*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.