Courses of Study

1) Compose and improvise ideas for arrangements, sections, and short compositions for specific purposes that reflect characteristics of music from a variety of cultures studied in rehearsal.

2) Select and develop arrangements, sections, and short compositions for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristics of music from a variety of cultures studied in rehearsal.

3) Preserve draft compositions and improvisations through standard notation, audio, or video recording.

4) Evaluate and refine draft arrangements, sections, short compositions, and improvisations based on personally-developed criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes.

5) Share personally-developed arrangements, sections, and short compositions, individually or as an ensemble, that address identified purposes.

6) Develop and apply criteria to select a varied repertoire to study and perform, based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

7) Document and demonstrate, using music reading skills (where appropriate), how compositional devices employed and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works may impact and inform prepared and improvised performances.

8) Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, and context of a varied repertoire of music influences prepared and improvised performances, as well as performers' technical skill to connect with the audience.

9) Develop and apply appropriate rehearsal strategies to address individual and ensemble challenges in a varied repertoire of music, and evaluate their success.

10) Demonstrate mastery of the technical demands and an understanding of expressive qualities of the music in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods.

11) Demonstrate an understanding of intent as a means for connecting with an audience through prepared and improvised performances.

12) Apply criteria to select music for a variety of purposes, justifying choices by citing knowledge of the music and the specified purpose and context.

13) Explain how the analysis of structures and contexts inform the response to music.

14) Support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, (when appropriate) the setting of the text, and varied research sources.

15) Evaluate works and performances based on research as well as personally-developed and collaboratively-developed criteria, including analysis and interpretation of the structure and context.

16) Connecting standards 1 and 2 are to be embedded while teaching the Creating, Performing, and Responding standards. See page 86.