***Upcoming performances***

Important info on the upcoming performances we'll be having! November 3rd is the TUSD Choral Festival at Palo Verde High School. That's Wednesday! We'll be riding on the city bus there and back. Those of you that made it into the Advanced chorus will be going so, remember to bring in your permission slip! You will need at least $7.50 for the entire trip. $2.50 for the bus and $5.00 for lunch. Mr. Levario will call Palo Verde and give us more information on Tuesday.
The Tucson High Choir Performance will be sometime during the week of November 15th-19th. We'll get back to you on the exact date. We will leave to walk to Tucson High at 8:25 A.M. and we'll return at 1:00 P.M.
The Phoenix trip for the Seasonal Song Singing at the State Capital will be December 15th. We will leave on a chartered bus at 8:25 a.m. and return at about 6:00 p.m. We need about 3 adults to chaperone. Be sure to keep your grades up and your teachers happy so, you may go on the trip.

The Sight Singing Brooha (not Bruja)

Sight singing has been all the talk of complaints these past couple of weeks. Unfortunatley many students have been the recipients of the procrastination prize...being caught without practicing the songs. Remember, you will not have to work this out on you own yet. These first tests are to find those who need extra assistance and to weed out those students who are just not that serious about singing. They consist of the syllables Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do and how they can be mixed, repeated and sung at various speeds to create music. The order above are represented by the symbols on the picture below:


Eight notes, the first 7 being different, the last repeeats the first.

Singing exercises

For those of you that didn't quite make it into the advanced chorus, remember to practice the singing exercise for this week! Tomorrow you will be tested! If you pass this test you can go on the Palo Verde field trip.

Featured Student of the Week

This weeks student of the week is Reyna P! Check out the Student of the week column to learn more about Reyna.

CH CH CH CH CHANGES-turn and face the strange.

The next quarter the chorus is making some changes to its rehearsal venue and its practices. The rooms will stay the same, but the risers are moved into Room 225 for the begining chorus to use on Tuesdays and Thursdays for sight singing and fundamental practice.


Tuesdays and Thursdays will be the days that the Advanced Chorus meets in the Chorus room (222) Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays will be both beginning and advanced in room 222.

Additionally, Mondays will have the entire class sing the assignment/ test to prepare the beginners for their Tuesday and Thursday singing practice assignments, Fridays will be the beginners singing tests to help them be a part of the advanced group. The test will be what we sang on Monday.
Yup, you have to sing AND learn about music in Chorus!!

Sorry Charlie, no tuna for you! But you can tune a singer!

While the cats away, the mice... practice sight singing

Although Mr. Levario was out today, with the help of Charlotte, Reyna, Aja, and a few more students, the class was under control. We practiced sight singing and a few of the songs we've been working on in class.

Reid Park Zoo Pictures!