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This course is unlike any offered at other schools! Students learn about the basics of music while performing "Stomp" routines, creating rhythm "improvs", creating raps and the Blues as well recording your own music in our MAC recording studio! This set of activities helps students plan what they may wish to specialize in, in grade 10. Much student creative work is featured, along with the learning of the elements of Music. Students also have a chance to create their own drum patterns and accompaniments for songs using MIDI technology as well our new G-Mac computer. A very popular choice for grade 9!
Students perform interesting and "fun" repertoire as they learn about various styles of music including "Standards" of the song world, "Pop" songs, as well as singing techniques. Students use microphones on a regular basis and perform on a state-of-the-art sound system. The class has a Karaoke session once a month as well! Music Theory helps students gain a deep understanding of the music they are performing, and listening helps them understand the form and structure of many styles of music. This class also allows students to bring in an instrument to write, perform and record music with in our new MAC studio.
**An option for all music students is to become members of the Simcoe Choir, which sings a wide variety of music, incorporating several band and percussion instruments as well.
This course is for you if you're a TRUE BEGINNER keyboard student who wants to learn how to play. Held in a 16-Keyboard Lab, each student has his/her own headphones so that all can play and practice at the same time. The good and enjoyable music is accompanied by MIDI music tracks. Students can pair up or even form Keyboard quartets as they learn how to be part of an ensemble. There is opportunity for students to learn popular theme songs like "Batman" and "Star Wars" as well as radio songs from bands like "ColdPlay" and "Simple Plan". Music Theory helps everyone develop a deep understanding of the music they are performing.
We pick up where we left off at the end of Grade 10 class... students learn more and more advance repertoire and even move into the keyboard "classics" like Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata", as well as an opportunity to create your own music. This class is also open to those students who already have piano experience, and do not need to take Grade 10 Keyboarding.
These Senior-level vocal courses offer students who love to perform, the chance to further develop their musical skills through performance of solo repertoire as well as small-ensemble pieces. The class becomes totally responsible for learning their pieces and performing them expressively. There is also a song-writing and recording component using the MAC studio. Motivated musicians will truly enjoy the challenge of these courses.
This unique Grade 12 course explores the role of music in our lives... from performing in a percussion ensemble to mastering the setup and operation of a complex sound system, from learning how architects design spaces for music to learning how music expresses the human experience. This course crosses over into film and dance music. "Hands On" activities include learning how to set up and operate Sound Reinforcement Systems as well as creating your own soundtracks, make this course enjoyable for all students, at all levels of experience. Students may also share their own musical preferences with their classmates. This is not a "performance" course in singing or playing, but a chance to learn how important Music is in all our lives.
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