Welcome to the Gregory Middle School Choral Department! The chorus offerings here are a significant part of our school curriculum and will enhance your middle school experience greatly. The chorus program is designed to help each singer improve their own vocal skills, expand their musical understanding, and increase their personal growth through working together in class and in performances.
It is the goal for each chorus student to:
1. Discover, appreciate and value his/her own talents, the talents of
others and the beauty of all types of music.
2. Improve skills in using his/her vocal instrument, learning music
theory and reading skills, and general musical knowledge.
3. Gain a desire to continually improve upon past performances.
4. Experience self-fulfillment after having communicated to others
through music.
5. Experience music in a way that will bring lasting enjoyment and as
an activity that can be continued long after leaving GMS.
In addition to all of these goals, we also love to have fun together in chorus! Of course, it is expected that every student give his or her best effort and cooperation. With all of us working together, it will be an exciting, inspiring, and rewarding year.
With our remote start to the school year, our official concert schedule is currently on hold. Once we have updates regarding our performance calendar, we will distribute that information so that you are able to put those dates on your family calendar and plan accordingly. In the meantime, I will make you aware of one brief, live performance opportunity for ALL chorus students that I would like you to set aside for now: Saturday, October 10, 2020 - 6:30 pm. More information about that will be sent out at a later date.
Secondly, our extracurricular ensembles (Concert Choir, Men's Ensemble, and Mixed Vocal Ensemble) will look a bit different as well while we work remotely. Further information about these outside-of-school opportunities will be distributed as details are finalized.
Finally, please make sure you have set aside a place in your home for singing and practicing, as free from distractions/disruptions as possible. Even though we will not be together in person to start the year, and we will have some non-singing activities that we will be studying, we will still be singing regularly and your voice is important! In addition, you are welcome to use headphones/earbuds and/or a USB microphone if you have them, but no extra equipment will be required other than your Chromebook, some paper and a pencil. A packet of musical staff paper was also distributed with your school materials; if you did not receive the staff paper, a PDF that you can print at home will be available in Google Classroom.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I look forward to meeting and working with each one of you this year!
Mr. Pfenninger
