A Cappella
A Capella is a select mixed ensemble of juniors and seniors. Auditions will be held for this ensemble in the spring of the previous year. Students will continue to grow in music literacy and sing more complex and advance college preparatory literature. A Cappella will participate in at least 4 concerts per year, as well as outside of school events, including District Festival, Assemblies, Baccalaureate and other events as they arise.
Bel Canto
Bel Canto is a non-audition women's ensemble created to teach fundamentals in vocal technique, particularly expanding the range and working on tone quality and production in the young female voice. Students will also work toward music literacy. This performing ensemble will participate in 4 concerts per year. The ensemble will sing SSA literature when they as a women's ensemble and SAB or SATB literature when combined with other ensembles. Students will be encouraged to audition for District Choir in the fall and they may also attend District Festival in the spring.
Forte Canto
Forte Canto is a non-audition men's ensemble created to teach fundamentals in vocal technique, particularly expanding the range and working on tone quality and production in the changing male voice. Students will also work toward music literacy. This performing ensemble will participate in 4 concerts per year. The ensemble will sing TTBB, SAB and SATB literature depending on which other ensemble they may be paired. Students will be encouraged to audition for District Choir in the fall and they may also attend District Festival in the spring.
Musical Theatre Productions
The Musical Theatre Productions classes of Hickman High School are a graduated program, in which students move to the next level after completing a year in the pre-requisite course.
Musical Productions I is the first step in this program. This performance class provides students with a basic knowledge of the requirements necessary to produce a musical. Projects include singing in small ensembles, staging scenes, exploring the varied dance styles used in musical theatre and creating original works. A large portion of this course is spent in rehearsing and performing a full-scale musical in conjunction with the Musical Productions II, and III classes. After school and evening rehearsals will be required in February and early March to ensure a quality productions with ample time to rehearse as a full ensemble.
Musical Productions II is the continuation of the basics of performance. In this course, students will work toward a greater understanding of character analysis and a greater level of comfort and expertise in performance. Projects in this course include presentation of monologues and solo songs, research/performance projects in which musical theatre is explored from a historical perspective and in participating as performers in the directing projects done by the third and fourth year students.
As with Musical Productions I, this class will spend a large portion of the spring semester in rehearsal for a full scale musical.
Musical Productions III is a directing course in which students learn the basics of script analysis, set and costume design, rehearsal technique and production work. Each student will choose a musical or play for which he or she will be designing sets and costumes, holding auditions and directing other students in an in-class performance.
The remainder of the course will be spent in preparation for the spring musical with the Musical Productions I and II classes.
Musical Productions I is the first step in this program. This performance class provides students with a basic knowledge of the requirements necessary to produce a musical. Projects include singing in small ensembles, staging scenes, exploring the varied dance styles used in musical theatre and creating original works. A large portion of this course is spent in rehearsing and performing a full-scale musical in conjunction with the Musical Productions II, and III classes. After school and evening rehearsals will be required in February and early March to ensure a quality productions with ample time to rehearse as a full ensemble.
Musical Productions II is the continuation of the basics of performance. In this course, students will work toward a greater understanding of character analysis and a greater level of comfort and expertise in performance. Projects in this course include presentation of monologues and solo songs, research/performance projects in which musical theatre is explored from a historical perspective and in participating as performers in the directing projects done by the third and fourth year students.
As with Musical Productions I, this class will spend a large portion of the spring semester in rehearsal for a full scale musical.
Musical Productions III is a directing course in which students learn the basics of script analysis, set and costume design, rehearsal technique and production work. Each student will choose a musical or play for which he or she will be designing sets and costumes, holding auditions and directing other students in an in-class performance.
The remainder of the course will be spent in preparation for the spring musical with the Musical Productions I and II classes.