Choir
Angevine Middle School strongly supports music education. Making music together is a unique, creative and enriching experience. With almost 200 students participating, the Angevine Choir Program is popular and successful, and an important component in the comprehensive education being offered to our students. The AMS choirs are devoted to the study of music, vocal techniques and ensemble skills. Students are exposed to a variety of music literature including music of different styles and genres, historical periods, languages, religions and cultures. Emphasis is also placed on music reading proficiency and music theory. Students have opportunities to learn the skills needed to successfully work together with others; building relationships in a team, learning respect for others and for themselves. Students explore ways to express feelings positively and creatively. Our choir program challenges high level, abstract thinking; fosters life skills and a joy for learning. It requires students to develop an understanding and knowledge of many musical concepts and then inspires the direct application of this knowledge through the aesthetic experience of singing. Performances are the culmination of our classroom rehearsal experiences. Our performing ensembles include: a 6th grade beginning choir, a 7th & 8th grade mixed choir, an auditioned select choir, and solo and ensemble opportunities as well. We offer two major evening concerts and many other school and community performances throughout the year.
The goals of the Angevine choral ensembles, through rehearsal and performance, are to:
- achieve a high degree of learning and performance excellence
- develop a love, understanding and appreciation of diverse music and cultural heritages
- learn the skills and concepts necessary to successfully work together to make music and participate positively in a musical ensemble
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