Letter and Bar Requirements

Letters and Bars will be awarded to students in the Choral Music program on the basis of participation in Music Department activities above and beyond class work.  Each student must keep a copy of the Letter and Bar Point Tally Sheet.  This will allow the student to keep track of his/her progress towards a letter or bar.  Students are responsible for keeping track of all points earned.  The Tally Sheet must be submitted at the end of the first semester and, again, at the end of the year for a student to be eligible to receive a letter or bar.  All points accumulate from year to year, but minimum totals must still be met in the year of application for a letter or bar.  The requirements for letters and bars are as follows:

Minimum Point Requirements

To receive a letter or bar, a student first must have a minimum number of points in each of the following Tally Sheet sections:

I.      Minimum points = 7 (Student must audition for District Honors Chorus.)

II.     Minimum points = 12 (Student must attend ALL required concerts.)

III.    Minimum points = 10 (Student must make an effort toward fundraising - Coffee Sale, Greens Sale, Car Wash, etc. - reaching a net profit of $61.)   

IV.C.  Minimum points = 6 (In an effort to encourage student attendance at outside concerts, students must attend at least three different types of musical performances.)

To Receive a Letter

The student must have met the above minimum point requirements and have a total of 100 points.

To Receive a Bar

Silver:  The student must already have received a letter, must meet the minimum point requirements, have auditioned for at least two (2) choirs from Section I of the Tally Sheet, and have a total of at least 50 points.

Gold:  The student must already have received a letter, must meet the minimum point requirements, have auditioned for at least three (3) choirs from Section I of the Tally Sheet, and have a total of at least 50 points.