Vocal Music
How we’re different
Our apprentices at I.M. Terrell are passionate, driven, and eager to learn. Our entire student body is attentive, determined, hard-working, supportive of their peers, honest, responsible, and courageous. Nowhere else will you experience such a welcoming, enriching, and rigorous classroom culture and school climate.
Why I.M. Terrell?
Student Opportunities
A four-year STEM program.
Enriching opportunities that provide students unforgettable experiences and apprenticeships.
Academic-corporate partnerships which lead to exclusive opportunities for students.
State of the art facilities that are second to none.
Partnerships with the Fort Worth Opera, Texas Wesleyan University, Texas Christian University, University of North Texas, University of Texas at Arlington, Baylor University, Metropolitan Opera, Steinway and Sons, and Voices of Fort Worth
Audition experience for region, state, and national competitions and events, including TMEA All-State Choir, UIL, TEXOMA NATS, ACDA, etc.
Student-based learning with solo, small ensemble, and large choral performances
Open rehearsals and masterclasses with guest artists and ensembles
Interdisciplinary collaborations across the fine arts
Collegiate experiences and collaborations both in the classroom and on university campuses
Innovative learning environment and state of the art performing arts center
Four Year Plan
Freshman
Music Theory I
Treble/Tenor-Bass Choir
Junior
AP Music Theory
Treble/Tenor-Bass Choir
Concert Choir
A Capella Choir
Chamber Ensemble
Sophomore
Music Theory II
Treble/Tenor-Bass Choir
Concert Choir
A Capella Choir
Senior
Ethnomusicology: World Music Perspectives
Concert Choir
A Capella Choir
Chamber Ensemble
Senior Capstone Project
Vocal Music
Vocal development begins at the age of around nine and continues into the late twenties. The most crucial time in the vocal development is around the high school years. Here, at I.M. Terrell, we offer the ability to work with our qualified vocal pedagogue in a choral classroom setting while still receiving a vocal music education catered to the individual’s goals and learning styles.
There is a saying that “anyone can sing,” but it takes dedication, hard work, and time to develop the voice to the professional level. That is what we offer and expect at I.M. Terrell Academy.
Private voice instructors offer voice lessons to students during class and after school. (Additional fees apply, but scholarships are available.) Music Theory courses are required for all four years of attendance. Through our four year plan, we prepare students with a rigorous, well-rounded music education and vocal upbringing that readies them for scholarship and collegiate/conservatory auditions in the field of music.
Contact
DIRECTOR OF VOCAL MUSIC
Mary-Margaret Soknich
MaryMargaret.Soknich@fwisd.org
PRINCIPAL
Baldwin Brown
Baldwin.Brown@fwisd.org
I.M. TERRELL SCHOOL OFFICE
(817) 815-2100
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