Presentation: Scaffolding Choral Sight-Singing Instruction to Build Literacy Skills

by Joyce Click & Scott Bradford

This session was presented at the 2023 ICDA Summer Conference to begin communicating changes in Choral Sight-Reading for High School Organization and Group I State Qualification Events.

The premise of the session was to demonstrate techniques that build auditory and sight-singing skills, provide collaborative and engaging materials that may ignite singers as well as offer suggestions on how to incorporate informative assessments in sight-singing in your daily rehearsals. The session also served as the first step in informing choral educators how sight-reading will be evaluated for ISSMA High School Organization Events.

The recent rule changes and adjustments to the Adjudicator’s Comment Sheet can be found in the ISSMA Music Festivals Manual via the Directors Only area of the ISSMA website.

After reviewing the current language outlining these changes, feel free to contact Scott Bradford, ISSMA Choral Education Director, sbradford@issma.net, with any questions you may have.

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