lead efficient daily exercises to increase your choir’s music literacy
Scan/import music into a presentation program and highlight, manipulate and animate focal points
Use a notation program to input simple vocal exercises and provide color and directional prompts to aid student success in sight-reading
Present the above results to our MECA class