Music: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Singing - Students will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

Playing Instruments - Students will perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

Improvising - Students will improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.

Composing - Students will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.

Reading and Notating - Students will read and notate music.

Listening and Analyzing - Students will listen to, analyze, and describe music.

Evaluating - Students will evaluate music and music performances.

Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

Historical and Cultural Relationships - Students will understand music in relation to history and culture.

Demonstrate the ability to sing, in an ensemble, with an understanding of pitch, rhythm, and dynamics.

Demonstrate the ability to sing, alone, with an understanding of pitch, rhythm, and dynamics.

Demonstrate the ability to perform instrumental music, in an ensemble, with an understanding of pitch, rhythm, and dynamics.

Demonstrate the ability to perform instrumental music, alone, with an understanding of pitch, rhythm, and dynamics.

Demonstrate the ability to improvise melodies.

Demonstrate the ability to improvise variations.

Demonstrate the ability to improvise accompaniments.

Compose a simple melody using the elements of music within specified guidelines.

Arrange familiar melodies into a simple composition.

Demonstrate an understanding of notation including rhythm, melody, harmony, and dynamics.

Demonstrate accurate use of standard notation including rhythm, melody, harmony, and dynamics.

Demonstrate knowledge of music vocabulary.

Analyze aural examples of a varied repertoire of music representing diverse genres and cultures.

Compare and contrast compositional devices and techniques between two musical works.

Evaluate the quality of music compositions through score study.

Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of music performances.

Compare stylistic characteristics of two or more arts within a particular historical period.

Explore the relationship between the arts and other academic disciplines.

Demonstrate an understanding of the role of technology in today's music.

Distinguish characteristics of representative music genres and styles from a variety of historical periods.

Distinguish characteristics of representative music genres and styles from a variety of cultures.

Examine the evolution of American musical genres.