High School Fine Arts SOL Standards

Technique and Application

Music Literacy: Acquire the technical skills and artistic knowledge necessary for creative, expressive, and artistic performance. Demonstrate understanding of elements of music and ways they are used for artistic performance and creative expression

Technique and Application

Cultivate connections to other fine arts and fields of knowledge. Identify and cultivate connections between music and other fields of knowledge to develop problem-solving skills.

Understand and explore the impact of current and emerging technologies. Participate in a rapidly changing world of music and explore the impact of current and emerging technologies, media, and processes.

College, career, and the 21st Century Workplace. Connect music content and skills to career options, college opportunities, and the 21st Century workplace.

Innovation in the Arts

Ethical and legal considerations for music and intellectual property. Identify and understand ethical and legal considerations for engaging with music, resources, and source material as a responsible citizen.

Understand music as a form of community engagement. Identify and interact with music and develop a lifelong engagement as a performer, supporter, advocate, and audience member.

Understand cultural and historical influences of music. Demonstrate understanding of cultural and historical influences of music.

History, Culture, and Citizenship

Develop collaboration and communication skills for music rehearsal and performance. Identify and apply collaboration and communication skills for rehearsal and performance of music.

Formulate and justify personal responses and connections to music. Recognize, justify, and articulate personal responses, beliefs, and opinions regarding music and recognize the value in learning about diverse opinions and responses to music.

Analyze, interpret, and evaluate music. Develop critical thinking skills in the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the work of self and others.

Critical Thinking and Communication

Understand and apply a creative process to develop ideas for creating and performing music. Understand and apply a creative process to guide the development of ideas and original work.

Apply creative thinking to composing and improvising music. Apply creative thinking by employing originality, flexibility, experimentation, individual voice, and imagination to improvise and compose music.

Creative Process

The student will demonstrate creative thinking by composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.

Compose and arrange appropriate voicings and ranges.

Improvise over tonal or rhythmic structure.

Improvise variations on a simple melody.

The student will explore and describe ways in which innovative media, tools, and processes are influencing music.

The student will explain relationships of music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.

The student will use a variety of analog and digital notations (e.g. standard notation, lead sheets, tablature, piano roll).

Notate original musical ideas.

Identify symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression.

The student will perform a variety of music.

Sing or play with increased technical proficiency.

Use indicated dynamics, phrasing, and other elements of music.

Evaluate and apply performance practices.

The student will perform a varied repertoire of music representative of diverse styles, forms, and cultures.

The student will read, count, and perform rhythmic patterns

Use a counting system.

Include patterns that suggest duple and triple meter.

Use instruments, body percussion, and voice.

Include complex rhythms and syncopation.

The student will create movement to express elements of music and interpret expressive qualities of an original music composition.

The student will apply a creative process for music.

Define, evaluate, organize, develop, and share personal ideas, investigations, and research of music ideas and concepts.

Develop and share individual creative processes for creating original music compositions, arrangements, and improvisations.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate music.

Describe music styles and forms using music terminology.

Define and classify various musical styles that represent a variety of historical periods and cultural influences.

Describe and interpret works of music using inquiry skills and music terminology.

Examine and apply accepted criteria for evaluating works of music.

Examine and apply accepted criteria for critiquing musical performances of self and others.

The student will formulate and justify personal responses to music.

Explain how the context of a musical work’s creation may influence the response of the listener.

Analyze and explain personal responses to works of music.

The student will evaluate and demonstrate collaboration skills and concert etiquette.

Examine audience etiquette appropriate for various musical settings.

Exhibit active listening in music settings.

Demonstrate respect for the contributions of others in collaborative music experiences.

The student will explore historical and cultural influences of music.

Describe distinguishing characteristics of musical forms and styles from a variety of cultures.

Identify cultural and historical influences of musical styles.

The student will describe opportunities for music performance and advocacy within the community.

The student will describe ethical standards as applied to the use of intellectual property.

The student will explore connections between music skills and college, career, and workplace skills.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Choreography

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Expression

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Vocal Technique and Choral Skills

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Aural Skills

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Music Literacy: Acquire the technical skills and artistic knowledge necessary for creative, expressive, and artistic performance. Demonstrate understanding of elements of music and ways they are used for artistic performance and creative expression

Technique and Application

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Cultivate connections to other fine arts and fields of knowledge. Identify and cultivate connections between music and other fields of knowledge to develop problem-solving skills.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Understand and explore the impact of current and emerging technologies. Participate in a rapidly changing world of music and explore the impact of current and emerging technologies, media, and processes.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

College, career, and the 21st Century Workplace. Connect music content and skills to career options, college opportunities, and the 21st Century workplace.

Innovation in the Arts

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Ethical and legal considerations for music and intellectual property. Identify and understand ethical and legal considerations for engaging with music, resources, and source material as a responsible citizen.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Understand music as a form of community engagement. Identify and interact with music and develop a lifelong engagement as a performer, supporter, advocate, and audience member.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Understand cultural and historical influences of music. Demonstrate understanding of cultural and historical influences of music.

History, Culture, and Citizenship

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Develop collaboration and communication skills for music rehearsal and performance. Identify and apply collaboration and communication skills for rehearsal and performance of music.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Formulate and justify personal responses and connections to music. Recognize, justify, and articulate personal responses, beliefs, and opinions regarding music and recognize the value in learning about diverse opinions and responses to music.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Analyze, interpret, and evaluate music. Develop critical thinking skills in the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the work of self and others.

Critical Thinking and Communication

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Understand and apply a creative process to develop ideas for creating and performing music. Understand and apply a creative process to guide the development of ideas and original work.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Apply creative thinking to composing and improvising music. Apply creative thinking by employing originality, flexibility, experimentation, individual voice, and imagination to improvise and compose music.

Creative Process

The student will use music composition as a means of creative expression.

Compose a rhythmic-melodic variation.

Improvise a melody to a I-IV-V(V7)-I chord progression.

Arrange or compose accompanying harmonies and/or counter melodies to a given melody.

Create, improvise, and perform rhythmic and melodic examples to a I-IV-V(V7)-I chord progression using call-and-response and improvisation.

Perform accompanying harmonies and/or counter melodies to a given melody.

Create movement individually or collaboratively.

The student will explore innovative tools for connecting with communities of musicians.

The student will investigate cross-disciplinary connections to identify how music works with other disciplines to develop innovative solutions to inquiry-based problems.

The student will demonstrate music literacy.

Identify components of vocal scores.

Read, count, and interpret complex rhythmic patterns.

Identify major key signatures.

Sight-sing eight-measure diatonic melodic patterns in multiple parts using steps and diatonic skips with appropriate solmization.

Sing major and minor scales independently using appropriate solmization.

Demonstrate basic conducting patterns including triple meter.

Notate student-created compositions using standard notation.

The student will demonstrate aural skills.

Recognize and demonstrate all diatonic intervals.

Write eight-measure rhythmic and melodic phrases of increasing difficulty from dictation.

Write eight-measure melodic phrases from dictation.

Identify and explain complex musical forms.

Identify a variety of musical styles.

The student will demonstrate vocal techniques and choral skills.

Model proper posture and breathing techniques that support proper vocal production.

Identify the effects of physiological changes and external influences on the voice.

Integrate principles of vocal health while singing.

Increase breath control through strength and endurance exercises.

Increase vocal agility and range by singing appropriate vocal exercises, including use of head and chest voices.

Adjust intonation for balance and blend.

Sing an assigned vocal part in complex harmony.

Consistently apply proper diction (e.g., pure vowel sounds, diphthongs, voiced and unvoiced consonants).

Sing music literature with and without accompaniment in at least two languages other than English.

Exhibit audition skills.

The student will identify and demonstrate expressive qualities of choral music.

Interpreting the components of a vocal score, dynamic markings, tempo markings, musical road signs/form features, and articulations, style, and phrasing.

Perform complex rhythmic patterns.

Respond to interpretive gestures and advanced conducting patterns in multiple meters.

Consistently use facial and physical expressions that reflect the mood and style of the music.

The student will use choreography as a form of expression and communication.

The student will apply steps of a creative process.

Develop, compose, improvise, draft, refine, and share choral music ideas.

Refine choral music ideas and skills collaboratively with peers and the teacher by giving and receiving constructive criticism to improve performance.

Document research, inquiry, and analysis of a focused choral music topic of personal interest.

Develop a portfolio that demonstrates growth and learning of choral music ideas and skills.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate choral music.

Compare and contrast styles of choral music using music terminology.

Evaluate works of music using accepted criteria.

Compare and contrast music performances.

Critique music performances of self and others using critical-thinking skills.

The student will formulate and justify personal responses to music.

Analyze and explain personal emotional and intellectual responses to works of music using music terminology.

Analyze personal criteria used for evaluating works of music or critiquing musical performances.

The student will analyze and demonstrate collaboration skills and concert etiquette as a performer.

Participate in a variety of performances and other music activities.

Cooperate and collaborate as a singer in a rehearsal.

Demonstrate respect to student leaders within the choral ensemble.

Apply active listening in rehearsal and performance.

The student will explore historical and cultural influences of music.

Analyze the cultural influences, musical styles, composers, and historical periods associated with the music literature being studied.

Compare and contrast a variety of musical periods and styles using music terminology.

Analyze the characteristics of vocal/choral music from a variety of cultures.

The student will examine opportunities for music performance and advocacy within the community.

The student will research the use and misuse of ethical standards as applied to intellectual property.

The student will research career options in music and a variety of careers that involve skills learned in music.

The student will use music composition as a means of creative expression.

Refine a creative sequence that utilizes individual inquiry to produce examples of a finished musical artifact.

Compose a rhythmic-melodic variation.

Improvise a melody to a I-IV-V(V7)-I chord progression

Arrange or compose accompanying harmonies and/or counter melodies to a given melody.

Improvise movement individually or collaboratively.

The student will analyze how innovative media, tools, and processes are influencing vocal music.

The student will analyze and explain how music works together with other disciplines to develop innovative solutions to problems.

The student will demonstrate music literacy.

Identify all components of music scores.

Read, count, and notate complex rhythmic patterns.

Identify major key signatures and relative and parallel minor keys.

Sight-sing eight-measure melodic patterns containing varied intervals from three- or four-part scores.

Sing major, minor, and chromatic scales using appropriate solmization.

Identify various compositional procedures and techniques, including fugue, modulation, word painting, and aleatoric music.

Demonstrate conducting patterns including mixed meters.

Notate student-created compositions using standard notation using contemporary technology.

The student will demonstrate aural skills.

Sing all diatonic intervals individually.

Write complex rhythmic phrases and complex melodic phrases from dictation that are eight measures in length.

Transpose a cappella music into one or more keys.

The student will demonstrate vocal techniques and choral skills.

Model proper posture for solo/choral singing.

Use breath control, vocal independence, and agility while singing appropriate vocal exercises throughout the vocal range.

Use advanced vocal techniques to control dynamics and articulation.

Use advanced vocal development exercises to improve intonation.

Model adjustment of intonation by applying listening skills.

Model blend and balance with other singers.

Sing songs with complex and/or nontraditional harmonies.

Model proper diction (e.g., pure vowel sounds, diphthongs, voiced and unvoiced consonants).

Exhibit audition skills.

Sing advanced, representative solo and choral music in various forms, styles, and languages.

The student will identify and demonstrate expressive qualities of choral music.

Interpret the components of a vocal score, dynamic markings, tempo markings, musical road signs/form features, and articulations, style, and phrasing.

Perform complex rhythmic patterns.

Respond to advanced conducting patterns and interpretive gestures.

Model facial and physical expressions that reflect the mood and style of the music.

The student will demonstrate choreography as a form of expression and communication.

The student will apply steps of a creative process.

Develop, compose, improvise, draft, refine, and share choral music ideas in a variety of contexts.

Refine choral music ideas and skills collaboratively with peers and the teacher by giving and receiving constructive criticism to improve performance.

Analyze research of a focused choral music topic of personal interest.

Document growth, skill development, and learning in the development of an individual musical repertoire that includes documentation of a creative process as well as final products.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate choral music.

Formulate criteria to be used for critiquing musical performances.

Apply formulated criteria for critiquing musical performances of self and others.

The student will formulate and justify personal responses to music.

Justify personal emotional and intellectual responses to works of music using music terminology.

Justify personal criteria used for evaluating works of music.

The student will evaluate and demonstrate collaboration skills and concert etiquette as a performer.

Participate in a variety of performances and other music activities.

Demonstrate respect to student leaders within the choral ensemble.

Fulfill leadership roles (e.g., section leader, student conductor, accompanist, choir officer, choir librarian, peer mentor).

Model active listening in rehearsal and performance.

The student will explore historical and cultural influences of music.

Compare and contrast the cultural influences, musical styles, composers, and historical periods associated with the music literature being studied.

Assess musical periods and styles.

Analyze the characteristics of vocal/choral music from a variety of cultures.

The student will analyze and evaluate opportunities for music performance and advocacy within the community.

The student will assess the use and misuse of ethical standards as applied to intellectual property.

The student will investigate career pathways in the music field, and discuss opportunities to be a lifelong learner of music.

The student will use music composition as a means of creative expression.

Compose a four-measure rhyth-micmelodic variation.

Improvise simple rhythmic and melodic examples in call-and-response styles.

Create, write and perform rhythmic and melodic variations of four-measure selections taken from but not limited to songs, exercises, or etudes.

The student will describe ways in which innovative tools and media influence the development of vocal music and choral styles.

The student will describe relationships of vocal music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.

The student will demonstrate music literacy.

Identify the components of a vocal score.

Read and count rhythmic patterns.

Identify the function of accidentals.

Define the rules for identifying key signatures.

Sight-sing eight-measure, stepwise melodic patterns using scale degrees 1 through 5 of a major scale, with appropriate solmization.

Define the rules for identifying time signatures in duple and triple meters.

Demonstrate basic conducting patterns.

Identify dynamic markings, including pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff, crescendo, and decrescendo.

Identify tempo markings, including presto, allegro, andante, adagio, rallentando, ritardando, and accelerando.

Identify fermata, repeat sign, da capo, dal segno, coda, and fine.

Notate student-created compositions using standard notation.

The student will demonstrate aural skills.

Recognize and demonstrate diatonic intervals (M2, M3, P4, P5, octave).

Distinguish major and minor tonalities.

Identify similar and contrasting musical phrases and sections.

Differentiate melodic and harmonic patterns.

Write simple four-measure rhythmic phrases from dictation.

The student will demonstrate vocal techniques and choral skills.

Use proper posture and breathing techniques for choral singing that support vocal production.

Identify components of the vocal anatomy and vocal health.

Develop vocal agility and range by singing appropriate vocal exercises.

Demonstrate proper diction (e.g., pure vowel sounds, diphthongs, consonants).

Blend with other singers on the same vocal part using correct intonation.

Sing an assigned vocal part in an ensemble.

Sing music literature with and without accompaniment in at least one language other than English.

Exhibit audition skills.

Interpret the components of a vocal score, dynamic markings, tempo markings, musical road signs/form features, and articulations, style, and phrasing.

Respond to basic conducting patterns and interpretive gestures.

Use facial and physical expressions that reflect the mood and style of the music.

The student will identify and demonstrate expressive qualities of choral music.

The student will respond to music with movement by performing non-choreographed and choreographed movements.

The student will identify and apply steps of a creative process.

Develop, draft, and share choral music ideas.

Refine choral music ideas and skills collaboratively with peers and the teacher through ongoing feedback.

Independently identify and examine inquiry-based questions related to choral music.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate choral music.

Describe the social cultural and historical context of music.

Describe works of music using inquiry skills and music terminology.

Examine accepted criteria used for evaluating works of music.

Describe performances of music using music terminology.

Examine accepted criteria used for critiquing musical performances.

The student will formulate and justify personal responses to music.

Describe personal criteria used for determining the quality of a work of music or importance of a musical style.

Explain preferences for different works of music using music terminology.

Identify ways in which music evokes sensory, emotional, and intellectual responses, including ways in which music can be persuasive.

The student will identify and demonstrate collaboration skills and concert etiquette as a performer.

Participate in a variety of performances.

Cooperate and collaborate as a singer in a rehearsal.

Demonstrate active listening in rehearsal, performance, and as an audience member.

The student will explore historical and cultural influences of music.

Identify the cultural influences, musical styles, composers, and historical periods associated with the music literature being studied.

Identify ways in which culture influences the development of choral music and vocal styles.

The student will identify the value of musical performance to the school community.

The student will describe ethical standards as applied to the use of intellectual property.

The student will identify career options in music and discuss the future of music-related careers.

The student will use music composition as a means of creative expression.

Compose an eight-measure rhythmic-melodic variation.

Create and perform simple rhythmic and melodic examples using call-and-response and basic improvisation.

Compose, improvise and perform rhythmic and melodic variations of eight- to twelve-measure excerpts based upon original ideas or musical works.

The student will explore a variety of innovative media, tools, and processes to create, edit, present, and/or understand new works of music.

The student will make cross-curricular connections to explore how music works together with other disciplines to develop innovative solutions to problems.

The student will demonstrate music literacy.

Identify the components of a vocal score.

Read and count rhythmic patterns.

Apply the rules for identifying key signatures.

Sight-sing eight-measure, diatonic melodic patterns in two parts using stepwise and tonic triad skips with appropriate solmization.

Sing major and minor scales using appropriate solmization.

Demonstrate basic conducting patterns in duple meter.

Write four-measure melodic phrases from dictation.

Demonstrate understanding of the grand staff.

Notate student-created compositions using standard notation.

The student will demonstrate aural skills.

Recognize and demonstrate diatonic intervals (m2, m3, M6, m7).

Identify ascending and descending half-step and whole-step intervals.

Identify and explain simple musical forms.

Write eight-measure rhythmic phrases.

Write four-measure melodic phrases from dictation.

Identify a cappella vs. accompanied singing.

The student will demonstrate vocal techniques and choral skills.

Consistently use proper posture and breathing techniques that support vocal production.

Investigate components of the vocal anatomy and vocal health.

Demonstrate the difference between head voice and chest voice.

Strengthen vocal independence, agility, and range by singing appropriate vocal exercises.

Consistently use proper diction (e.g., pure vowel sounds, diphthongs, voiced and unvoiced consonants).

Blend with other singers across sections using correct intonation.

Sing an assigned vocal part in simple harmony or in ensemble.

Sing music literature with and without accompaniment in at least one language other than English.

Exhibit audition skills.

The student will identify and demonstrate expressive qualities of choral music.

Interpret the components of a vocal score, dynamic markings, tempo markings, musical road signs/form features, and articulations, style, and phrasing.

Respond to a wide range of conducting patterns and interpretative gestures.

Consistently use facial and physical expressions that reflect the mood and style of the music.

The student will respond to music with movement by applying various styles of choreography to different musical compositions.

The student will apply steps of a creative process.

Develop, improvise, draft, refine, and share choral music ideas.

Refine choral music ideas and skills collaboratively with peers and the teacher by giving and receiving constructive criticism to improve performance.

Research and document findings of inquiry related to choral music.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate choral music.

Describe social, cultural and historical context of works of music.

Interpret works of music using inquiry skills and music terminology.

Apply accepted criteria for evaluating works of music.

Apply accepted criteria for critiquing music performances.

The student will formulate and justify personal responses to music.

Describe personal emotional and intellectual responses to works of music using music terminology.

Analyze ways in which music can evoke emotion and be persuasive.

The student will describe and demonstrate collaboration skills and concert etiquette as a performer.

Participate in a variety of performances and other music activities.

Cooperate and collaborate as a singer in rehearsal.

Apply active listening in rehearsal and performance.

The student will explore historical and cultural influences of music.

Describe the cultural influences, musical styles, composers, and historical periods associated with the music literature being studied.

Compare and contrast a variety of musical periods and styles.

The student will describe how musicians, consumers of music, and music advocates impact the community.

The student will apply ethical standards to the use of intellectual property.

The student will compare and contrast career options in music.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Musicianship and Ensemble Skills

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Instrumental Technique

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Instrumental Procedures

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Scales

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Music Literacy: Acquire the technical skills and artistic knowledge necessary for creative, expressive, and artistic performance. Demonstrate understanding of elements of music and ways they are used for artistic performance and creative expression

Technique and Application

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Cultivate connections to other fine arts and fields of knowledge. Identify and cultivate connections between music and other fields of knowledge to develop problem-solving skills.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Understand and explore the impact of current and emerging technologies. Participate in a rapidly changing world of music and explore the impact of current and emerging technologies, media, and processes.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

College, career, and the 21st Century Workplace. Connect music content and skills to career options, college opportunities, and the 21st Century workplace.

Innovation in the Arts

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Ethical and legal considerations for music and intellectual property. Identify and understand ethical and legal considerations for engaging with music, resources, and source material as a responsible citizen.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Understand music as a form of community engagement Identify and interact with music and develop a lifelong engagement as a performer, supporter, advocate, and audience member.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Understand cultural and historical influences of music. Demonstrate understanding of cultural and historical influences of music.

History, Culture, and Citizenship

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Develop collaboration and communication skills for music rehearsal and performance. Identify and apply collaboration and communication skills for rehearsal and performance of music.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Formulate and justify personal responses and connections to music. Recognize, justify, and articulate personal responses, beliefs, and opinions regarding music and recognize the value in learning about diverse opinions and responses to music.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Analyze, interpret, and evaluate music. Develop critical thinking skills in the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the work of self and others.

Critical Thinking and Communication

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Understand and apply a creative process to develop ideas for creating and performing music. Understand and apply a creative process to guide the development of ideas and original work.

Artist

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginning

Apply creative thinking to composing and improvising music. Apply creative thinking by employing originality, flexibility, experimentation, individual voice, and imagination to improvise and compose music.

Creative Process

The student will use music composition as a means of creative expression.

Compose a rhythmic-melodic variation.

Improvise a melody to a I-IV-V(V7)-I chord progression.

Arrange or compose accompanying harmonies and/or counter melodies to a given melody.

Create, improvise, and perform rhythmic and melodic examples to a IIV-V(V7)-I chord progression using call-and-response and improvisation.

Perform accompanying harmonies and/or counter melodies to a given melody.

The student will analyze how innovative media, tools, and processes are influencing instrumental music.

The student will investigate cross-disciplinary connections to identify how music works with other disciplines to develop innovative solutions to inquiry-based problems.

The student will demonstrate music literacy.

Identify, define, and apply advanced standard notation for pitch, rhythm, meter, articulation, dynamics, and other elements of music.

Notate student-created compositions using standard notation.

Sing assigned parts while others sing or play contrasting parts from the music being studied.

Read, analyze, count (using a counting system), perform, and compose varied rhythmic patterns in complex meters, demonstrating technical facility and precision.

Identify, compare, contrast, and perform music written in fugal and theme-and-variations forms.

Apply and differentiate music terminology found in the music literature being studied.

Sight-read music of varying styles and levels of difficulty.

The student will read, notate, and perform scales.

Identify and notate all key signatures.

Read, notate, and perform all ascending and descending major scales, as well as select minor scales.

Wind/mallet student—perform an ascending and descending chromatic scale.,

Guitar student—ascending and descending scales; major, natural minor, and harmonic minor scales of at least two octaves up to five sharps/three flats; chromatic scales up to the 12th fret; two forms of the movable blues scales. First position, barre chords, and movable jazz chords. A ii7-V7-I7 chord progression in a variety of keys. A 12-bar blues progression in a variety of keys.

The student will demonstrate appropriate procedures for playing.

Procedures for care and basic maintenance of the instrument.

Describe and demonstrate the process for tuning the instrument.

Identify and repair minor problems of the instrument.

Analyze, describe, and demonstrate proper posture, instrument position, and hand positions.

Wind student—analyze, describe, and demonstrate proper embouchure.

The student will demonstrate and describe proper instrumental techniques.

Adjust and perfect intonation while playing.

Identify and produce tones that are characteristic of the instrument.

Describe and demonstrate contrasting articulations in the music literature being studied.

Identify and apply advanced techniques including but not limited to, right-hand and left-hand, mallet percussion, double-tonguing.

The student will demonstrate, describe, and analyze musicianship and ensemble skills.

Balance and blend instrumental timbres.

Identify intonation problems within the ensemble and provide a solution.

Make adjustments to facilitate correct intonation.

Match dynamic levels and playing style.

Respond to advanced conducting patterns and gestures.

Demonstrate conducting patterns and gestures.

Maintain a steady beat at various tempos and perform tempo changes in the music literature being studied.

Use contrasting articulations, dynamic contrasts, phrasing, various tempos, and tempo changes as means of expression.

The student will apply a creative process for music.

Develop and share a creative process through original music arrangements and productions.

Monitor individual practice with a level of refinement that reflects advanced musical goals.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate music.

Apply accepted criteria for analyzing and evaluating works of music.

Assess performances of music using music terminology.

Apply accepted criteria for critiquing musical performances of self and others.

The student will formulate and justify personal responses to music.

Analyze and explain personal emotional and intellectual responses to works of music using music terminology.

Analyze personal criteria used for evaluating works of music or critiquing musical performances.

The student will demonstrate collaboration and communication skills for music.

Participate in curricular and co-curricular ensembles, performances, and events at school, and in community, county, district, regional, state, and national events.

Participate in rehearsal and concert etiquette as a performer (e.g., using critical aural skills, following conducting gestures, maintaining attention in rest position).

Consistently demonstrate exemplary concert etiquette as an active listener.

The student will explore historical and cultural influences of music.

Analyze the cultural influences, musical styles, composers, and historical periods associated with the music literature being studied.

Compare and contrast a variety of musical periods and styles using music terminology.

Analyze the characteristics of instrumental music from a variety of cultures.

The student will describe opportunities for music performance and advocacy within the community.

The student will research the use and misuse of ethical standards as applied to intellectual property.

The student will research career options in music and a variety of careers that involve skills learned in music.

The student will use music composition as a means of creative expression.

Refine a creative sequence that utilizes individual inquiry to produce examples of a finished musical artifact.

Compose a rhythmic-melodic variation.

Improvise a melody to a I-IV-V(V7)-I chord progression.

Arrange or compose accompanying harmonies and/or counter melodies to a given melody.

The student will evaluate the influence of emerging technologies and innovative media, tools, and processes on instrumental music.

The student will analyze and explain how music works together with other disciplines to develop innovative solutions to problems.

The student will demonstrate music literacy.

Identify, define, and apply advanced standard notation for pitch, rhythm, meter, articulation, dynamics, and other elements of music.

Notate student-created compositions using standard notation using contemporary technology.

Sing assigned parts while others sing or play contrasting parts.

Read, analyze, count (using a counting system), perform, and compose advanced rhythmic patterns in complex meters, demonstrating technical facility and precision.

Identify, explain, and apply music terminology found in the music literature being studied.

Read and interpret standard music notation while performing music of varying styles and levels of difficulty.

Create and perform rhythmic and melodic examples in sonata-allegro form.

Sight-read music of varying styles and levels of difficulty.

The student will read, notate, and perform scales.

Identify and notate all key signatures.

Read, notate, and perform all ascending and descending major scales, as well as selected minor scales and tonic arpeggios.

Wind/mallet student—perform an ascending and descending chromatic scale.

Guitar student—ascending and descending scales; major, natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor scales that cover the range of the instrument; chromatic scales up to the 19th fret. Dorian, Phrygian, and Mixolydian modes in all positions. Major 7, Dominant 9, Dominant 13, Minor 7 (b5), diminished and substitute chords. Chords in root position and in inversions. Chord progression in a variety of jazz and blues standards. Utilize correct finger patterns in performing scales and repertoire in all major and minor keys. Perform moveable scale and mode patterns from memory.

The student will demonstrate preparatory procedures for playing.

Procedures for care and maintenance of the instrument.

Describing and demonstrate the process for tuning the instrument.

Identify and repair minor problems of the instrument.

Analyze, describe, and demonstrate proper posture, instrument position, and hand positions.

Wind student—analyze, describe, and demonstrate proper embouchure.

The student will demonstrate and describe proper instrumental techniques.

Consistently adjust and perfect intonation.

Produce characteristic sound and tone quality.

Describe and demonstrate contrasting articulations in the music literature being studied.

Use advanced techniques with fluency and expression, including but not limited to, righthand and left-hand, mallet percussion, double-tonguing.

The student will demonstrate, describe, and analyze musicianship and ensemble skills.

Balance and blend instrumental timbres.

Make adjustments to facilitate correct intonation as an ensemble member and soloist.

Match dynamic levels and playing style.

Respond to advanced conducting patterns and gestures.

Demonstrate conducting patterns and gestures.

Maintain a steady beat at various tempos and perform tempo changes in the music literature being studied.

Describe and demonstrate the use of articulations, dynamic contrasts, phrasing, various tempos, and tempo changes as means of expression.

The student will apply a creative process for music.

Refine a portfolio of creative original work that includes examples of both a creative process as well as finished products.

Monitor individual practice with a level of refinement that reflects artistic musical goals.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate music.

Apply accepted criteria for analyzing and evaluating works of music.

Apply accepted criteria for critiquing musical performances of self and others.

The student will formulate and justify personal responses to music.

Justify personal emotional and intellectual responses to works of music using music terminology

Justify personal criteria used for evaluating works of music or critiquing musical performances.

The student will demonstrate collaboration and communication skills for music.

Participate in curricular and co-curricular ensembles, performances, and events at school, and in community, county, district, regional, state, and national events.

Participate in rehearsal and concert etiquette as a performer (e.g., using critical aural skills, following conducting gestures, maintaining attention in rest position).

Model exemplary concert etiquette as an active listener.

The student will explore historical and cultural influences of music.

Compare and contrast the cultural influences, musical styles, composers, and historical periods associated with the music literature being studied.

Assess musical periods and styles using music terminology.

Analyze the characteristics of instrumental music from a variety of cultures.

The student will analyze and evaluate opportunities for music performance and advocacy within the community

The student will assess the use and misuse of ethical standards as applied to intellectual property.

The student will investigate career pathways in the music field, and discuss opportunities to be a lifelong learner of music.

The student will use music composition as a means of creative expression.

Compose a four-measure rhythmic-melodic variation.

Improvise simple rhythmic and melodic examples in call-and-response styles.

Create, write, and perform rhythmic and melodic variations of four-measure selections taken from, but not limited to, songs, exercises, or etudes.

The student will describe ways in which innovative tools and media influence the development of instruments, instrumental music, and instrumental music styles.

The student will describe relationships of instrumental music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.

The student will demonstrate music literacy.

Identify, define, and use basic standard notation for pitch, rhythm, meter, articulation, dynamics, and other elements of music.

Notate student-created compositions using standard notation.

Sing selected lines from music being studied.

Echo, read, count (using a counting system), and perform rhythms and rhythmic patterns, including whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, dotted half notes, dotted quarter notes, corresponding rests, and syncopations.

Identify, read, and perform music in simple and compound meters ( 2 4, 3 4, 4 4, C, 6 8).

Identify and perform music written in binary, ternary, and theme-and-variations forms.

Define and identify music terminology found in the music literature being studied.

Perform music of varying styles and levels of difficulty.

Sight-read music of varying styles and levels of difficulty.

Guitar student— use standard and instrument specific notation; read basic rhythm guitar using first position chords.

The student will read, notate, and perform scales.

Identify and demonstrate half-step and whole-step patterns.

Identify and notate key signatures of scales and literature being performed.

Wind/mallet student—concert C, F, B-flat, Eflat, A-flat, and G major scales; G minor scale; a chromatic scale.

Orchestral string student—one-octave ascending and descending C, F, G, and D major scales and D harmonic minor scale.

Guitar student—read, analyze, notate, and perform scales and chords. One-octave ascending and descending major, natural and harmonic scales up to three sharps/one flat. A chromatic scale and one form of the moveable, one-octave pentatonic scale. Open position chords and power chords with roots on the sixth and fifth strings. A I-IV-V7 chord progression in the keys of C, G, D, and A major, and A and E minor. 12-bar blues in a variety of keys.

The student will demonstrate preparatory instrumental basics and playing procedures.

Identify and select an appropriate instrument.

Identify parts of the instrument.

Identify procedures for care of the instrument.

Identify proper playing posture and instrument position.

Guitar student—demonstrate the ability to change a guitar string.

The student will demonstrate proper instrumental techniques.

Identify correct hand positions, finger/slide placement, fingerings/positions, and finger/slide patterns.

Match pitches and begin to make adjustments to facilitate correct intonation.

Produce tones that are clear, free of tension, and sustained.

Wind student—proper breathing techniques and embouchure; contrasting articulations (tonguing, slurring, staccato, accent).

Orchestral string student—proper bow placement, weight, angle, and speed; contrasting articulations (pizzicato, legato, staccato, détaché, two-note slurs).

Percussion student— stick control, appropriate grip, and performance of beginning roll, diddle, flam and drag rudiments; multiple bounce roll; playing techniques on mallet and auxiliary instruments.

Guitar student—right-hand techniques (finger style, pick style, arpeggio patterns with varying combinations of pulgar, indicio, medio, anular [pima]); and left-hand techniques (first position, finger technique).

The student will demonstrate musicianship and ensemble skills.

Identify the characteristic sound of the instrument being studied.

Balance instrumental timbres.

Make adjustments to facilitate correct intonation.

Match dynamic levels and playing style.

Respond to conducting patterns and gestures.

Maintain a steady beat at various tempos in the music literature being studied.

Use articulations, dynamic contrasts, and phrasing as means of expression.

The student will apply a creative process for music.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate music.

Propose a definition of music and support that definition.

Describe and interpret diverse works of music using inquiry skills and music terminology.

Describe accepted criteria used for evaluating works of music.

Describe performances of music using music terminology.

Describe accepted criteria used for critiquing musical performances of self and others.

The student will formulate and justify personal responses to music.

Identify reasons for preferences among works of music using music terminology.

Identify ways in which music evokes sensory, emotional, and intellectual responses, including ways in which music can be persuasive.

The student will demonstrate collaboration and communication skills for music.

Participate in curricular and co-curricular school performances, and in local, district, or regional events as appropriate to level, ability, and interest.

Describe and demonstrate rehearsal and concert etiquette as a performer (e.g., using critical aural skills, following conducting gestures, maintaining attention in rest position).

Describe and demonstrate active listening skills as an audience member.

The student will explore historical and cultural influences of music.

Identify the cultural influences, musical styles, composers, and historical periods associated with the music literature being studied.

Describe the importance of composers’ use of style, cultural influences, and historical context for the interpretation of works of music.

The student will identify ways to engage the school community in a music performance.

The student will describe ethical standards as applied to the use of intellectual property.

The student will describe career options in music and discuss the future of music-related careers.

The student will use music composition as a means of creative expression.

Compose an eight-measure rhythmic-melodic variation.

Create and perform simple rhythmic and melodic examples using call-and-response and basic improvisation.

Compose, improvise, and perform rhythmic and melodic variations of eight- to twelve-measure excerpts based upon original ideas or musical works.

The student will explore a variety of innovative media, tools, and processes to create, edit, present, and/or understand new works of music.

The student will make cross-curricular connections to explore how music works together with other disciplines to develop innovative solutions to problems.

The student will demonstrate music literacy.

Identify, define, and apply standard notation for pitch, rhythm, meter, articulation, dynamics, and other elements of music.

Notate student-created compositions using standard notation.

Sing similar and contrasting parts from the music being studied.

Echo, read, count (using a counting system), and perform rhythms and rhythmic patterns, including sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes, quarter-note triplets, half-note triplets, and corresponding rests.

Identify, read, compare, contrast, and perform music in 3 8, 5 8, 5 4, 6 4, and 2 2(alla breve or cut time) meters.

Identify, compare, contrast, and perform music written in sonata, theme-and-variation, and compound binary forms.

Define and apply music terminology found in the music literature being studied.

Read and interpret standard music notation while performing music of varying styles and levels of difficulty.

Sight-read music of varying styles and levels of difficulty.

Guitar student—read basic rhythm guitar using first position and bar chords. Read and interpret guitar tablature.

The student will read, notate, and perform scales.

Identify and notate key signatures of scales and literature being performed.

Wind/mallet student— concert major scales up to 5 flats and 5 sharps; minor scales up to 3 flats and 1 sharp; a chromatic scale in eighth notes with M.M. quarter note= 100.

Orchestral string student—two-octave scales up to three flats and three sharps, up to 2 sharps relative minor, in eighth notes with M.M. quarter note = 100.

Guitar student— scales and chords in root position and in inversions. One-octave major, natural minor, and harmonic minor scales up to four sharps/two flats. Chromatic scales up to the 12th fret. One form of the movable, two-octave blues scale. First position and barre chords using eight basic forms: E, E7, Em, Em7, A, A7, Am, Am7. Power chords with roots on the sixth and fifth strings through 10th position. A I-IV-V7 chord progression in the keys of C, G, D, A, E and F major and A and E minor. 12-bar blues progression in a variety of keys.

The student will demonstrate preparatory instrumental basics and playing procedures.

Care and basic maintenance of the instrument.

Identify and repair minor problems of the instrument.

Basic tuning of the instrument, with and without an electronic tuner.

Describe and demonstrate proper posture, instrument position, and hand positions.

Percussion student—describe and demonstrate stick grip for snare drum and mallets; basic tuning of timpani; setup of timpani, mallet instruments, and auxiliary instruments.

Guitar student—demonstrate correct left hand position and finger placement, and right hand strumming position with thumb and pick.

The student will demonstrate proper instrumental techniques.

Adjust and control intonation while playing.

Produce characteristic tones that are clear, free of tension, sustained, and unwavering in pitch.

Wind student—proper breathing techniques and consistent embouchure; contrasting articulations (marcato, sforzando, forte-piano, tenuto).

Orchestral string student—proper bow placement, weight, angle, and speed; contrasting articulations (accents, hooked bowing, multiple-note slurs, slurred staccato, sforzando, martelé, spiccato).

Percussion student— stick control and continued performance of roll, diddle, flam, and drag rudiments with increasing difficulty; open-close-open on snare drum; single stroke roll; playing techniques on timpani, mallet and auxiliary instruments.

Guitar student—right-hand techniques (finger style, pick style, arpeggio patterns with varying combinations of pulgar, indicio, medio, anular [pima]); and left-hand techniques (first position, finger technique, barre techniques).

The student will demonstrate and describe musicianship and ensemble skills.

Balance and blend instrumental timbres.

Make adjustments to facilitate correct intonation.

Match dynamic levels and playing style.

Respond to conducting patterns and gestures.

Maintain a steady beat at various tempos in the music literature being studied.

Apply articulations, dynamic contrasts, phrasing, various tempos, and tempo changes as means of expression.

The student will apply a creative process for music.

Identify and document the steps of a creative process to develop original music arrangements, compositions, or improvisations.

Identify and explore steps of a creative process.

Monitor individual practice with a level of refinement that reflects specific musical goals.

Define, identify, organize, and document ideas, investigations, and research of music ideas and concepts.

Monitor individual practice through the use of practice records or journals that identify specific musical goals.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate music.

Interpret works of music using inquiry skills and music terminology.

Apply accepted criteria for analyzing and evaluating works of music.

Describe performances of music using music terminology.

Apply accepted criteria for critiquing musical performances of self and others.

The student will formulate and justify personal responses to music.

Describe personal emotional and intellectual responses to works of music using music terminology.

Analyze ways in which music can evoke emotion and be persuasive.

The student will demonstrate collaboration and communication skills for music.

Participate in curricular and co-curricular ensembles, performances, and events at school, and in community, county, district, regional, state, and national events.

Describe and apply rehearsal and concert etiquette as a performer (e.g., using critical aural skills, following conducting gestures, maintaining attention in rest position).

Apply active listening skills as an audience member.

The student will explore historical and cultural influences of music.

Describe the cultural influences, musical styles, composers, and historical periods.

Compare and contrast diverse musical styles using music terminology.

Compare and contrast the functions of instrumental music in a variety of cultures and communities.

The student will describe how musicians, consumers of music, and music advocates impact the community.

The student will apply ethical standards to the use of intellectual property.

The student will compare and contrast career options in music.

Music Literacy: Acquire the technical skills and artistic knowledge necessary for creative, expressive, and artistic performance. Demonstrate understanding of elements of music and ways they are used for artistic performance and creative expression

Technique and Application

Cultivate connections to other fine arts and fields of knowledge. Identify and cultivate connections between music and other fields of knowledge to develop problem-solving skills.

Understand and explore the impact of current and emerging technologies. Participate in a rapidly changing world of music and explore the impact of current and emerging technologies, media, and processes.

College, career, and the 21st Century Workplace. Connect music content and skills to career options, college opportunities, and the 21st Century workplace.

Innovation in the Arts

Ethical and legal considerations for music and intellectual property. Identify and understand ethical and legal considerations for engaging with music, resources, and source material as a responsible citizen.

Understand music as a form of community engagement. Identify and interact with music and develop a lifelong engagement as a performer, supporter, advocate, and audience member.

Understand cultural and historical influences of music. Demonstrate understanding of cultural and historical influences of music.

History, Culture, and Citizenship

Develop collaboration and communication skills for music rehearsal and performance. Identify and apply collaboration and communication skills for rehearsal and performance of music.

Formulate and justify personal responses and connections to music. Recognize, justify, and articulate personal responses, beliefs, and opinions regarding music and recognize the value in learning about diverse opinions and responses to music.

Analyze, interpret, and evaluate music. Develop critical thinking skills in the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the work of self and others.

Critical Thinking and Communication

Understand and apply a creative process to develop ideas for creating and performing music. Understand and apply a creative process to guide the development of ideas and original work.

Apply creative thinking to composing and improvising music. Apply creative thinking by employing originality, flexibility, experimentation, individual voice, and imagination to improvise and compose music.

Creative Process

The student will demonstrate creative thinking by composing and arranging music.

Compose or arrange a diatonic melody within given tonal or rhythmic structures.

Set a text to an original melody.

Harmonize a melody following the general rules of voice leading and tendency tones.

Refine a creative process that utilizes individual inquiry to produce examples of a finished musical artifact.

The student will analyze how emerging technologies and innovative media, tools, and processes are influencing music.

The student will analyze and explain relationships of music to the other fine arts and to other fields of knowledge.

Explore cross-disciplinary connections of music with mathematical and scientific properties.

Explore principles of acoustics and the overtone series.

Explore the relationship of pitch to frequency of sound waves, amplitude to volume, and timbre to tone quality.

The student will demonstrate understanding of the musical staff and pitch locations in keyboard and notation activities.

Identify clefs, including treble, bass, and movable C-clefs.

Label pitches and octaves, both on the staff and on ledger lines.

Correlate pitch locations to placements on the keyboard.

Explain the symbols for accidentals.

Identify enharmonic equivalents.

The student will identify and define common music symbols and terminology, including those associated with rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, texture, and form.

Demonstrate understanding of rhythmic notation.

Explain beat, rhythm, and tempo.

Read, notate, and perform (using a counting system) rhythmic patterns that include whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, and corresponding rests, grouplets, beamed notes, ties, and dots.

Transcribe simple rhythmic patterns from aural examples.

Identify and explain anacrusis, syncopation, and hemiola.

The student will demonstrate understanding of meter.

Define measure, bar line, and time signature.

Perform music in various meters, including, but not limited to ( 4 4, 3 4, 2 4, 6 8, 2 2, 9 8, 12 8 , and 5 8 ).

The student will demonstrate understanding of scales.

Explain major, minor, pentatonic, and chromatic scales.

Notate and perform (using voice and/or instruments) ascending and descending major, minor, and chromatic scales using key signatures and accidentals.

Identify diatonic scale degrees by number and name (tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, subtonic, leading-tone/subtonic).

The student will demonstrate understanding of key signatures.

Define key signature.

Identify the order of sharps and flats in key signatures.

Explain relative and parallel major-minor key relationships.

Explain the circle of fifths.

Write major and minor key signatures in treble, bass, alto, and tenor clefs.

Transpose music into other keys.

The student will demonstrate understanding of diatonic and chromatic intervals.

Define interval as the distance between two pitches.

Explain the interval of a half-step (m2) and a whole-step (M2).

Explain and notate intervals with quantitative and qualitative terminology.

Define consonance and dissonance.

Identify and explain harmonic and melodic intervals.

Identify and explain simple and compound intervals.

Identify and explain tetrachord patterns.

The student will apply a creative process for music.

Develop individual solutions to creative challenges through independent research, investigation, and inquiry of music idea and concepts.

Monitor individual progress with a level of refinement that reflects artistic musical goals.

Refine a portfolio of creative original work that includes examples of both creative process as well as finished products.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate music.

Apply accepted criteria for analyzing and evaluating works of music.

Apply accepted criteria for critiquing musical works of self and others.

Identify, define, and use both “Common Practice” and contemporary symbols for music analysis.

The student will formulate and justify personal responses to music.

Justify personal emotional and intellectual responses to works of music using music terminology.

Justify personal criteria used for evaluating works of music or critiquing musical performances.

The student will evaluate and demonstrate collaboration skills and concert etiquette.

Examine etiquette appropriate for various musical settings.

Exhibit active listening in music settings.

Demonstrate respect for the contributions of others in collaborative music experiences.

The student will explore historical and cultural influences of music.

Compare and contrast the musical styles of composers and the historical periods associated with the music literature being studied.

Analyze the characteristics of instrumental and vocal music from a variety of cultures.

The student will analyze and evaluate opportunities for music performance and advocacy within the community.

The student will assess and apply legal and ethical standards related to intellectual property in music research, performance, arranging, composition, and sharing.

The student will investigate career pathways in the music field, and discuss opportunities to be a lifelong learner of music.

Technique and Application

Innovation in the Arts

History, Culture, and Citizenship

Critical Thinking and Communication

Creative Process

The student will create and write a monologue and/or scene.

The student will identify and explore technological developments and contemporary media in theatre performance and production.

The student will analyze how music, visual art, and dance arts enhance performances.

The student will refine physical and vocal techniques for theatre performance.

Create and maintain character traits with body and voice.

Employ diction and projection so words can be heard and understood by an audience.

The student will demonstrate techniques for actor preparation.

Analyze scripts to develop the physical, emotional, and social dimensions of characters.

Employ voice, body, and imagination in role playing.

Present a memorized monologue and/or scene from a published work.

Investigate and apply audition techniques.

The student will demonstrate theatrical direction, including blocking and staging a scene.

The student will understand roles and relationships for theatre production.

Identify and discuss effective artistic leadership.

Identify and demonstrate a variety of roles and responsibilities of a production team during performance.

Examine and explain the principles of theatre management.

The student will apply principles of technical theatre.

Differentiate among components of technical theatre.

Identify responsibilities of designers and technicians.

Demonstrate theatre safety practices.

The student will apply a creative process for theatre.

Develop ideas individually and collaboratively.

Use self-evaluation as a tool for growth as a theatre artist.

Document inquiry, research, and ideas for theatre.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate theatre.

Define theatre and support that definition, using theatre arts vocabulary.

Identify elements of character, conflict, setting, plot, theme, and dialogue in dramatic literature and examine the purpose and meaning of each element.

Develop and apply evaluative criteria.

Make observations about theatrical performances, projects, and plans, using theatre arts vocabulary.

Identify elements of production (e.g. acting, directing, design) of live performances.

Describe, analyze, and evaluate artistic choices.

The student will examine, formulate, and justify personal responses to theatre.

Describe a personal response to a theatrical experience using theatre arts vocabulary.

Describe how personal experience, culture, and current events shape responses to theatre performances.

Describe how theatrical works can entertain, inform, and interpret the human experience.

The student will apply communication and collaboration skills for theatre experiences.

Explore theatre as an individual and ensemble art form through group interaction.

Identify communication strategies.

Propose and select alternatives to solve problems while building ensemble.

Create and strengthen trust and expand listening skills through theatre games and improvisations.

The student will explore historical and cultural aspects of theatrical works.

Identify how theatre, television, film, and/or contemporary media reflect the culture in which they are created.

Research historical and cultural information about theatre in other time periods and places.

Examine non-Western traditions in theatre.

The student will identify ways to engage the school community in school theatre performances and activities.

The student will identify and apply digital citizenship as it relates to research, performance, and production of theatrical works.

The student will analyze and discuss professional pathways for theatre careers.

Technique and Application

Innovation in the Arts

History, Culture, and Citizenship

Critical Thinking and Communication

Creative Process

The student will write an original script utilizing an accepted script format and revise based on feedback.

The student will examine how advancements in technology have impacted theatre performance, film, and production.

The student will analyze how common themes are expressed in other literary genres and art forms.

The student will refine physical and vocal techniques for theatre performance.

Use movement, staging (blocking), pacing, and stage business.

Refine vocal projection and diction.

Choose vocal and physical expressions that enhance characterization, conflict, and production style.

The student will demonstrate techniques for actor preparation.

Refine research skills and audition techniques for characterization and script/text interpretation.

Incorporate psychological, historical, and social dynamics derived from information suggested by the script.

Incorporate suggestions from the director.

Perform a fully rehearsed and memorized role.

The student will apply principles of directing.

Select scenes and participate in script analysis, casting, staging, and rehearsing.

Communicate directorial choices, including pacing, mood, concept, and style.

Employ ethical standards in script selection, revision/adaptation, and presentation.

The student will demonstrate principles of theatre management/administration and the production process.

Apply theatre-management components, functions, and relationships in such areas as box office, publicity/marketing, house management, stage management, and tickets.

Develop a schedule and organizational plan for a selected area of theatre operation.

The student will examine the development of technical theatre.

Explain the effects of technological advancements on theatre production.

Analyze a variety of dramatic texts to determine their production requirements.

Demonstrate safety procedures including proper storage and maintenance of equipment, facilities, and properties.

The student will apply a creative process for theatre.

Describe, refine, and organize personal ideas about theatrical works.

Apply self-evaluation as a tool for growth as a theatre artist.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate theatre.

Analyze selected works of dramatic literature by identifying the elements of genre, style, structure, mood, language, and symbolism.

Analyze how theatre is similar to and different from other literary genres and other art forms by comparing theatre to film, video, novels, short stories, poetry, dance arts, music, and the visual arts.

Give, receive, and utilize constructive criticism.

The student will support personal aesthetic opinions and criteria, using theatre arts vocabulary.

The student will apply communication and collaboration skills for theatre experiences.

Create theatre projects and productions through collaboration by assuming shared responsibility for group work and respecting the ideas and points of view of others.

Create and strengthen trust through participation in theatre games and improvisations that incorporate dialogue and listening skills to express character relationships.

The student will explore historical and cultural aspects of theatrical works.

Compare and contrast the purposes of theatre in selected historical periods.

Identify major theatrical styles.

Identify the use of symbolism and cultural and historical clues in dramatic texts.

Describe historical production designs, techniques, and performance practices.

The student will identify current theatrical productions in the Commonwealth and the nation.

The student will demonstrate legal and ethical standards in the use of technology and intellectual property.

The student will describe theatre related skills that relate to a variety of postsecondary educational and career opportunities.

Technique and Application

Innovation in the Arts

History, Culture, and Citizenship

Critical Thinking and Communication

Creative Process

The student will demonstrate playwriting.

Conceive a theme to convey a message.

Construct a dramatic plot structure.

Develop a central conflict.

Develop an idea through action.

Portray unique, multidimensional characters.

The student will investigate tools and techniques for contemporary media production, including camera techniques, film terminology, acting for the camera, creating screenplays, and the editing process.

The student will identify and cultivate cross-curricular connections with theatre.

The student will integrate acting skills and techniques involving voice and movement.

Initiate artistic choices to enhance performance, characterizations, dialogue, and action.

Create and sustain multidimensional characters.

The student will demonstrate techniques for actor preparation.

Analyze scripts to develop artistic choices.

Identify and apply acting techniques and methods for the portrayal of a character.

Select and present material for audition and critique.

The student will apply skills and concepts for theatre performance.

Incorporate constructive criticism and self-assessment to refine individual and ensemble performances.

Create and revise blocking in various performance spaces to enhance performance.

The student will identify leadership and production team roles for a variety of production types.

The student will demonstrate the application of theatre design.

Follow safety procedures.

Render lighting plots, sound plots, properties, makeup, and/or costume plates for a stage or contemporary media production.

Design scenery, costumes, and/or properties.

Implement solutions to technical problems.

Analyze and justify design choices.

The student will apply the creative process for theatre.

Use self-evaluation and constructive criticism to develop and refine theatrical works.

Create and maintain a theatre portfolio of growth and learning.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate theatre.

Critique acting styles of theatrical productions, using theatre arts vocabulary.

Compare and contrast the components of the works of established playwrights to those found in student works.

Critique theatrical designs by evaluating projects, plans, or ideas.

The student will justify multiple points of view regarding the interpretation of theatrical works.

The student will exhibit collaboration skills for theatre productions and processes.

The student will explore historical and cultural aspects of theatrical works.

Analyze cultural and historical influences of theatrical works.

Examine acting styles from a variety of historical periods.

Trace the development of theatre design and performance.

The student will identify and examine opportunities for arts advocacy in the community.

The student will justify legal and ethical choices in the use of technology and intellectual property.

The student will make career and college connections to theatre.

Analyze and explore a specific pathway to becoming a theatre professional.

Investigate components of a theatre portfolio for professional opportunities.

Technique and Application

Innovation in the Arts

History, Culture, and Citizenship

Critical Thinking and Communication

Creative Process

The student will evaluate and refine original scripts for performance.

The student will analyze the ways that technology and innovation have impacted the evolution of historical and contemporary theatre productions.

The student will synthesize a variety of art forms to create and enhance performance and production.

The student will refine acting skills involving voice and movement to depict multidimensional characters.

Demonstrate vocal performance skills—breath control, articulation, projection, volume, pitch, tone, vocal placement, rhythm, and dialect.

Apply movement skills in characterization—posture, gait, gesture, leading center, balance, poise, timing, and facial expression.

The student will refine personal acting technique.

Apply appropriate acting approaches to different pieces (e.g., improvisations, monologues, scenes, plays).

Analyze scripts for historical and cultural context.

Apply creative choices to communicate artistic intent.

Refine actor preparation technique for audition and performance.

The student will work independently and collaboratively as a director to create unified productions that follow the playwright’s intent.

The student will demonstrate artistic leadership to develop an effective collaborative working relationship among cast and crew.

The student will refine skills for theatre design.

Create and/or collaborate on designs for all production components.

Assess technical and design components and identify solutions to technical theatre problems.

The student will synthesize research and inquiry to develop artistic choices.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate theatre.

Analyze and interpret meaning in personal theatre projects.

Compare and contrast a variety of published criticisms of a play and evaluate findings.

Critique performances, focusing on the acting or directing.

Evaluate the qualities of a theatrical production that elicit an audience response, including the director’s interpretation, the production elements, and the actors’ abilities to sustain and project believable characterizations.

Analyze the intentions and choices of peer directors and designers.

The student will explain how personal aesthetic criteria are applied to personal performance and direction.

The student will apply communication and collaboration skills for theatre experiences.

Prepare and present written and oral critiques of peer work.

Collaborate with peers for all elements of theatrical productions.

Model professional discipline in rehearsal and performance.

The student will explain historical and cultural influences on choices in directing and acting projects.

The student will identify arts leaders in the community and their impact.

The student will assume personal responsibility and demonstrate integrity in making ethical and legal choices related to intellectual property.

The student will make career and college connections to theatre.

Refine professional theatre skills in an area of personal interest.

Create and refine a professional theatre portfolio.

Technique and Application

Innovation in the Arts

History, Culture, and Citizenship

Critical Thinking and Communication

Creative Process

The student will create design elements that demonstrate personal voice and vision.

The student will identify new and emerging technology for theatre production.

The student will identify connections between design and production elements of theatre with other fine arts products.

The student will identify and apply safety guidelines for all aspects of technical theatre work.

The student will describe the different types of theatre spaces (e.g., proscenium, thrust, area), suggesting specific design considerations for each.

The student will identify the components of the theatre facility.

The student will identify the responsibilities of the running crews.

The student will identify and use construction tools and hardware to build scenic elements.

The student will demonstrate scenic design.

Analyze required and implied design considerations.

Sketch preliminary designs.

Draw ground plans and elevations to scale for given stage dimensions.

Create front view drawings, perspective drawings, and models.

Apply painting techniques to scenery and backdrops.

The student will design, produce, and manage props to enhance production elements.

The student will demonstrate lighting design and production.

Identify and use lighting instruments (e.g., fresnel, ellipsoidal, parcan) as well as their parts (e.g., connectors, lamp, lenses) and accessories.

Identify and operate a dimming system.

Demonstrate the mechanics of lighting.

Explain and apply physical aspects of light.

Create a simple lighting plot.

The student will apply the creative process for technical theatre.

Explain and practice how production design is derived from research, script analysis, and directorial concept.

Create and maintain a technical theatre portfolio to demonstrate growth in design and production.

The student will demonstrate use of sound to enhance performance and convey mood and information.

Analyze required and implied design considerations.

Identify and use sound equipment.

Use amplification and sound effects.

Create a sound plot.

The student will demonstrate costume design and production.

Analyze required and implied design considerations.

Create a costume plot and costume drawings.

Identify tools, materials, and equipment.

Employ fundamentals of sewing.

The student will demonstrate hair and makeup design.

Analyze required and implied design considerations.

Create a hair and makeup plot.

Identify tools, materials, and equipment.

Use safe, hygienic fundamentals of hair and makeup application and removal.

The student will identify the responsibilities of the stage manager, house manager, and business manager.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate aspects of technical theatre.

Analyze how the fundamental aspects of scene design, lighting, sound, costumes, properties, and makeup are applied in individual and collaborative theatre projects to communicate the playwright’s artistic intent.

Identify how theatre design elements elicit an emotional and/or intellectual response from the audience.

Critique the design and production aspects of a live performance.

Devise a constructive critique of peer work.

The student will explain and justify personal preferences for theatre design using appropriate vocabulary.

The student will identify, describe, and apply collaboration and communication skills for technical theatre.

The student will analyze a variety of dramatic texts to determine their production requirements by referencing their historical and cultural contexts.

The student will identify ways to engage the school community in school theatre productions.

The student will assume personal responsibility and demonstrate integrity in making ethical and legal choices related to intellectual property.

The student will identify connections between technical theatre and skills for workplace, college, and career opportunities.

The student will apply creative thinking to original artistic works.

Communicate personal ideas in works of art by selecting media and incorporating appropriate elements of art and principles of design.

Employ a variety of subject matter, including symbols and metaphors, to represent ideas about personal, cultural, or social concepts.

The student will identify and explore technological developments and new media in the visual arts.

The student will identify and describe relationships between music, dance, theatre, visual art, and non-arts fields of knowledge.

The student will select and apply elements of art and principles of design to communicate meaning in works of art.

The student will combine a variety of approaches to create the illusion of space within works of art such as overlapping, size, placement, and one-point perspective

The student will use observational skills to create works of art.

The student will exercise increasing skill and control in the use of media and techniques.

The student will use a variety of two dimensional, three-dimensional, and contemporary media to create works of art.

The student will create original artworks in response to styles from art/design history.

The student will identify and apply steps of a creative process to develop ideas and artwork.

Develop personal questions for inquiry

Research

Brainstorm

Develop preliminary sketches

Plan

Refine

Reflect

Maintain and use a process art portfolio (e.g., sketchbook/journal and digital or traditional working portfolio) for planning and as a resource in the art making process

Recognize the role of exhibition as part of the creative process.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate artwork

Use art criticism skills to describe, interpret, analyze, and evaluate works of art

Analyze how media and visual organization in works of art affect the communication of ideas.

Analyze the functions, purposes, and perceived meanings of works of design

Engage in collaborative approaches to critique such as formal and informal, peer-to-peer, small group, and large group.

The student will formulate a definition for art and defend that definition in relation to objects in the world.

The student will identify communication and collaboration skills for the art studio, including safety procedures.

The student will understand historical and cultural influences of art.

Explore works from diverse artists (including diversity of ability, ethnicity, race, and gender).

Explore works of historical and contemporary art movements.

Analyze art in relation to events, places, cultures, and historical periods.

Evaluate how social, cultural, and historical context influence meaning in works of art and design.

The student will identify ways to engage the school community through the visual arts.

The student will define and follow ethical behaviors when creating works of art and design to include citation of resources.

The student will explore how the creative and/or design process relates to various careers and can be used to solve real-world problems

Creative Process

Critical Thinking and Communication

History, Culture, and Citizenship

Innovation in the Arts

Technique and Application

The student will apply creative thinking to original artistic works.

Select materials, media, and processes of personal interest to communicate ideas in artworks

Communicate a personal style and point of view in artwork.

The student will identify how digital media, and technology tools can be used to create, edit, and present works of art.

The student will explore and respond to works of art that are inspired by other fine arts and fields of knowledge.

The student will employ elements of art and principles of design to effectively communicate intended meaning in works of art and design

The student will use a variety of perspective techniques such as linear, atmospheric, and/or multi-point perspective to create the illusion of space in works of art.

The student will expand on observational skills to create expressive and meaningful artworks

The student will demonstrate proficiency, skill, and control in the use of media and techniques.

The student will combine traditional and nontraditional media to create works of art.

The student will interpret a subject in an original style or point of view.

The student will apply a creative process to develop ideas and artwork

Refine and edit original works of art

Expand the use of a digital or traditional process art portfolio to include research, inquiry, preliminary sketches, completed works, critical writings, and reflections.

Select, prepare, and submit works of art for exhibition.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate artwork.

Identify common characteristics of works of art and design that are presented as a series or sequence

Describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate personal, peer, and professional works of art and design

Expand on constructive approaches to critique such as in-progress (formative), self-reflective, and summative.

The student will formulate a definition for art and defend that definition in relation to objects in the world.

The student will demonstrate personal responsibility for the care and safe use of shared art materials.

The student will understand historical and cultural influences of art.

Identify diverse historical and contemporary artists and artworks.

Examine and discuss social, political, economic, and cultural factors that influence works of art and design

Investigate how art and design can be viewed from a variety of personal, cultural, and historical perspectives

The student will identify ways that art can be used to address community needs.

The student will apply and justify ethical choices when creating works of art and design

The student will describe various art-related skills that relate to a variety of postsecondary educational and career opportunities.

Creative Process

Critical Thinking and Communication

History, Culture, and Citizenship

Innovation in the Arts

Technique and Application

The student will develop essential questions to guide a sustained investigation which includes synthesis of ideas, materials, and processes over time.

The student will describe how contemporary innovative media, tools, and processes are used to create works of art.

The student will cultivate cross-curricular connections with visual art.

The student will analyze elements of art used in a personal series or sequence

The student will analyze and evaluate appropriate perspective techniques and spatial relationships in the development of individual artistic work.

The student will apply appropriate observation skills in the development of individual artistic work

The student will demonstrate technical skill and independent thinking in the use of media, techniques, and processes to achieve desired intentions in works of art and design.

The student will investigate, evaluate, and select artmaking media and techniques to create a series or sequence of personal works of art.

The student will refine personal stylistic choices for subject matter of artwork

The student will apply a creative process to develop ideas and artwork.

Develop essential questions to guide a related series of works which includes a synthesis of ideas, materials, and processes over time

Use the creative process to develop and inform an original artistic vision/voice.

Maintain a digital or traditional process art portfolio that demonstrates inquiry research, fluency of ideas, flexibility of thought, connections, concepts, media exploration, and processes.

Present and exhibit works of art as part of the artistic process, including selecting and preparing works and writing supporting documentation and reflective statements.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate artwork

Evaluate the effectiveness of the communication of artistic vision/voice in personal works of art.

Analyze art exhibitions in written reflections.

Describe how the purpose of art shifts over time and explain the functions and purposes of personal works of art.

Use a variety of critique processes to reflect on and inform personal artistic vision/voice.

The student will analyze how the attributes of works of art and design may evoke viewer response

The student will collaborate to achieve a common artistic goal within a small group.

The student will understand historical and cultural influences of art

Explain how themes throughout the history of art have been influenced by traditions, norms, values, beliefs, and events

Compare and analyze art styles within cultural contexts.

Research and analyze diverse artists, art styles, and cultures that inspire personal works of art

Analyze the ways that technology and innovation have impacted the evolution of art and design.

The student will describe opportunities for visual arts engagement, leadership, and advocacy within the community

The student will practice ethics in all aspects of artmaking and designing.

The student will investigate and describe applications of fine arts skills in a variety of workplace, college, and career pursuits.

Creative Process

Critical Thinking and Communication

History, Culture, and Citizenship

Innovation in the Arts

Technique and Application

The student will demonstrate an in depth, sustained investigation driven by essential questions showing growth over time and exhibiting originality and personal voice.

The student will expand and analyze how contemporary innovative media, tools, and processes are used to create works of art.

The student will analyze and evaluate cross curricular connections in solving problems.

The student will evaluate the use of elements of art used in a sustained investigation.

The student will apply appropriate perspective techniques and spatial relationships in the development of individual artistic work.

The student will analyze and evaluate their use of observation skills in the development of artistic works.

The student will demonstrate innovative use of media and quality of technical skills in applying selected media, techniques, and processes when creating works of art.

The student will select art making media and techniques to support personal creative intentions.

The student will select subject matter, style, symbols, images, and media to communicate original ideas and themes through a sustained investigation.

The student will apply a creative process to develop ideas and artwork.

Maintain a digital or traditional process art portfolio that demonstrates independent research and development directly related to the creative process for the development of a sustained investigation.

Exhibit works of art as part of the artistic process, including selecting and preparing works and writing supporting documentation and reflective statements.

The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate artwork.

Analyze contrasting reviews of art exhibitions or works of art

Describe and analyze how personal experiences, culture, and values construct meaning in personal work

Conduct a criteria-based portfolio review

The student will justify personal perceptions of an artist’s intent, using visual clues and research.

The student will demonstrate shared responsibility and compromise to achieve a common artistic goal as a small group or class.

The student will understand historical and cultural influences of art.

Describe how art and culture reflect and influence each other

Analyze the impact of historical and/or contemporary art on the development of personal style.

The student will identify arts leaders and advocates in the community and describe their impact.

The student will assume personal responsibility and demonstrate integrity in making ethical decisions as they apply to artmaking and designing.

The student will analyze a selected career in the visual arts, identifying the training, skills, and plan of action necessary for realizing such a professional goal.

Creative Process

Critical Thinking and Communication

History, Culture, and Citizenship

Innovation in the Arts

Technique and Application