Music Return to index Band 1 grades 9-12 Band 2 grades 9-12 Band 3 grades 9-12 Choir 1 grades 9-12 Choir 2 grades 9-12 Choir 3 grades 9-12 Music lab grades 9-12 Advanced Placement Music Theory Orchestra grades 9-12 Understanding, grades 9-12 Adaptive Music

Choir 2 grades 9-12 Standard 1:  Sings alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music + Sings in large and small groups with an understanding of choral techniques (e.g., blend, balance, intonation, rhythmic unity, etc.) appropriate to the assigned choral literature + Performs with an understanding of vocal technique (e.g., tone, breath management, vowel production, diction, articulation, resonance, and body alignment) a varied repertoire of vocal/choral literature of class B-A technical demands in 3 or more parts + Sings music representing a variety of genres, cultures, styles, and foreign languages with appropriate interpretation Standard 2:  Performs on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music + Uses keyboard to play simple melodies Standard 3:  Improvises melodies, variations and accompaniments + Improvises simple rhythmic and melodic variations on a given melody + Improvises in a selected style + Improvises a harmonic accompaniment + Improvises in various tonalities Standard 4:  Composes and arranges music within specified guidelines + Composes and/or arranges an original melody and/or harmonic accompaniment within specified guidelines + Uses technology sources when composing and arranging Standard 5:  Reads and notates music + Identifies, defines, and performs standard notation music symbols and terms (i.e., repeat signs, tempo, articulation, dynamics, etc.) + Reads and performs music of class B technical demand with accuracy and expression + Uses technology to read, notate, and record an idea Standard 6:  Listens to, analyzes, and describes music + Aurally identifies and describes the elements of music (i.e., melody, harmony, rhythm, form, timbre, texture, and expression) + Listens to and describes how the elements of music are used to create mood and expression + Compares and analyzes musical characteristics from one style to another   Standard 7:  Evaluates music and music performances + Identifies and develops selected criteria for evaluating the quality and effectiveness of musical performances (i.e., tone, balance, intonation, technique, stage presence, musical affect and interpretation) + Evaluates the quality and effectiveness of their own and others' performances using selected criteria Standard 8:  Understands the relationships between music, other arts, and disciplines outside the arts + Compares characteristics of two or more arts + Identifies ways in which the other fine arts (i.e., theater, dance, visual arts) and non-arts disciplines are interrelated with music Standard 9:  Understands music as an integral part of history and culture + Identifies and performs representative examples of music from various historical periods and cultures and describes how they relate to historical and/or cultural events + Identifies uses of music in life and the characteristics that make the music suitable for those events