Music Competencies
Instrumental Competencies:
MUI1. Instrumental Technique: Demonstrate the ability to perform scales, arpeggios, and repertoire with attention to proper posture and position.
MUI2. Sight Reading: Demonstrate knowledge of musical technique by performing and reading warm-ups and repertoire with higher levels of note accuracy and expression
MUI3. Improvisation: Demonstrate the ablity to create and play music without prior practice or rehearsal with application to learned musical elements
MUI4. Musical Literacy: Apply knowledge of music and vocal vocabulary to read, analyze, perform and evaluate written music and performances.
MUI5. Making Connections: Recognize repertoire's significance in history and connect it to ideas in other areas across the curriculum
MUI6. Using Community Resources: Use, analyze and evaluate computer web sites and performances in the community
Diploma Plus 3 Stages of Mastery
Diploma Plus: 3 Stages of Mastery
| Foundation level : (skills at the ninth grade or lower level. The basic skills needed to be prepared for high school level coursework.) | Presentation Level : (skills at the 10th and 11th grade skill level. Skills that indicate that a student is consistently understanding material and performing tasks competently) | Plus Phase: (skills that are at the 12th grade or synthesis/evaluation level.-applicable post high school and life skills) |
| Defining musical vocabularyRecognizing and identifying pitches and rhythms.Recognizing and describing the functions of exercises and warm-ups. Demonstrating the ability to match written music and rhythms to the instrument or voice.Explaining music through learned vocabularyPlaying or singing rhythmically and in tempo within an ensembleRecognizing and responding to various musical subjectsPerforming rhythmically with attention to musical expression and dynamics Recognizing and responding to repertoire and its appropriate historical connections.Understanding and exploring the various roles of music in society.Discussing and highlighting the main points of a repertoire’s history. Drawing personal connections and responses to repertoireApplying learned musical concepts and skills.Using the internet to explore various facets of music.Attending community performances, visiting performing arts libraries,Volunteering for a school musical or production.Researching and reading advertisements and articles on music. | Differentiating and adjusting correct fingerings to perform repertoire Consistent use of proper technique to perform repertoire Differentiating pitch intervals between step-wise and skip patternsDemonstrates an advanced level of musical expression and pitch accuracyCreating a variation of a melody using rhythm, dynamics, tempo, and ornamentationImprovise stylistically within an ensemble on a given tunePerforming rhythmically, with dynamics, and musical phrasingPerforming solo melodies within an ensembleComparing and contrasting various musical styles with appropriate musical vocabularyApplying written musical notation and vocabulary into a musical scoreApplying and defending critical analysis of various musical stylesClassifying repertoire’s main historical influences and drawing connections with other subjectsComparing and contrasting at least 2 historical musical events and drawing connections with other subjectsResearching and developing possible careers in music.Performing internships in music industry | Demonstrates mastery levels of repertoire with consistent attention to notation, rhythm, expression, and technique Combines and demonstrates mastery levels of reading, note accuracy, expression, and intonation. Arranging and composing melodies for an ensemble Performing and conducting the entire ensembleConsistent application and demonstration of appropriate musical style and performance practice to repertoire Synthesizing and applying multiple concepts across the curriculumFormulating his/her own theories of musical analysis Creating or composing a musical performance or production.Becoming a NYC public high school music teacher |
Key Skills and Content: students should know and be able to do
· Sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. · Perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.· Improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments· Compose and arrange music within specified guidelines. · Read and notate music. Listen to, analyze, and describe music. · Evaluate music and music performances. · Understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.· Understand music in relation to history and culture. (from the National Association for Music Education (MENC)) |
Key Performance Tasks: those required on state assessment and unit assessments
| · Gain skills and expressive abilities· Become musically literate· Make social, historical, and cultural connections· Become enriched by experiences with the cultural community· Learn about career opportunities in music, as well as the value of music as a means of expression and source of enjoyment |
