Standards - Arts Education

Explain and support an interpretation of the expressive intent of musical selections based on treatment of the elements of music, digital and electronic features, and purpose.

Evaluate music using criteria based on analysis, interpretation, digital and electronic features, and personal interests.

Generate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for compositions and improvisations using digital tools and resources.

Select melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas to develop into a larger work that exhibits unity and variety using digital and analog tools.

Develop and implement varied strategies to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of draft compositions and improvisational skills.

Share compositions and improvisations that demonstrate an accomplished level of musical and technological craftsmanship as well as the use of digital and analog tools and resources in developingand organizing musical ideas.

Develop and apply criteria to select a varied repertoire to study and perform based on interest, an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics of the music, and the performer’s technical skill using digital tools and resources.

Describe and demonstrate how context, theoretical and structural aspects of the music, and digital media/tools inform and influence prepared and improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, context, and use of digital tools and resources in a varied repertoire of music influences prepared or improvised performances and performers’ ability to connect with audiences.

Develop and implement rehearsal strategies to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of prepared and improvised performances in a varied repertoire of music.

Using digital tools and resources, demonstrate technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music.

Demonstrate an understanding of the expressive intent.

Select and critique contrasting musical works, defending opinions based on manipulations of the elements of music, digital and electronic aspects, and the purpose and context of the works.

Explain how an analysis of the structure, context, and technological aspects of the music informs the audience’s or performer’s response.

Connect the influence of the treatment of the elements of music, digital and electronic features, context, purpose, and other art forms to the expressive intent of musical works.

Apply criteria to evaluate music based on analysis, interpretation, artistic intent, digital, electronic, and analog features, and musical qualities.

Generate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for compositions and improvisations that incorporate digital tools, resources, and systems.

Select, develop, and organize multiple melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas to develop into a larger work that exhibits unity, variety, complexity, and coherence using digital and analog tools, resources, and systems.

Develop and implement varied strategies and apply appropriate criteria to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of draft compositions and improvisations.

Share a portfolio of musical creations representing varied styles and genres that demonstrates an advanced level of musical and technological craftsmanship as well as the use of digital and analog tools, resources, and systems in developing and organizing musical ideas.

Develop and apply criteria to select varied programs to study and perform based on interest, an understanding of the theoretical and structural characteristics, as well as expressive challenges in the music, and the performer’s technical skill using digital tools, resources, and systems.

Examine, evaluate, and critique how context, theoretical and structural aspects of the music, and digital media/tools inform and influence prepared and improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, context, and integration of digital technologies in a varied repertoire of music informs and influences prepared and improvised performances and performers’ ability to connect with audiences.

Apply appropriate criteria as well as feedback from multiple sources and develop and implement varied strategies to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of prepared and improvised performance.

Demonstrate an understanding and attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities of the music in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music.

Demonstrate an ability to connect with audience members before a performance and respond to them during prepared and improvised performances.

Select, describe and compare a variety of musical selections based on characteristics and knowledge of the music, understanding of digital and electronic aspects, and the purpose and context of the works.

Demonstrate and justify how an analysis of the structural characteristics, context, and technological and creative decisions informs audience or performer’s interest in and response to the music.

Examine, cite research and use multiple sources to connect the influence of the treatment of the elements of music, digital and electronic features, context, purpose, and other art forms to the expressive intent of musical works.

Develop and justify the evaluation of a variety of music based on established and personally-developed criteria, digital, electronic, and analog features, and understanding of purpose and context.

Describe how sounds and short musical ideas can be used to represent personal experiences, moods, visual images, and/or storylines.

Assemble and organize sounds or short musical ideas to create initial expressions of selected experiences, moods, images, or storylines.

Identify and describe the development of sounds or short musical ideas in drafts of music within simple forms (such as one-part, cyclical, or binary).

Identify, describe, and apply teacher-provided criteria to assess and refine the technical and expressive aspects of evolving drafts leading to final versions.

Share music through the use of notation, performance, or technology, and demonstrate how the elements of music have been employed to realize expressive intent.