Together, We Sing – Pathways for Group Singing, was developed by Goeffrey Boers, Director of Choral Activities at the University of Washington School of Music. Formerly known as CLaS, Choral Literacies and Skills, the rubric has been re-tooled and updated to bring rich and diverse methods and skills to an even wider range of singers and teachers!
Grade-based rubrics such as these have been foundational elements in the development of bands and orchestras for decades, but heretofore were non-existent in the choral world. Choirs differ from instrumental groups in that singers come and go from ensembles, do not start “on their instrument” at the same time, and for the most part do not take lessons, so it was necessary to develop a level-based, rather than a grade-based Rubric.
The Rubric consists of twelve areas of literacy, only two of which deal what the traditional elements of music literacy, that is music reading. The descriptors on the rubric are written as Mileposts and Markers of development, and describe what literacy looks and sounds like for ideal choir at every level of development.
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