Fine Arts: Music (Middle School to High School (Proficient))

Creating (CR)

Performing (PR)

Responding (RE)

Connecting (CN)

Generate musical ideas for various purposes and contexts.

Select and develop musical ideas for defined purposes and contexts.

Evaluate and refine selected musical ideas to create musical work that meets appropriate criteria.

Share creative musical work that conveys intent, demonstrates craftsmanship, and exhibits originality.

Select varied musical works to present based on interest, knowledge, technical skill, and context.

Analyze varied musical works and their implications for performance.

Develop and express personal interpretations that consider creators' intent.

Use self-reflection and peer feedback to refine individual and ensemble performances of varied music repertoire.

Perform expressively, with appropriate interpretation and technical accuracy.

Choose music appropriate for a specific purpose or context.

Analyze how the structure and context of varied musical works inform the response.

Support the reasons for an interpretation of musical works that reflect creators'/ performers' expressive intent.

Evaluate musical works and performances based on analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences in making/understanding music.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen personal understanding.

Compose and/or improvise ideas for melodies, rhythmic passages, and arrangements for specific purposes that reflect characteristic(s) of music studied.

Select and develop melodic and rhythmic passages and arrangements that incorporate the characteristics of music or texts studied while preserving them through notation and/or audio recording.

Evaluate and refine melodies, rhythmic passages, arrangements, and improvisations based on established criteria.

Share personally-developed melodies, rhythmic passages, and arrangements - individually or as an ensemble - that address identified purposes.

Explain the criteria used to select a varied repertoire based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics of the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose or context of the performance.

Analyze how compositional devices of musical works inform prepared or improvised performances.

Utilize context(s) to inform interpretation in a varied repertoire of music through prepared and improvised performances.

Develop strategies and evaluate success using feedback from ensemble peers and other sources to address challenges in a varied repertoire of music.

Demonstrate attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music representing diverse cultures, styles, and genres.

Apply criteria to select music for specified purposes, supporting choices by citing characteristics found in the music and connections to persona I interest, purpose, and context.

Explain how the analysis of passages and understanding the way the elements of music are manipulated affect musical response.

Explain and support the reasons for interpretations of expressive intent and meaning of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, (when appropriate) the setting of the text.

Evaluate works and performances based on personally- or collaboratively- developed criteria, including analysis of the structure and context.

Reflect and critique musical experiences and the effects that personal interests and concerns have on the outcome for both performer(s) and the audience.

Describe how knowledge of culture, traditions, and history influences persona I responses to music.