TODAY IN CHOIR (Since I don't have a History Class)

I'm in Diversity Choir at Rancho High School! It is one of my favorite classes. Diversity Choir is a jazz based choir. We learn more the jazzy type of music. We also learn pop music and that is a reason why I enjoy this choir. I'm thankful for signing up for this choir because I never knew the kind of voice I had. This year's experience in Diversity Choir has allowed me to come out of my shell. I am not afraid to sing in front of people no more and I even try out for solos to perform at school performances.

Well, before I get into all that inspirational mumbo jumbo, let's talk about what I did in choir today. Today, we warmed up as usual and learned how to sight read. (It's not fun but I'm not that bad at it!) Our class got to learn the music needed for Honor Jazz Choir Auditions. Ms. Ricci is hoping for everyone in our choir to try out because it is the type of choir that best represents us. I like the two pieces we needed to know for the auditions. I'm planning on auditioning because I think that it would be a great experience. Another thing that we have to perform during our auditions is scatting. Scatting is the style of singing used in a lot of jazz compositions. It is the type of singing back then in the old days when the singer just improvised and used syllables like skwee, or shoodoop, bop, dot, skibbidy, etc. It's really fun scatting. We scat in class and everyone has to make their own little solo. But yeah,

Diversity Choir is a great class. You learn so many different types of skills needed to be an awesome jazz, pop, singer. So yeah, cough cough freshmans, sophomores, juniors... think about joining Diversity Choir next year!