Standard 1: Singing, alone and with others, a varied
repertoire of music
Benchmark 2: The
student sings music written in four parts, with and without accompaniment
Benchmark 3: The
student demonstrates well-developed ensemble skills.
Standard 2: Performing on instruments, alone and with
others, a varied repertoire of music
Benchmark 2: The
student performs an appropriate part in an ensemble demonstrating
well-developed ensemble skills.
Standard 3: Improvising melodies, variations, and
accompaniments
Benchmark 2: The student
improvises rhythmic and melodic variations on given pentatonic melodies and
melodies in major and minor key.
Standard 4: Composing and arranging music within
specified guidelines
Benchmark 1: The student composes music in several distinct
styles, demonstrating creativity in using the elements of music for expressive
effect.
Standard 5: Reading
and notating music
Benchmark 1: The student demonstrates the ability to read
an instrumental or vocal score of up to four staves by describing how the
elements of music are used.
Standard 5: Reading
and notating music
Benchmark
2: The
student who participates in a choral or instrumental ensemble or class: sight-reads, accurately and expressively, music
with a level difficulty of 3 on a scale of 1 to 6.
Standard 6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
Benchmark
1: The
student analyzes aural examples of a varied repertoire of music, representing
diverse genres and cultures, by describing the uses of elements of music and
expressive devices.
Standard 7: Evaluating music and music performed
Benchmark
1: The
student evolves specific criteria for making informed, critical evaluations of
the quality and effectiveness of performances, compositions, arrangements, and
improvisations and applies the criteria in her/his personal participation in
music.
Standard 8: Understanding relationships between music,
the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
Benchmark
2: The
student compares characteristics of two or more arts, within a particular
historical period or style, and cites examples from various cultures.
Standard 8: Understanding relationships between music,
the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
Benchmark
3: The
student explains ways in which the principles and subject matter of various
disciplines outside the arts interrelated with those of music.
Standard 9: Understanding music in relation to history
and culture
Benchmark
1: The
student classifies, by genre or style and historical period or culture,
unfamiliar but representative aural examples of music and explains the
reasoning behind her/his classification.