*NEW and revamped classes for Fall 2025*

Level up your singer’s learning! The Marin Girls Chorus Online Academy is open to anyone, but is primarily designed for current choristers looking to improve on musicianship and vocal skills. All classes are taught on Zoom by MGC Artistic Director Cole Thomason-Redus. We recommend the online academy courses for choristers enrolled in Brava ensemble and Concert Division.

online academy:


Basic Music Theory

This one-semester course is designed for singers in Brava, Davanti, and Pop Chorus who are joining MGC without previous familiarity or understanding of music notation and basic aural skills. Upon successful completion of this course, singers will be able to:

  • Identify pitches on the treble clef staff

  • Identify rhythmic values of whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes

  • Sing a major scale using solfège syllables (“do, re, mi…”)

  • Sightread very basic melodies and rhythms

  • Identify and define basic musical terms and symbols

Ear Training

This one-semester course is designed for singers in Brava, Davanti, and Pop Chorus who have at least a basic level of literacy in music notation, but may struggle with matching pitches, singing harmonies, and/or basic to intermediate sightreading. Upon successful completion of this course, singers will be able to:

  • Match pitch

  • Sing major and minor scales using solfège syllables (“do, re, mi…”) and hand-signals

  • Sing major and minor arpeggios using solfège syllables (“do, re, mi…”) and hand-signals

  • Identify and sing basic musical intervals (i.e. major seconds, thirds, and sixths, perfect fourths, fifths, and octaves)

  • Sightread basic to intermediate melodies and rhythms

AP Music
Theory Prep

This two-semester course (enrolled by semester) is designed for singers in Concert Division who intend to take Advanced Placement Music Theory at their high school, study music in college, or simply wish to have a more advanced understanding and skill set in musicianship. Upon successful completion of this course, singers will be able to:

  • Sightread intermediate to advanced melodies and rhythms

  • Identify, notate, and sing musical intervals

  • Identify, notate, and sing major and minor scales

  • Identify, notate, and sing major, minor, and diminished chords

  • Identify and notate major key signatures

  • Identify and define common musical terms, symbols and vocabulary

  • Gain entry and succeed in their high school AP Music Theory Course, or even exempt out of the first semester of most college musicianship courses!

Private/Small Group Voice

Enrollment coming soon! These lessons are designed for choristers who wish to further their vocal skills, with a focus on the solo voice. Choristers learn a variety of vocal exercises in addition to solo repertoire suitable for auditions and public performances.

Basic Music Theory

Wednesday 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Ear Training

Wednesday 4:00 - 4:30 PM

AP Music Theory Prep

Wednesday 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Vocal Lessons

Tuesdays By Appointment

Fall 2025 Schedule

Unsure of which musicianship class to enroll in? Have your singer take this quick assessment and we will place you!

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Enroll for Online Academy classes directly through our website. If you are interested in a voice or skills assessment or are unsure which class is right for your child, please click on the link below or email the MGC office.

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