This course is open to all students. Music will be examined in a variety of contexts: music fundamentals, music history, exposure to musical instruments, and listening.

STANDARDS MET				CONTENT/SKILLS/ACTIVITIES
A	B	C	D
				Performing and Creating
1-3, 5				a. Participate in classroom musical activities.
1-3				b. Sing and perform on an instrument a variety of simple compositions to demonstrate basic understanding of pitch, rhythm, and rudimentary notation.
7	9	6	8	c. Investigate careers in music fields.
				History and Culture
1-3				a. Explore general overview of music history: early music, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, American, 20th Century, and electronic music.
1				b. Attain knowledge of musical instruments and families.
	1-3			c. Classify unfamiliar but representative aural examples of music by genre or style and by historical period or culture and explain their classifications.
	1-3, 6			d. Identify sources of American music genres, trace their evolution, and cite well-known musicians associated with them.
	4, 6			e. Identify various roles musicians perform, cite representative individuals who have functioned in each role, and describe their activities and achievements.
				Evaluation Analysis
	1-3			a. Recognize music of various musical periods.
		1		b. Explore and understand the elements of sound/music.
		1-4		c. Recognize selected famous compositions/composers.
	2-4	1-4		d. Analyze aural examples of a varied repertoire of music representing diverse genres and cultures, by describing the uses of music elements and expressive devices.
1-3				e. Demonstrate fundamental knowledge of technical music vocabulary.
1, 3		1, 4		f. Identify and explain compositional devices and techniques used to provide unity, variety, tension, and release.
		1-4		g. Develop specific criteria for making informed, critical evaluations of the quality and effectiveness of performances, compositions, and arrangements.
		1-4		h. Evaluate a performance, composition, arrangement, or improvisation by comparing it to similar or exemplary models.

STANDARDS MET				CONTENT/SKILLS/ACTIVITIES
A	B	C	D
				Aesthetic Appreciation
			1, 2	a. Recognize music as an art form.
		1-5		b. Develop a listening style.
1, 3	4, 7		1, 2	c. Explain how elements, artistic processes, and organizational principles are used in similar ways in the various arts and cite examples.
1, 3, 6	1-3	1, 2		d. Compare two or more arts within a particular historical period or style and cite examples from various cultures.
			1-7	e. Explain ways in which the principles and subject matter of various disciplines outside the arts are interrelated with those of music.

ASSESSMENTS

• Classroom activity participation • Identify listening examples • Progress reports • Written exams