First #1 at Forest Park: (30 minutes)

1/1/30 Activity 1: Welcome

1s) Good morning! In case you weren’t here last week, I am Mrs. Porter, a senior
Music Education Major at James Madison University studying voice and piano.

1s) I am so excited to be working with all of you today

1/2/30 Activity 2a: Breathing exercise (centering).

1d) Let’s begin with a box breathing exercise to center ourselves.

1d) We will breathe in for 4 beats, hold for 4 beats, exhale a thin stream of air on
a [SSS] for 4 beats, and hold for 4 beats. We will continue this a total of 3 times.

2/4/30 Activity 2b Breathing and Rhythm exercise

3a) Wonderful job centering your breath and controlling your air pressure!

1d) In this next exercise, keep your ribs expanded and do not allow them to
collapse.

1ad) Listen closely and repeat after me:

2p) Ta di TA Ta di TA (choir repeat)
Ta di TA Ta di TA on [ts] (choir repeat)

2p) Takadimi Ta Takadimi Ta (choir repeat)

Takadimi Ta Takadimi Ta on [ts] (choir repeat)

20Takadi Takadi (choir repeat)

Takadi Takadi on [ts] (choir repeat)

2/6/30 Activity 3: Vocal warmup

3a) Great job at keeping your ribs expanded and focusing on the breath!

1d) Let’s keep this kinesthetic awareness as we do a vocal warmup. Repeat after
me:
 1. Speak: Do Sol Do Sol (Choir Repeats) (2p)
2. Speak: Sol Fa Mi Re Do (Choir Repeats) (2p)
3. Speak: Do Sol Do Sol Sol Fa Mi Re Do (Choir Repeats) (2p)
1a) I will now play the chord and model the exercise.

1d) Please keep singing with expanded ribs as the piano ascends. (D Major-F
Major)

2/8/30 Activity 4 Major 2nd Scale

1s) Now, I have a game that I would like to play with you all.

1d) We are going to sing a scale ascending by seconds.

1a) I’ll model it for you.

1d) oin me.

1ad) Let’s descend down the scale, I’ll model for you.

1d) Join me

1/9/30 Activity 5 Introduce your piece:

3a) Beautiful singing!

1d) Please take out your music for Rainbow.

1s) I know that you all have started working on this piece, so I would like to take a
few minutes to discuss the lyrics and meaning.

1a) Kacey Musgrave said in an interview that "'Rainbow' is something that I can
dedicate to that community, but also to anyone who has any kind of a weight on
their shoulders. It was written as a message to my own self, but anyone who is
feeling like they need that, is welcome to run with it.”
5/ minutes: Activity 6: Read them some of the text
1d) If you play a sport, can you read the lyrics from measures 5-10?

1d) If you like to make TikToks, how does the text relate to you?

1d) If your favorite color is pink, can you read the lyrics from measures 11-20?

1d) If you love fruit, how does this text relate to you?

1s) High school is very challenging enough without the stressors of finding
yourself as a young adult, being involved with extracurriculars, or even socializing
with friends and family.

1s) What you feel is important and it’s crucial to talk to a trusted teacher when
you need help.

1 minute: Activity 7: The hook! Teach Verse 1 by rote (mm5-10)

3 minutes: Activity 8: “Open your music please to page 2 measure 5”

1d) Please continue to use your solfege hand signs and repeat after me.

4 Minutes: Activity 9: Musical Phrasing Discussion

1a) Musical phrasing is the way a musician shapes a sequence of notes in a
passage of music to allow expression.

1a) Much like when speaking English, a phrase may be written identically but may
be spoken differently and is named for the interpretation of small units of time
known as phrases.

1a) If you are wearing tennis shoes, like Converse or Vans, why do you think it is
so important to use musical phrasing when singing?

1a) We do this to relay an impression or emotion. Phrasing is important in music -

the crescendos, the tone quality, and note values - all of these things work
together to create a sense of emotion for the audience. Musicians do this really
well, especially in the context of a symphony with dozens of other moving parts.
Musical phrasing, of course, is how we musicians shape and color the note
sequence in a musical passage.

1a) If you are wearing blue jeans today, how are some ways we can musically
shape the phrases we sing?

3 Minutes: Activity 10: Musical Phrasing

1s) Thank you all for your insights and thoughts!

1a) The text and music have to lead somewhere, which is why when adding text
to music, we need to give the lyrics and music life through the use of phrasing.
Pretend you have a rubber band in your hands.

1d) We’re going to use this imaginary rubber band to physically and visually
remind us to shape our musical phrases.

1d) Repeat after me: (mm 5-11)

1a) The phrasing we used from measures 5-11 creates emotion and tension and is
what propels us into the Chorus at measure 12.

1a) Let’s begin at the beginning and use our expanded ribcage and supported
breath to sing these musical phrases to bring the text alive.

1d) I will accompany you on the piano and we will stop at measure 11.

1 Minute: Activity 11: Run mm 1-11

1 Minute Activity 12: Phrasing the Chorus

3a) Beautiful phrasing and singing!
1d) Take a few moments to look at measures 12-20 and think of how you can
musically phrase the chorus.

1 Minute: Activity 13: Visualize the Rubber Band in Chorus

1 Minute: Activity 14: Perform Chorus

1 Minute: Activity 15: Perform Verse 1 and Chorus

1 minute: Activity 16: Learning Summary:

3a) Such beautiful singing and today we learned so much!

1s) We reminded ourselves to keep our breath engaged and our ribs expanded,
we learned about musical phrasing and musical interpretation!

3a) Wonderful job today and thank you again for this amazing opportunity to
work with you!