Allegro Choir (ages 10-13) Intermediate Level

1. Sing My Country ’Tis of Thee (America)
2. Sing Jubilate Deo in Latin
   • Pronunciation: yoo-bee-LAH-teh DEH-oh, ah-leh-LOO-yah
   • Sing and repeat "alleluia" from the way it appears in the song while director sings the whole song. This is called an ostinato.
3. Pitch Matching:
   • Director plays 3 note pitch patterns in key of D, F, and G (mostly pentatonic and diatonic patterns and simple triads within I, IV, V chord structure).
   • Child sings them back on loo or la
   • This tests tonal memory and pitch accuracy.
4. Child may be asked to read a simple rhythm consisting of quarter notes, eighth notes, rests, dotted notes, and sixteenth notes (groups of 4 only).
   • If the child has no previous experience, the director may clap a pattern to be repeated by the singer, or read the patterns to the child on rhythm syllables and child reads them back with accuracy.
   • This tests rhythm reading level and beat competency.
5. Child may be asked to look at three melodic patterns.
   • Director will play one of the patterns and the child will point to the pattern that he/she thought was played.
   • This tests melodic contour.
   • Director will play all three patterns randomly with singer pointing to correct pattern.
   • Director will ask singer to sing back each pattern as best as he/she can
   • This tests tonal memory and reading ability.
   • Singers can sing patterns on loo or in solfege.
6. Sing a scale using solfege: do re mi fa so la ti do’ within singer’s range.
7. Singers will sing a scale mid-range to lowest note and mid-range to highest note on AH to determine singer’s range and voice assignment. This is done with director’s assistance.