Courses of Study

1) Compose and improvise musical ideas for a variety of purposes and contexts.

2) Select and develop composed and improvised ideas into draft musical works organized for a variety of purposes and contexts.

3) Preserve draft musical works through standard notation, audio, or video recording.

4) Evaluate and refine varied draft musical works based on appropriate criteria.

5) Share varied, personally-developed musical works, individually or as an ensemble, that address identified purposes and contexts.

6) Develop and apply criteria to select varied programs 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) Examine, evaluate, and critique how the structure and context impact and inform prepared and improvised performances.

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

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

10) Demonstrate an understanding and mastery of the technical demands and expressive qualities of the music through prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire in multiple types of ensembles.

11) Demonstrate an ability to connect with audience members through prepared and improvised performances.

12) Use research and personally-developed criteria to justify choices made when selecting music, citing knowledge of the music and individual and ensemble purpose and context.

13) Demonstrate and justify how the analysis of structures, contexts, and performance decisions informs responses to music.

14) Justify interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works by comparing and synthesizing varied researched sources, including reference to other art forms.

15) Develop and justify evaluations of music, concert programming, and performances based on criteria, personal decision-making, research, and understanding of contexts.

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