SS's Vocal Blue Ribbons must successfully demonstrate:

• Respiration (breath for agility)
• Phonation (vibrato/straight)
• Resonant tone production (work for consistent quality from high voice through mixed and into low)
• Expression (explore rapid dynamic shifts--subito & sforzando; explore 'terraced' dynamics, dynamic phrasing)
• PST, Part 2: Arpeggios as assigned (#45-49)
• PST, Part 2: Ornamentation as assigned (#50-63): Acciaccatura, The Double Acciaccatura, The Inverted Mordent, The Trill
• Diction (Introduction of full IPA, Italian diction rules)
• English and Latin/Spanish/Italian repertoire as assigned (at least one selection from Baroque to Classical eras which demonstrates sequence and allows for vocal ornamentation; ex. selections from 26 Italian Songs and Arias)
• Naming Major sharp keys
• Order of notes & rests
• Italian terms
• Flags & beams
• b & g minor scales
• Naming Major flat keys
• Minor intervals
• Secondary triads
• Transposition
• Diminished triads
• Dominant 7th chord
• Parallel Maj/min keys
• Music history periods
• Imitation