Choral Music: Grade 8

Music Performance

Creating Music

Music Literacy

Critical Response to Music

History and Culture

Making Connections

The student will sing and perform on instruments a variety of music, alone and with others.

The student will improvise, compose, and arrange music within specified guidelines.

The student will read and notate music.

The student will listen to, describe, analyze, and evaluate music and music performances.

The student will examine and perform music from a variety of historical periods and cultures.

The student will make connections between music and other arts disciplines, other content areas, and the world.

Singing

Playing

Improvising

Composing and Arranging

Use a system (for example, solfège syllables, numbers, note names) to sight-read melodies in both treble and bass clefs at a level of 1 or 2 on a scale from 1 to 6.

Use a system (for example, solfège syllables, numbers, note names) to sight-read melodies in both treble and bass clefs at a level of 1 or 2 on a scale from 1 to 6.

Identify symbols and traditional terms referring to dynamics, rhythm, expression, pitch, tempo, and articulation and interpret them correctly when performing.

Use available technology to write music notation with standard symbols for meter, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics.

Analyzing

Evaluating

Sing a diverse repertoire of music from various historical periods and cultures.

Compare and classify exemplary musical works by genre, style, historical period, composer, and title, including cultures represented in the history of South Carolina.

Examine the various uses of music in daily experiences and describe the characteristics that make the music suitable for the particular use.

Describe the historic roles of musicians in various music settings and cultures and throughout the history of South Carolina.

Design and apply a rubric for assessing the appropriate audience and performer behavior for the context and style of the particular music that was performed.

Identify common terms in music that are used in similar ways in one or more other arts disciplines (for example, texture, color, form).

Discuss the relationship that exists between subjects outside of the arts and music (for example, mathematics and music, English literature and music).

Explore careers in the arts by examining the roles of creators, performers, and others involved in the production and presentation of the arts.

Discuss ways that creativity and individual responsibility can be used in careers outside of music.

Identify the expenses involved in artistic productions (for example, performer salaries, rentals, auditorium).

Discuss the manner in which economic conditions, cultural values, and location affect the arts businesses, schools, theatres, museums, and institutions in his or her community.

Echo simple rhythmic and melodic patterns.

Sing independently with accurate intonation and in rhythm, using appropriate timbre, diction, breath control, and good posture while maintaining a steady tempo in small and large ensembles.

Sing expressively and with technical accuracy.

Sing from memory a repertoire of choral music representing diverse genres and cultures.

Sing ostinati, partner songs, rounds, and two- and three-part music with or without accompaniment.

Sing in groups, develop aural skills, blend vocal timbres, match dynamic levels, and respond to the cues of the conductor.

Perform learned accompaniment patterns for selected songs, using appropriate dynamics and timbre and a steady tempo.

Improvise simple harmonic accompaniments.

Improvise simple rhythmic variations and simple melodic embellishments on familiar melodies.

Improvise short songs using a variety of sound sources, including music technology if available.

Create compositions using traditional and nontraditional sound sources and music notation software (for example, Sibelius, Finale), individually or in large group settings.

Compose short melodies within specific guidelines using appropriate pitch and rhythm notation and employing music technology if available (for example, Sibelius and Finale software).

Arrange simple melodies for voices and/or classroom instruments, using traditional and nontraditional sound sources and music notation software (for example, Sibelius, Finale).

Identify and interpret the use of musical forms in a varied repertoire of music (for example, symphony, concerto, sonata allegro, and Mass).

Analyze the use of basic musical elements when comparing and contrasting diverse musical examples including those representing South Carolina.

Use appropriate terminology to describe music notation, music instruments and voices, and music performances.

Compare and contrast the sound sources of vocal, instrumental, multicultural, and electronic music.

Explain the different emotional responses that people can have to various musical effects.

Develop specific criteria for evaluating the quality and effectiveness of musical performances and compositions and use those criteria to evaluate his or her own performances.

Use appropriate music terminology to defend his or her preferences for specific music works and styles.