Choir

Upper School Choir Students in grades 7-12 are eligible to participate in Upper School Choir. In the Upper School course schedule Choir is offered has an elective course, allowing the students to practice together four times a week. During the course students learn sight-singing, proper vocal technique, basic music theory, and some music history. Doane Academy’s Scholar musicians are selected by their instructor's to join the Tri-M Music Honor Society Honors Choir, the group meets once a week (attach link to clubs). Tri-M is an international honor society recognizing secondary music students for their musical ability, academic excellence, school involvement, and community service. Both the Upper School Choir and Honors Choir perform in a variety of genres including jazz, pop, classical, gospel, liturgical, folk, and even opera. Students participate annually in state and local competitions and performances, including Burlington County Teens Arts Festival, receiving high marks in the past years. Other venues the choir performs at include:

Upper School Choir and Band Winter Concert
Upper School Choir and Band Spring Concert
Appearances at Lower School Concerts
Chapel Services
Burlington Center Mall
Masonic Home of New Jersey
School Events (including Holiday Pasta Dinner,
Founders’ Day, Grandparents’ Day and Graduation)

Lower School Choir
Lower school students attend music twice a week, once for music class and once for choir. In music class, students explore all areas of music, from music history and basic theory, to music appreciation and even composition. In choir, students prepare for two annual concerts and singing in chapel. The older students begin to sing in harmony and utilize all of the rhythm and theory skills they have learned. Students also play handbells, which teaches them how to perform in an ensemble while further developing their musicianship. An annual music field trip exposes students to the broader world of music in a real concert hall.

About the Instructor
Shelley Sanders Zuckerman comes form a long line of choral and keyboard musicians and has a Masters of Music from Drake University, a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a PhD in Liturgy from Drew University. Dr. Z brings to Doane Academy a passion for enabling people to engage life fully, to mature artistically, and to builds communities of mutual respect through music.

For more information regarding the Upper and Lower School Choral Music Program please contact Dr. Zuckerman, Upper and Lower School Choral Music Teacher at szuckerman@doaneacademy.org.