High School Fine Arts Tennessee Standards

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Create

Perform

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to artistic endeavors.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical text.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

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Analyze and compare various movement qualities and dance elements from various genres and cross-cultural dances to one's own personal experiences and knowledge.

Create or analyze an existing dance phrase that is related to content learned in another art area or academic subject. Identify principles of other subjects as they occur in dance.

Understand how anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology relate to dance.

Employ proper safety measures in the studio and theater.

Compare and contrast differences in dance expression throughout the world. Analyze expressive movement in rituals and the connection to present day dance.

Explore a variety of stimuli to generate movement through improvisation. Develop self-awareness and self-confidence through the exploration of movement. Analyze the process and the relationship between the stimuli and the movement

Experiment with the elements of dance to explore personal movement preferences and strengths, and select movements thatchallenge skills and build on strengths in an original dance study or dance.

Design a dance study using choreographic devices and dance structures to support an artistic intent. Explain how the dance structures clarify the artistic intent.

Choreograph a dance study that expresses and communicates an idea or feeling. Discuss the effect of the movement choices.

Identify the artistic intent of a dance study by manipulating choreographic devices and dance structures/forms based on established artistic criteria and feedback from others. Analyze and evaluate impact of choices made in the revision process.

Investigate a recognized system to document a dance sequence by using words, symbols, or media technologies in order to refine or complete artistic work.

Use space and levels intentionally during phrases andthrough transitions alone and with others.

Use syncopation and accent movements related to different tempi. Take rhythmic cues from different aspects of accompaniment.

Initiate movement phrases by applying energy and dynamics. Vary energy and dynamics over the length of a phrase.

Demonstrate technical dance skills including proper alignment, coordination, balance, core support, endurance, transfer of weight, flexibility, and body part articulation in locomotor and axial movements in a particular genre.

Refine technique through teacher-directed corrections and selfevaluations using appropriate dance terminology.

Perform movement combinations in the center and across the floor, demonstrating correct technique and musicality.

Plan and execute collaborative and independent practice to achieve personal, technical, and artistic goals.

Identify performance etiquette and performance practicesduring class, rehearsal, and performance.

Identify and analyze the basic elements of a danceproduction.

Analyze original movement phrases identifying the elementsof dance to solve given problems.

Generate appropriate feedback in verbal or written form for peers and self to develop technique and performance skills. Analyze and apply feedback from teachers, peers, or self-evaluation.

Identify the elements of a dance critique, and apply to a performance.

Identify and discuss the artistic expression in a dance or dance phrase.

Identify criteria for evaluating dance for different styles, genres, and cultures. Use appropriate dance terminology.

Analyze a dance to determine the ideas expressed by the choreographer. Explain how the perspectives expressed by the choreographer may impact one's own interpretation. Determine whether or not this dance can relate to personal experiences, technology, or other academic subjects.

Understand how anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology relate to dance.

Demonstrate proper safety measures in the dance studio and theater.

Analyze and discuss dances from selected genres, styles, and/or historical time periods, and formulate reasons for the similarities and differences between them in relation to the ideas and perspectives of the people from which the dances originate.

Synthesize content generated from stimulus materials to choreograph dance studies using original or codified movement.

Apply personal movement preferences and strengths with the movement vocabulary of a particular dance genre to choreograph anoriginal dance study or dance that communicates an artistic intent.

Design and implement a variety of choreographic devices and dance structures to develop an original dance. Analyze how the structureand final composition expresses the artistic intent.

Choreograph a dance study that uses ideas and themes as motivation. Explain how the movement is meant to represent the artistic intent.

Clarify the artistic intent of a dance by refining choreographic processes and dance structures/forms, using established artistic criteria, selfreflection, and the feedback of others. Analyze and evaluate impact of choices made in the revision process.

Document a dance as a tool to refine work during the creative process.

Execute combinations demonstrating level changes while maintaining relationships through focus andintentionality.

Perform dance studies and compositions that use time and tempo in various ways. Use breath, internal rhythms, and kinetics asphrasing tools.

Connect energy and dynamics to movements by applying them in and through all parts of the body.

Develop awareness through dancing with others by executing complex spatial, rhythmic, and dynamic combinations to refine technical dance skills previously learned and meet performance goals. Technicaldance skills include proper body alignment, coordination, balance, core support, endurance, transfer of weight, flexibility, and body part articulation in locomotor and axial movements.

Develop anatomical awareness and healthful practices to technical dance skills to achieve fluency of movement and prevent injury.

Plan and execute collaborative and independent practice to achieve personal, technical, and artistic goals.

Demonstrate performance etiquette and performance practices during class, rehearsal, and performance. Accept notes from choreographer, and apply corrections to future rehearsals and performances.

Evaluate possible designs for the production elements of a performance, and select and execute the ideas that would intensify and heighten the artistic intent of the dances.

Analyze the use of elements of dance in a variety of genres, styles, or cultural movement practices within a cultural context to communicate intent. Use genre-specific terminology.

Generate appropriate feedback in verbal or written form for peers and self to develop technique and performance skills. Analyze and apply feedback from teachers, peers, or self-evaluation.

Compare and analyze student or professional performances.

Compare different dances, and discuss their intent and artistic expression. Explain how the relationships among the components of dance enhance meaning and support intent using genre-specificterminology.

Analyze the artistic expression of a dance. Discuss insights using evaluative criteria and dance terminology.

Analyze a piece of original choreography that is related to content learned in other subject areas, and research its context. Synthesize information learned, and share new ideas about its relationship to one's perspective.

Research specified muscles and skeletal structures used in dance technique and apply principles of anatomy, physiology, andkinesiology to dance.

Consistently demonstrate proper safety measures in the dance studio and theater.

Analyze dances from different genres, styles, historicaltime periods, and/or world dance forms. Discuss how dance movement characteristics, techniques, and artistic criteria relate to the ideas and perspectives of the people from which the dance originates.

Synthesize content generated from stimulus material. Experiment and take risks to discover a personal voice to communicate artistic intent.

Apply personal movement preferences and strengths with the movement vocabulary of two or more dance genres to choreograph original dance studies or dances that communicate an artistic intent.

Demonstrate fluency of choreographic devices, structures, and processes. Express a personal/collective voice in designing and choreographing original dance compositions. Justify choreographic choices, and explain how they are used to support artistry.

Choreograph a dance based on a selected theme and make revisions to further develop the artistic intent.

Refine the artistic intent of a dance by manipulating choreographic devices, dance structures/forms, and artistic criteria using selfreflection and feedback from others. Document choices made in the revision process, and justify how the refinements support artistic intent.

Apply recognized systems of dance documentation or symbol systems to analyze and evaluate the artistry of a dance, and apply findings to refine during the creative process.

Identify and demonstrate movement for artistic andexpressive clarity.

Understand inward and outward focus and demonstrate through movement alone and with others.

Modulate time factors for artistic interest, and express acuity. Demonstrate time complexity in phrasing with and without musical accompaniment.

Develop total body awareness so that movement phrases demonstrate variances of energy and dynamics by transitioning between phrases.

Analyze and refine awareness of technical dance skills and performance goals in two genres of dance. Technical dance skills include proper body alignment, coordination, balance, core support, endurance, transfer of weight, flexibility, and body part articulation in locomotor andaxial movements.

Apply and refine anatomical awareness and healthful practices to technical dance skills to achieve fluency of movement and prevent injury.

Analyze and refine collaborative and independent practice to achieve personal, technical, and artistic goals.

Model performance etiquette and performance practices during class, rehearsal, and performance. Implement performance strategies to enhance projection. Accept notes from choreographer, and apply corrections to future rehearsals and performances. Document the rehearsal and performance process, and evaluate methods and strategies using dance terminology.

Work collaboratively to produce a dance piece/concert on a stage or in an alternative performance venue, and plan the production elements necessary to fulfill the artistic intent of the dance works.

Analyze and compare the movement patterns and their relationships in a variety of genres, styles, or cultural movement practices, and explain how their differences impact structure, communication, and intent within a cultural context. Use genre-specific terminology.

Generate appropriate feedback in verbal or written form for peers and self to develop technique and performance skills. Analyze and apply feedback from teachers, peers, or self-evaluation.

Construct a formal written critique of a student orprofessional performance.

Analyze and discuss how the elements of dance, execution of dance movement principles, and context contribute to artistic expression.Use genre-specific terminology.

Compare two or more dances using artistic criteria to evaluate artistic expression and/or technical proficiency. Consider societal values and a range of perspectives. Use genre-specific terminology.

Review original choreography developed over time with respect to its content and context and its relationship to personal experiences. Reflect upon and analyze the components that contributed to changes in one's personal growth.

Research physics concepts and/or muscles and skeletal structures used in movement. Apply findings to improve technical ability in dance technique.

Consistently demonstrate proper safety measures in the dance studio and theater while setting an example for peers.

Analyze dances from several genres, styles, historical time periods, and/or world dance forms. Discuss how dance movement characteristics, techniques, and artistic criteria relate to the ideas and perspectives of the people from which the dance originates, and how the analysis has expanded one's dance literacy.

Refine generated movement to develop a dance with clear intent, purpose, or structure.

Expand personal movement preferences and strengths to discover unexpected solutions that communicate the artistic intent of an original dance. Analyze the solutions, and explain their effectiveness in expanding artistic intent.

Demonstrate mastery of choreographic devices, structures, and processes. Express a personal voice in designing an original dancepiece. Justify choreographic choices, and explain how they are used to enhance the artistic intent.

Choreograph a dance based on a selected theme. Articulate the artistic intent, and analyze how the meaning drawn by the audiencemay differ.

Refine the artistic intent of a dance by manipulating choreographic devices, dance structures/forms, and artistic criteria using selfreflection and feedback from others. Document choices made in therevision process, and justify how the refinements support artistic intent.

Apply recognized systems of dance documentation or symbol systems to analyze and evaluate the artistry of a dance, and apply findings to refine during the creative process.

Use multiple and complex rhythms (e.g., contrapuntal and/or polyrhythmic) at the same time. Work with and against rhythm of accompaniment or sound environments.

Modulate dynamics to clearly express intent while performing phrases and choreography. Perform movement sequences expressively using a broad dynamic range, and employ dynamic skills for establishing relationships with other dancers and projecting to the audience.

Apply technical and performance skills in complex choreography when performing a solo, duet, or ensemble work in a variety of dance genres.

Incorporate healthful and safe practices for dancers, and modify personal practices based on findings.

Use a variety of strategies to analyze and evaluate rehearsals and performances of self and others to achieve performance excellence (e.g., use video recordings for analysis).

Model performance etiquette and performance practices during class, rehearsal, and performance. Implement performance strategies to enhance projection. Accept notes from choreographer, and apply corrections to future rehearsals and performances. Document the rehearsal and performance process, and evaluate methods and strategies using dance terminology.

Work collaboratively to produce a dance concert, and design and organize the production elements that would be necessary to fulfillthe artistic intent of the dance works.

Explain how dance communicates aesthetic and/or cultural values in a variety of genres, styles, or cultural movement practices. Use genre-specific terminology.

Generate appropriate feedback in verbal or written form for peers and self to develop technique and performance skills. Analyze and apply feedback from teachers, peers, or self-evaluation.

Construct a formal written critique of a student and/or professional performance including all aspects of thepresentation.

Analyze and interpret how the elements of dance, executionof dance movement principles, and context contribute to artistic expression across different genres, styles, or cultural movement practices. Use genrespecific terminology.

Define personal artistic preferences to critique dance. Consider societal and personal values, a range of artistic expression, and importance of technical proficiency. Justify views.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for performance.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performance.

Express meaning through the performance of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Connect

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to artistic endeavors.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and other disciplines, history, culture, and daily life.

Create

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Describe, demonstrate, and document short musical ideas that represent personal experiences, moods, texts, visual images, and/or story lines.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Assemble and organize sounds or musical ideas to express selected experiences, moods, images, concepts, texts, storylines, or ideas.

Develop ideas or concepts into student-generated works that demonstrate musical structure and expressive elements.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Evaluate evolving drafts of student-generated works by selecting and applying criteria and describing rationale for revisions.

Enhance artistic works using technology or other suitable resources.

Present and defend the final version of student-generated works.

Perform

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Research sound sources and artistic repertoire using technology and other available resources.

Apply criteria to select appropriate repertoire from varied genres, cultures, and styles suitable for presentation.

Defend and describe repertoire choices using appropriate musical vocabulary.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Interpret standard or non-traditional music notation and expressive elements to convey artistic ideas.

Develop and apply appropriate rehearsal strategies to identify and discuss areas of needed improvement.

Refine artistic works through focused listening and application of established criteria.

Convey and express meaning through the performance of artistic work.

Employ appropriate performance techniques and/or practice to present artistic works using varied sound sources.

Apply appropriate expressive elements to convey meaning of artistic works.

Defend artistic choices using appropriate musical vocabulary.

Demonstrate suitable performance and audience etiquette in multiple venues or performance contexts.

Respond

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Identify and describe the elements of music in visual and aural examples using appropriate vocabulary.

Use suitable terminology and concepts to compare and contrast music from various historical periods, styles, and cultures within the appropriate context.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Use appropriate musical vocabulary and terminology to interpret and describe artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of elements of music, context, and historical significance.

Examine the historical and cultural development of masterworks within various genres of American traditional and classical music, including the music of Tennessee.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Apply appropriate criteria to evaluate varied musical works and performances.

Identify and justify musical preferences using appropriate terminology, context, student opinion, and personal research gathered from varied sources.

Connect

Respond

Create

Perform

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and/or improvise ideas for melodies, rhythmic passages, arrangements, or over a chordal structure for specific purposes that reflect characteristic(s) of music from a variety of historical periods.

Select and develop melodies, rhythmic passages, arrangements, or chordal structures for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music from a variety of historical periods studied in rehearsal.

Describe and document compositions and/or improvisations through standard notation and recording technology.

Evaluate and refine draft melodies, rhythmic passages, arrangements, and improvisations based on established criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes.

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

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

Demonstrate, using music reading skills, how compositional devices and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works impact and inform prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate an understanding of context in a varied repertoire of music through prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate the ability to read and/or notate music individually and in ensemble settings. For example: identify, notate, and perform selected TBA Grade V music using correct pitches, meters, and rhythms.

Demonstrate fundamental control, technical accuracy, range, and fluency on the instrument, performing a varied repertoire of music, individually and in ensemble settings. For example: demonstrate correct posture, embouchure, breathing, characteristic tone, intonation, balance, and blend. Apply appropriate articulation, tempi, dynamics, style, and phrasing. Demonstrate fingerings, percussion sticking, bowing, and elements related to manual dexterity. Perform 12 major scales, a chromatic scale, and 40 standard rudiments.

Demonstrate musical literacy on the instrument, individually and in ensemble settings, by adequately sight reading a varied repertoire of music at UIL Level V. For example: apply elements associated with successful sight reading using a variety of meters, tempi, and key signatures.

Develop and apply strategies to address technical and expressive challenges in a varied repertoire of music. For example: evaluate and refine success using feedback from teachers, ensemble peers, professional recordings, and other sources.

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

Demonstrate an understanding of expressive intent by connecting with an audience through prepared and/or improvised performances.

Identify and justify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, student interest, and personal research from teacher-provided sources.

Analyze and explain how context and the manipulation of musical elements influence response to music.

Explain and support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, historical significance, and personal research.

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

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and/or improvise ideas for arrangements, sections, and short compositions for specific purposes that reflect characteristic(s) of music from a variety of cultures.

Select and develop chordal structures, arrangements, sections, and short compositions for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music from a variety of cultures studied in rehearsal.

Describe and document compositions and/or improvisations through standard notation and/or recording technology.

Evaluate and refine melodies, rhythmic passages, chordal structures, arrangements, sections, short compositions, and/or improvisations based on personally developed criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes.

Share personally developed chordal structures, arrangements, sections, and short compositions, individually or as an ensemble, which address identified purposes.

Develop and apply criteria to select a varied repertoire to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skillof the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Document and demonstrate, using music reading skills, how compositional devices, theoretical and structural aspects of musical works impact and inform prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, and context of a varied repertoire of music influences prepared and/or improvised performances as well as performers’ technical skill to connect with the audience.

Demonstrate the ability to read and/or notate music individually and in ensemble settings. For example: identify, notate, and perform selected TBA Grade IV music using correct pitches, meters, and rhythms.

Demonstrate fundamental control, technical accuracy, range, and fluency on the instrument, performing a varied repertoire of music, individually and in ensemble settings. For example: demonstrate correct posture, embouchure, breathing, characteristic tone, intonation, balance, and blend. Apply appropriate articulation, tempi, dynamics, style, and phrasing. Demonstrate fingerings, percussion sticking, bowing, and elements related to manual dexterity. Perform 12 major scales, a chromatic scale, and 40 standard rudiments.

Demonstrate musical literacy on the instrument, individually and in ensemble settings, by adequately sight reading a varied repertoire of music at UIL Level IV. For example: apply elements associated with successful sight reading using a variety of meters, tempi, and key signatures.

Develop and apply strategies to address technical and expressive challenges in a varied repertoire of music. For example: evaluate and refine their success using feedback from teachers, ensemble peers, professional recordings, and other sources.

Demonstrate mastery of the technical demands and an understanding of expressive qualities of the music in prepared and/or improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods.

Demonstrate an understanding of intent as a means for connecting with an audience through prepared and/or improvised performances.

Identify and justify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, student interest, and personal research from varied sources or materials.

Analyze and explain how context and the manipulation of musical elements influence response to music.

Support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, historical significance, and varied research sources.

Evaluate works and performances based research as well as personally and collaboratively developed criteria, including analysis and interpretation of the structure and context.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and/or improvise music ideas for a variety of purposes and contexts.

Select and develop composed and improvised ideas into musical works organized for a variety of purposes and contexts.

Describe and document compositions and/or improvisations through standard notation and/or recording technology.

Evaluate and refine varied musical works based on appropriate criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes and contexts.

Share varied, personally developed musical works, individually or as an ensemble, which address identified purposes and contexts.

Develop and apply criteria to select varied repertoire to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skillof the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Examine, evaluate, and critique, using music reading skills, how the structure and context impact and inform prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, and context of a varied repertoire of music informs prepared and/or improvised performance as well as performers’ technical skill to connect with the audience.

Demonstrate the ability to read and/or notate music, individually and in ensemble settings. For example: identify, notate, and perform selected TBA Grade V music using correct pitches, meters, and rhythms.

Demonstrate fundamental control, technical accuracy, range, and fluency on the instrument, performing a varied repertoire of music, individually and in ensemble settings. For example: demonstrate correct posture, embouchure, breathing, characteristic tone, intonation, balance, and blend. Apply appropriate articulation, tempi, dynamics, style, and phrasing. Demonstrate fingerings, percussion sticking, bowing, and elements related to manual dexterity. Perform 12 major scales, a chromatic scale, and 40 standard rudiments.

Demonstrate musical literacy on the instrument, individually and in ensemble settings, by adequately sight reading a varied repertoire of music at UIL Level V. For example: apply elements associated with successful sight reading using a variety of meters, tempi, and key signatures.

Develop and apply strategies to address technical and expressive challenges in a varied repertoire of music. For example: evaluate and refine their success using feedback from teachers, ensemble peers, professional recordings, and other sources.

Demonstrate an understanding and mastery of the technical demands and expressive qualities of the music through prepared and/or improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods in multiple types of ensembles.

Demonstrate an ability to connect with audience members before and during the process of engaging with and responding to them through prepared and/or improvised performances.

Identify and justify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, student interest, and personal research from varied sources or materials.

Analyze and explain how context and the manipulation of musical elements influence response to music.

Justify interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works by comparing and synthesizing varied researched sources, including reference to other art forms.

Develop and justify evaluations of musical programs and performances based on criteria, personal decision making, research, and understanding of contexts.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and/or improvise music ideas for a variety of purposes and contexts.

Select and develop composed and/or improvised ideas into musical works organized for a variety of purposes and contexts.

Describe and document compositions and/or improvisations through standard notation and/or recording technology.

Evaluate and refine varied musical works based on appropriate criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes and contexts.

Share varied, personally developed musical works, individually or as an ensemble, which address identified purposes and contexts.

Develop and apply criteria to select varied repertoire to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Examine, evaluate, and critique, using music reading skills, how the structure and context impact and inform prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, and context of a varied repertoire of music informs prepared and/or improvised performance as well as performers’ technical skill to connect with the audience.

Demonstrate the ability to read and/or notate music, individually and in ensemble settings. For example: identify, notate, and perform selected TBA Grade VI music using correct pitches, meters, and rhythms.

Demonstrate fundamental control, technical accuracy, range, and fluency on the instrument, performing a varied repertoire of music, individually and in ensemble settings. For example: demonstrate correct posture, embouchure, breathing, characteristic tone, intonation, balance, and blend. Apply appropriate articulation, tempi, dynamics, style, and phrasing. Demonstrate fingerings, percussion sticking, bowing, and elements related to manual dexterity. Perform 12 major scales, a chromatic scale, and 40 standard rudiments from memory.

Demonstrate musical literacy on the instrument, individually and in ensemble settings, by adequately sight-reading a varied repertoire of music at UIL Level VI. For example: apply elements associated with successful sight reading using a variety of meters, tempi, and key signatures.

Develop and apply strategies to address technical and expressive challenges in a varied repertoire of music. For example: evaluate and refine their success using feedback from teachers, ensemble peers, professional recordings, and other sources.

Demonstrate an understanding and mastery of the technical demands and expressive qualities of the music through prepared and/or improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods in multiple types of ensembles.

Demonstrate an ability to connect with audience members before and during the process of engaging with and responding to them through prepared and/or improvised performances.

Identify and justify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, student interest, and personal research from varied sources or materials.

Analyze and explain how context and the manipulation of musical elements influence response to music.

Justify interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works by comparing and synthesizing varied researched sources, including reference to other art forms.

Develop and justify evaluations of musical programs and performances based on criteria, personal decision making, research, and understanding of contexts.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to artistic endeavors.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Convey and express meaning through the performance of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Connect

Respond

Produce

Create

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Access, evaluate, and integrate personal and external resources, such as experiences, interests, and cultural experiences, to inform the creation of original media artworks.

Explain and demonstrate the use of media artworks to expand meaning and knowledge, and create cultural experiences in emerging presentation spaces.

Demonstrate and show how media artworks and ideas relate to various contexts, purposes, and values.

Critically evaluate and effectively interact with legal, technological, systemic, and contexts of media arts, while considering ethics, media literacy, social media, virtual worlds, and digitalidentity.

Use identified methods to develop artistic goals,formulate multiple ideas, and problem solve in media arts.

Apply aesthetic criteria in developing, proposing, and refining artistic ideas, plans, and prototypes for media artsproductions, considering original inspirations, goals, and presentationcontext.

Demonstrate deliberate choices in organizing and integrating stylistic conventions and aesthetics to convey meaning in creation and production processes.

Refine and modify media artworks, honing aesthetic quality and intentionally accentuating stylistic elements, to reflect personal goals and preferences.

Integrate various arts, media arts forms, and content into unified media arts productions, considering the reaction and interactionof the audience.

Demonstrate progression in design, artistic, technical, and soft skills, as a result of selecting and fulfilling specified roles in the production of a variety of media artworks.

Develop and refine a determined range of creative and adaptive innovation abilities in addressing identified challenges and constraints within and through media arts productions.

Independently utilize and adapt tools, styles, and systems in standard, innovative, and experimental ways.

Demonstrate the skillful adaptation and combination oftools, styles, techniques, and interactivity to achieve specific expressivegoals.

Demonstrate adaptation and innovation through the combination of tools, techniques, and content in standard and innovative ways to communicate intent.

Design the presentation and distribution of collections of media artworks, considering combinations of artworks, formats, and audiences.

Evaluate and implement improvements in presenting media artworks, considering personal and local impacts.

Analyze the qualities of and relationships between the components, style, and preferences communicated by media artworks and artists.

Analyze how a variety of media artworks manage audience experience and create intention through multimodal perception.

Analyze the intent, meanings, and reception of media artworks, focusing on personal and cultural contexts.

Evaluate media art works and production processes at decisive stages, using identified criteria, and considering context and artistic goals.

Synthesize internal and external resources, such as cultural connections, introspection, research, and exemplary works, to enhance the creation of persuasive media artworks.

Explain and demonstrate the use of media artwork tosynthesize new meaning and knowledge and form cultural experiences and connections between themes and ideas, local and global networks, and personalinfluence.

Examine in-depth and demonstrate the relationships of media arts ideas and works to various contexts, purposes, and values, such as markets, systems, propaganda, and truth.

Critically investigate and ethically interact with legal, technological, systemic, and contexts of media arts, while considering ethics, media literacy, digital identity, and artist/audience interactivity.

Strategically utilize generative methods to formulate multiple ideas, refine artistic goals, and increase the originality of approaches in media arts creation processes.

Apply a personal aesthetic in designing, testing, and refining original artistic ideas, prototypes, and production strategiesfor media arts productions, considering artistic intentions, constraints of resources, and presentation context.

Demonstrate deliberate choices in organizing and integrating content, personal aesthetic, and stylistic conventions increation and production processes.

Refine and take risks with aesthetic components to intentionally form impactful expressions in media artworks for specific purposes, intentions, audiences, and contexts.

Integrate various arts, media arts forms, and academic content into unified media arts productions that retain thematic integrityand stylistic continuity.

Demonstrate command of design, artistic, technical, and soft skills in managing and producing media artworks.

Demonstrate command of creative and adaptive innovation abilities to address sophisticated challenges within and through media arts productions.

Curate and design the presentation and distribution of collections of media artworks through a variety of contexts.

Evaluate and implement improvements in presenting media artworks, considering personal, local, and social impacts.

Analyze and synthesize the qualities and relationships of the components in a variety of media artworks and feedback on how they impact an audience.

Analyze and synthesize the qualities and relationships of the components in a variety of media artworks, and feedback on how they impact audience.

Analyze the intent, meanings, and influence of media artworks, based on personal, societal, historical, and culturalcontexts.

Form and apply defensible evaluations in the constructive and systematic critique of media artworks and production processes.

Independently and proactively access relevant and qualitative resources to inform the creation of cogent media artworks.

Demonstrate and expound on the use of media artworks to consummate new meaning, knowledge, and impactful cultural experiences.

Demonstrate the relationships of media arts ideas and works to personal and global contexts, purposes, and values through relevant and impactful media artworks.

Critically investigate and strategically interact with legal, technological, systemic, and contexts of media arts.

Integrate aesthetic principles with a variety of generative methods to fluently form original ideas, solutions, and innovations in media arts creation processes.

Integrate a sophisticated personal aesthetic and knowledge of systems processes in forming, testing, and proposing original artistic ideas, prototypes, and production frameworks, considering complex constraints of goals, time, resources, and personal limitations.

Synthesize content, processes, and components to express compelling purpose, story, emotion, or ideas in complex media arts productions, demonstrating mastery of associated principles, such as hybridization.

Intentionally refine and take risks with various components to form impactful expressions in media artworks, directed at specific purposes, audiences, and contexts.

Synthesize various arts, media arts forms, and academic content into unified media arts productions that retain artistic fidelity across platforms.

Demonstrate command of creative problem solving when managing and producing media artworks productions.

Demonstrate command of creative and innovative adaptability in formulating lines of inquiry and solutions to address complex challenges within and through media arts productions.

Curate, design, and promote the presentation and distribution of media artworks for intentional impacts, through a variety of contexts, such as markets and venues.

Independently evaluate, compare, and integrate improvements in presenting media artworks, considering personal to global impacts, such as new understandings that were gained by artist and audience.

Analyze and synthesize the qualities and relationships of the components and audience impact in a variety of media artworks.

Survey an exemplary range of media artworks, analyzing methods for managing audience experience, to create intention and persuasion through multimodal perception and systemic communications.

Analyze the intent, meanings, and impacts of diverse media artworks, considering complex factors of context and bias.

Independently develop rigorous evaluations of and strategically seek feedback for media artworks and production processes, considering complex goals and factors.

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Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for producing.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for production.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

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Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to artistic endeavors.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Through visual and aural examples, analyze and compare music theory and compositional techniques from diverse cultures, time periods and genres.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Describe and demonstrate how sounds or musical ideas can be used to represent and express visual images, concepts, texts, or storylines through composing and arranging.

Identify and describe the development of sounds and/or short musical ideas in drafts of music.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Assemble and organize sounds or musical ideas through standard and nontraditional notation.

Interpret and transcribe simple melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns from sound.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Identify, describe, and apply appropriate criteria to assess and refine the technical and expressive aspects of evolving drafts leading to final versions.

Share music through the use of notation, performance, or technology. Demonstrate how the elements of music have been employed to realize compositional techniques and expressive intent.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Select specific passages, sections, or movements in musical works that express personal experiences, moods, visual images, or storylines in various forms.

Analyze how the elements of music and compositional techniques of selected works relate to style, function, and context.

Develop interpretations of musical works based on an understanding of the elements of music, style, mood, function, and context. Explain and support how the interpretive choices reflect the creators’ intent.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Create rehearsal plans for musical works, identifying the compositional elements, style, and historical or cultural context of the work.

Using established criteria, identify the ways in which performances convey the elements of music, style, and mood.

Identify, evaluate, and implement strategies for improving the technical and expressive aspects of various works.

Convey and express meaning through the performance of artistic work.

Explain how compositions are appropriate for both audience and context and how this will shape future compositions.H

Share live or recorded performances of original works, and explain how the intent of the music is conveyed.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Analyze the elements of music from written and aural examples relating them to style, mood, and context.

Describe how the analysis provides models for personal growth as composer, performer, and/or listener.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work

Develop and explain interpretations of varied works.

Demonstrate an understanding of the composers’ intent by citing the use of elements of music compositional techniques and the style/genre of each work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Apply appropriate criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the technical and expressive aspects of notated and aural music and performances. Demonstrate an understanding of music theory, compositional techniques and procedures found within musical works.

Describe the ways in which critiquing artistic works and receiving feedback can be applied in the personal creative process.

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Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to artistic endeavors.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical text.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Investigate how cultural perspectives, community ideas, and personal beliefs impact a theatrical work.

Explore how cultural, global, and historic belief systems affect creative choices in a theatrical work.

Investigate historical, global, and social issues expressed in theatrical work.

Research how other theatre artists apply creative processes to tell stories in a devised or scripted theatrical work.

Create roles, imagined worlds, and improvised stories in a theatrical work.

Apply basic research to construct ideas about the visual composition and technical elements (e.g., costumes, props, sets, etc.) of a theatrical work.

Use script analysis to generate ideas about a character that is believable and authentic in a theatrical work.

Collaborate with peers as the actor, director, playwright, designer, etc. in preparing or devising theatrical work.

Examine and justify original ideas and artistic choices in a theatrical work based on critical analysis, background knowledge, and/or historical and cultural context.

Create and implement design solutions for a theatrical work which support the story and given circumstance.

Revise and improve an improvised or scripted theatrical work through repetition, collaboration, and self-review.

Explore and use physical, vocal, and/or psychological traits to develop a performance that is believable, authentic, and relevant to a theatrical work.

Perform an improvised theatrical work for an audience.

Demonstrate various acting techniques in a rehearsal or scripted theatrical work.

Select and apply specific technical elements to create a design for a theatrical work.

Perform a rehearsed theatrical work for an audience.

Adapt performance for a specific stage type (proscenium, thrust, etc.) based upon knowledge of stage styles.

Using participation and/or observation, identify artistic choices made in a theatrical work.

Using participation and observation, describe and explain personal reactions to artistic choices made in a theatrical work.

Consider multiple ways to develop a character using physical characteristics and prop and/or costume design choices that reflect cultural perspectives in theatrical work.

Identify cultural perspectives, personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs that may influence the evaluation of a theatricalwork.

Recognize and share ideas about artistic choices when participating in and/or observing a theatrical work.

Develop and implement a plan to evaluate a theatrical work.

Investigate and assess how technical elements maysupport and/or represent a theme or idea in a theatrical work.

When evaluating a theatrical work, explain preferences using supporting evidence and criteria.

Explain how the actions and motivations of characters in a theatrical work reflect perspectives of a community or culture.

Incorporate multiple perspectives and diverse community ideas in a theatrical work.

Identify universal themes or common social issues, and express them through a theatrical work.

Incorporate music, dance, art, and/or media to strengthenthe meaning and conflict in a theatrical work with a particular cultural, global, or historic context.

Research and analyze two different versions of the same theatrical work to determine differences and similarities in the visual and aural world of each story.

Investigate historical and/or cultural conventions and their impact on the visual composition of a theatrical work.

Create and justify technical design choices which support the story and emotional impact of a theatrical work and which incorporate multiple elements of technology.

Use personal experiences and background knowledge to develop a character that is believable and authentic in a theatricalwork.

Devise and refine a dramatic concept to demonstrate a critical understanding of historical and/or cultural influences of original ideas applied to a theatrical work.

Cooperate as a creative team to make interpretive choices for a theatrical work.

Practice and demonstrate a devised or scripted theatrical work using theatrical staging (blocking, movement).

Devise and refine a dramatic concept to demonstrate a critical understanding of historical and cultural influences of original ideas applied to a theatrical work.

Cooperate as a creative team to implement and refine a planned technical design using technology during the rehearsal processfor devised or scripted theatrical work.

Use researched character objectives and tactics in a theatrical work to overcome an obstacle.

Explore uses of various pacing techniques to better communicate the story in a theatrical work.

Use a variety of acting techniques to expand skills in a rehearsal or theatrical performance.

Use multiple researched technical elements to increase the impact of design in a theatrical work.

Perform a scripted theatrical work for a specific audience.

Create performance for a specific stage type (proscenium, thrust, etc.).

Apply criteria to the evaluation of artistic choices in a theatrical work.

Respond to and evaluate what is seen, felt, and heard during a theatrical work to develop criteria for artistic choices.

Investigate the effects of emotions on posture,gesture, breathing, and vocal intonation in a theatrical work.

Analyze, compare, and contrast artistic choices developed from personal experiences in multiple theatrical works.

Identify various ways in which the intended purpose of a theatrical work appeals to a specific audience.

Use knowledge of the production elements to respond to and assess a theatrical work using supporting evidence, personal aesthetics, and artistic criteria.

Examine a community issue through multiple perspectives in a theatrical work.

Investigate how cultural perspectives, community ideas, and personal beliefs impact a theatrical work.

Use different forms of theatrical work to examine contemporary social, cultural, or global issues.

Explore how cultural, global, and historic belief systems affect creative choices in a theatrical work.

Formulate creative choices for a devised or scripted theatrical work based on research about the selected topic.

Conduct and apply basic research to construct ideas about the visual composition of a theatrical work.

Design and implement a design for a theatrical work that incorporates multiple elements of technology. (e.g., lighting, scenery, sound, props, costumes, and makeup).

Integrate cultural and historical contexts with personal experiences to create a character that is believable and authentic in a theatrical work.

Use critical analysis of original ideas to explore the functionof history and culture in the development of a dramatic concept in a theatrical work.

Develop and refine a dramatic concept or character to demonstrate a critical understanding of the historical and cultural influences of original ideas applied to a theatrical work.

Analyze and critique the dramatic concept of a devised or scripted theatrical work.

Research, analyze, and demonstrate effective physical, vocal and physiological choices to develop a believable, authentic, and relevant performance in a theatrical work.

Conceptualize and construct technical design choices to enhance the story and emotional impact of a devised or scripted theatrical work (e.g., lighting, sound, scenery, props, costumes, makeup).

Apply reliable research of directors’ styles to influence and make unique choices for a directorial concept in a theatrical work.

Analyze and apply unique choices to create believable and sustainable characters in a theatrical work.

Identify essential text information, research from various sources, and the director’s concepts that influence character choices, and apply those in a theatrical work.

Refine a range of acting skills to build a believable and sustainable character in theatrical work.

Apply multiple technical elements and research to create a design that communicates the concept and theme of a theatrical work.

Present a theatrical work for a specific audience using creative processes that shape the production.

Conduct research to make directorial choices for a production.

Demonstrate an understanding of multiple interpretationsof artistic criteria and how each might be used to influence future artistic choices of a theatrical work.

Analyze and assess peer work using artistic criteria and knowledge of various production and performance elements.

Develop detailed supporting evidence and criteria to reinforce artistic choices when participating in or observing a theatrical work.

Apply concepts from a theatrical work for personal realization about cultural perspectives and understanding of those perspectives.

Debate and distinguish between multiple aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs through participation in and observation of theatrical work.

Analyze and assess a theatrical work by connecting it to other art forms, history, culture, and other disciplines using supporting evidence and artistic criteria.

Construct meaning in a theatrical work, considering personal aesthetics and knowledge of production elements while respecting others’ interpretations.

Assess how a theatrical work communicates to a specific audience for a specific purpose.

Develop a theatrical work that identifies and questions cultural, global, and historic belief systems.

Collaborate on a theatrical work that examines a criticalglobal issue using multiple personal, community, and culturalperspectives.

Integrate conventions and knowledge from different art forms and other disciplines to develop a cross-cultural theatrical work.

Develop a theatrical work that identifies and questions cultural, global, and historic belief systems.

Present and support an opinion about the social, cultural, and historical understandings of a theatrical work, based on criticalresearch.

Synthesize knowledge from a variety of dramatic forms, theatrical conventions, and technologies, including rights and royalties to create the visual composition of a theatrical work.

Design and implement a complete design for a theatrical work that incorporates all elements of technology necessary for a production (e.g., lighting, scenery, sound, props, costumes, makeup, etc.).

Integrate cultural and historical contexts with personal experiences to create a believable and authentic character in atheatrical work.

Develop and synthesize original ideas in a theatrical work utilizing critical analysis, historical and cultural context, research, and western or non-western theatre traditions.

Collaborate as a creative team to discover artistic solutions and make interpretive choices in a devised or scripted theatrical work.

Use the rehearsal process to analyze the dramatic concept and technical design elements of a devised or scripted theatrical work and to refine, transform, and re-imagine a devised or scripted theatrical work to invent or re-imagine style, genre, form, and conventions.

Use research and script analysis to revise physical, vocal, and physiological choices impacting the believability and relevance of a theatrical work, as well as to demonstrate a critical understanding of historical and cultural influences.

Re-imagine and revise technical design choices and apply a high level of technical proficiencies during the course of a rehearsal process to enhance the story and emotional impact of a devised or scripted theatrical work.

Apply a variety of researched acting techniques to character choices in a theatrical work.

Apply and justify a collection of acting techniques from reliable resources to prepare a believable and sustainable performance.

Explain and justify the selection of multiple technical elements used to build a design that communicates the concept of a theatrical work.

Present a theatrical production for a specific audience that employs research and analysis grounded in the creative perspectives of the playwright, director, designer, and dramaturge.

Demonstrate an understanding of multiple interpretationsof artistic criteria and how each might be used to influence future artistic choices of a theatrical work.

Analyze, assess, and critique peer work using artistic criteria and knowledge of various production and performance elements.

Use detailed supporting evidence and appropriate criteria to revise personal work and interpret the work of others when participating in or observing a theatrical work.

Use new understandings of cultures and contexts to shape personal responses to theatrical work.

Support and explain aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs to create a context for critical research that informs artistic decisions in a theatrical work.

Research and synthesize cultural and historical information related to a theatrical work to support or evaluate artistic choices.

Analyze and evaluate varied aesthetic interpretations of production elements for the same theatrical work.

Compare and debate the connection between a theatrical work and contemporary issues that may impact audiences.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for performance.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performance.

Express meaning through the performance of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

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Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Document the process of developing ideas reflecting awareness of personal experiences, interests, and art-making approaches.

Describe how knowledge of culture, traditions, and history may influence personal responses to art.

Formulate and develop creative approaches to art-making.

Investigate an aspect of contemporary life utilizing art and design.

Make art or design without having a preconceived plan, using course specific craftsmanship.

Demonstrate awareness of the ethical implications and the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and presentation of original work.

Redesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues.

Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.

Select, analyze, and curate artifacts and/or artworks for presentation and preservation.

Analyze and evaluate traditional and emerging presentation spaces and methods.

Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings.

Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing images.

Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.

Interpret an artwork or collection of works, supported by relevant and sufficient evidence found in the work and its variouscontexts.

Establish relevant criteria and apply them to an evaluation of a work of art or collection of works.

Research and connect an unfamiliar subject to personal experiences to develop meaning through art-making.

Compare and connect functions of art in a variety of societal, cultural, and historical contexts to contemporary and local contexts.

Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing work.

Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary practices to plan works of art and design.

Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form using course specific craftsmanship.

Develop awareness of the balance between freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and presentation of original work.

Demonstrate, in works of art or design, how visual and material culture defines, shapes, enhances, inhibits, and/or empowers people's lives.

Reflect upon, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.

Select, analyze, and critique personal artwork for a collection or portfolio presentation.

Select, evaluate, and apply effective methods or processes to display artwork in a specific traditional or emerging presentation space.

Make, explain, and justify connections between exhibitions of artists or artwork and the context of social, cultural, and political history.

Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.

Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to natural and constructed environments.

Evaluate types of contextual information relevant to the process of constructing interpretations of an artwork or collection of artworks.

Analyze the relevance of criteria used by others to evaluate a work of art or collection of works.

Synthesize knowledge of social, cultural, historical, and personal experiences with art-making approaches to create meaningful works of art or design.

Evaluate the impact of an artist or a group of artists on the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a society.

Envision and hypothesize creative risks and their implications while determining plans and direction of art-making.

Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.

Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept using course specific craftsmanship.

Balance freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and presentation of original work.

Collaboratively develop artwork that transforms the perception and experience of a particular place, object, or system.

Reflect upon, revise, and refine works of art or design, considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.

Critique and justify choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.

Select, evaluate, and apply appropriate methods and processes for preserving and protecting artworks

Curate a collection of artwork or artifacts to impact the viewer’s understanding of social, cultural, and political experiences.

Evaluate the connections within a collection of art or artists from a particular time and place, and determine the potential influence on specific audiences.

Analyze how responses to art develop over time based on knowledge, life experiences, and perceptions of the world.

Analyze differing interpretations of an artwork or collection of works in order to select and defend a plausible critical analysis.

Construct evaluations of a work of art or collection of works based on differing sets of criteria.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for producing.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

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Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and other disciplines, history, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and improvise melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives for use in an arrangement or over a chordal structure that reflect characteristics of music or text studied in rehearsal.

Select, draft, and develop melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives for use in an arrangement that demonstrate understanding of characteristic of music or text studied in rehearsal.

Describe and document compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or a short composition through notation and/or recording.

Evaluate and refine compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or over a chordal structure based on collaboratively- developed criteria.

Present finalized composition and/or improvisation individually or as an ensemble.

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

Use music reading skills to demonstrate how compositional devices and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works impact and inform prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate an understanding of context in a varied repertoire of music through prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate the ability to read and notate music individually and/or in ensemble settings.

Demonstrate fundamental voice control while performing a varied repertoire of music individually and in ensemble setting(s) while making appropriate use of:

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Breath management

Tone production with freedom, resonance, and control

Pitch matching, pitch accuracy, and intonation

Balance and blend

Sense of ensemble

Demonstrate technical accuracy through appropriate use of:

Tonal center/key relations

Scale construction

Pitch and rhythm work

Range development

Diction, pronunciation, vowel formation, and clarity of text

Expressive elements including dynamics, phrasing, and stylistic characteristics

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

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

Demonstrate an understanding of expressive intent by connecting with an audience through prepared and/or improvised performances.

Identify and describe reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, student opinion, and personal research from teacher-provided sources.

Analyze and explain how context and manipulation of musical elements influence response to music.

Interpret and describe the artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, citing as evidence the elements of music, contexts, historical significance, and the setting of the text.

Apply appropriate criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and other disciplines, history, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and improvise ideas or motives for arrangements or short compositions that reflect characteristics of music or text studied in rehearsal.

Select, draft, and develop ideas and motives for arrangements or short compositions that demonstrate understanding of characteristics of music or texts studied in rehearsal.

Describe and document compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or short composition through notation and/or recording.

Evaluate and refine compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or short composition based on personally-developed criteria.

Present finalized composition and/or improvisation individually or as an ensemble.

Develop and apply criteria to select a varied repertoire to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skillof the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Document and demonstrate, using music reading skills, how compositional devices and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works impact and inform prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, and context of a varied repertoire of music influences prepared and/or improvised performances as well as performers’ technical skill to connect with the audience.

Demonstrate the ability to read and notate music individually and/or in ensemble settings.

Demonstrate fundamental voice control while performing a varied repertoire of music individually and in ensemble setting(s) while making appropriate use of:

Posture

Breath management

Tone production with freedom, resonance, and control

Pitch matching, pitch accuracy, and intonation

Balance and blend

Sense of ensemble

Demonstrate technical accuracy through appropriate use of:

Tonal center/key relations

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Range development

Diction, pronunciation, vowel formation, and clarity of text

Expressive elements including dynamics, phrasing, and stylistic characteristics

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

Demonstrate mastery of the technical demands and an understanding of expressive qualities of the music in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods.

Demonstrate an understanding of intent as a means for connecting with an audience through prepared or improvised performances.

Identify and justify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, student interest, and personal research from varied sources or materials.

Analyze and explain how context, manipulation of musical elements, and form inform response to music.

Interpret and describe the artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, referring to the elements of music, contexts, and the setting of the text based on varied research sources.

Apply appropriate criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and other disciplines, history, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and improvise musical ideas or motives that reflect characteristics of music or text studied in rehearsal and used for a variety of purposes and contexts.

Select, draft, and develop ideas and motives for arrangements or compositions that demonstrate understanding of characteristics of music or texts studied in rehearsal.

Describe and document compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or composition through notation and/or recording.

Evaluate and refine compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or composition based on personally-developed criteria.

Present finalized composition and/or improvisation individually or as an ensemble.

Develop and apply criteria to select varied programs to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Using music reading skills where appropriate, examine, evaluate, and critique how the structure and context impact and inform prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, and context of a varied repertoire of music informs prepared and/or improvised performance as well as performers’ technical skill to connect with the audience.

Demonstrate an understanding and mastery of the technical demands and expressive qualities of the music through prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods in multiple types of ensembles.

Demonstrate the ability to read and notate music individually and/or in ensemble settings.

Demonstrate an ability to engage with and respond to audience members in performance of prepared and improvised music.

Demonstrate fundamental voice control while performing a varied repertoire of music individually and in ensemble setting(s) while making appropriate use of:

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Breath management

Tone production with freedom, resonance, and control

Pitch matching, pitch accuracy, and intonation

Balance and blend

Sense of ensemble

Demonstrate technical accuracy through appropriate use of:

Tonal center/key relations

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Range development

Diction, pronunciation, vowel formation, and clarity of text

Expressive elements including dynamics, phrasing, and stylistic characteristics

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

Identify and justify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, student interest, and personal research from varied sources or materials.

Analyze and explain how context and the manipulation of musical elements influence response to music.

Interpret and describe the artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, and historical significance based on varied research sources.

Apply appropriate criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and other disciplines, history, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and improvise musical ideas or motives that reflect characteristics of music or text studied in rehearsal and used for a variety of purposes and contexts.

Select, draft, and develop ideas and motives for use in an organized arrangement or composition used for a variety of purposes and contexts.

Describe and document compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or composition through notation and/or recording.

Evaluate and refine compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or composition based on personally-developed criteria.

Present finalized composition and/or improvisation individually or as an ensemble.

Develop and apply criteria to select varied programs to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Using music reading skills where appropriate, examine, evaluate, and critique how the structure and context impact and inform prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, and context of a varied repertoire of music informs prepared and/or improvised performance as well as performers’ technical skill to connect with the audience.

Demonstrate an understanding and mastery of the technical demands and expressive qualities of the music through prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods in multiple types of ensembles.

Demonstrate the ability to read and notate music individually and/or in ensemble settings

Demonstrate an ability to engage with and respond to audience members in performance of prepared and improvised music.

Demonstrate fundamental control of the voice while performing a varied repertoire of music individually and in ensemble setting(s) while making appropriate use of:

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Breath management

Tone production with freedom, resonance, and control

Pitch matching, pitch accuracy, and intonation

Balance and blend

Sense of ensemble

Demonstrate technical accuracy through appropriate use of:

Tonal center/key relations

Scale construction

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Range development

Diction, pronunciation, vowel formation, and clarity of text

Expressive elements including dynamics, phrasing, and stylistic characteristics

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

Identify, compare/contrast, and justify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, student interest, and personal research from varied sources or materials.

Analyze and explain how context and the manipulation of musical elements influence response to music.

Interpret and describe the artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, and historical significance based on varied research sources.

Apply appropriate criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to artistic endeavors.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Convey and express meaning through the performance of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

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Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and other disciplines, history, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and improvise melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives for use in an arrangement or over a chordal structure that reflect characteristics of music or text studied in rehearsal.

Select, draft, and develop melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives for use in an arrangement that demonstrate understanding of characteristic of music or text studied in rehearsal.

Describe and document compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or a short composition through notation and/or recording.

Evaluate and refine compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or over a chordal structure based on collaboratively developed criteria.

Present finalized composition and/or improvisation individually or as an ensemble.

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

Use music reading skills to demonstrate how compositional devices and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works impact and inform prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate an understanding of context in a varied repertoire of music through prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate the ability to read and notate music individually and/or in ensemble settings.

Demonstrate fundamental voice control while performing a varied repertoire of music individually and in ensemble setting(s) while making appropriate use of:  Posture  Breath management  Tone production with freedom, resonance, and control  Pitch matching, pitch accuracy, and intonation  Balance and blend  Sense of ensemble

Demonstrate technical accuracy through appropriate use of:  Tonal center/key relations  Scale construction  Pitch and rhythm work  Range development  Diction, pronunciation, vowel formation, and clarity of text  Expressive elements including dynamics, phrasing, and stylistic characteristics

Develop and apply strategies to address expressive challenges in a varied repertoire of music, and evaluate success using feedback from ensemble peers and other sources to refine performances

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

Demonstrate an understanding of expressive intent by connecting with an audience through prepared and/or improvised performances.

Identify and describe reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, student opinion, and personal research from teacher-provided sources.

Analyze and explain how context and manipulation of musical elements influence response to music.

Interpret and describe the artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, citing as evidence the elements of music, contexts, historical significance, and the setting of the text.

Apply appropriate criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and other disciplines, history, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and improvise ideas or motives for arrangements or short compositions that reflect characteristics of music or text studied in rehearsal.

Select, draft, and develop ideas and motives for arrangements or short compositions that demonstrate understanding of characteristics of music or texts studied in rehearsal.

Describe and document compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or short composition through notation and/or recording.

Evaluate and refine compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or short composition based on personally-developed criteria.

Present finalized composition and/or improvisation individually or as an ensemble.

Develop and apply criteria to select a varied repertoire to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Document and demonstrate, using music reading skills, how compositional devices and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works impact and inform prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, and context of a varied repertoire of music influences prepared and/or improvised performances as well as performers’ technical skill to connect with the audience.

Demonstrate the ability to read and notate music individually and/or in ensemble settings.

Demonstrate fundamental voice control while performing a varied repertoire of music individually and in ensemble setting(s) while making appropriate use of:  Posture  Breath management  Tone production with freedom, resonance, and control  Pitch matching, pitch accuracy, and intonation  Balance and blend  Sense of ensemble

Demonstrate technical accuracy through appropriate use of:  Tonal center/key relations  Scale construction  Pitch and rhythm work  Range development  Diction, pronunciation, vowel formation, and clarity of text  Expressive elements including dynamics, phrasing, and stylistic characteristics

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

Demonstrate mastery of the technical demands and an understanding of expressive qualities of the music in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods

Demonstrate an understanding of intent as a means for connecting with an audience through prepared or improvised performances

Identify and justify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, student interest, and personal research from varied sources or materials.

Analyze and explain how context, manipulation of musical elements, and form inform response to music.

Interpret and describe the artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, referring to the elements of music, contexts, and the setting of the text based on varied research sources.

Apply appropriate criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and other disciplines, history, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and improvise musical ideas or motives that reflect characteristics of music or text studied in rehearsal and used for a variety of purposes and contexts.

Select, draft, and develop ideas and motives for arrangements or compositions that demonstrate understanding of characteristics of music or texts studied in rehearsal.

Describe and document compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or composition through notation and/or recording.

Evaluate and refine compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or composition based on personally-developed criteria.

Present finalized composition and/or improvisation individually or as an ensemble.

Develop and apply criteria to select varied programs to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Using music reading skills where appropriate, examine, evaluate, and critique how the structure and context impact and inform prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, and context of a varied repertoire of music informs prepared and/or improvised performance as well as performers’ technical skill to connect with the audience.

Demonstrate the ability to read and notate music individually and/or in ensemble settings.

Demonstrate fundamental voice control while performing a varied repertoire of music individually and in ensemble setting(s) while making appropriate use of:  Posture  Breath management  Tone production with freedom, resonance, and control  Pitch matching, pitch accuracy, and intonation  Balance and blend  Sense of ensemble

Demonstrate technical accuracy through appropriate use of:  Tonal center/key relations  Scale construction  Pitch and rhythm work  Range development  Diction, pronunciation, vowel formation, and clarity of text  Expressive elements including dynamics, phrasing, and stylistic characteristics

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

Demonstrate an understanding and mastery of the technical demands and expressive qualities of the music through prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods in multiple types of ensembles.

Demonstrate an ability to engage with and respond to audience members in performance of prepared and improvised music.

Identify and justify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, student interest, and personal research from varied sources or materials.

Analyze and explain how context and the manipulation of musical elements influence response to music.

Interpret and describe the artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, and historical significance based on varied research sources.

Apply appropriate criteria to evaluate musical works and performances

Apply appropriate criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and other disciplines, history, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and improvise musical ideas or motives that reflect characteristics of music or text studied in rehearsal and used for a variety of purposes and contexts

Select, draft, and develop ideas and motives for use in an organized arrangement or composition used for a variety of purposes and contexts.

Describe and document compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or composition through notation and/or recording.

Evaluate and refine compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement or composition based on personally-developed criteria.

Present finalized composition and/or improvisation individually or as an ensemble.

Develop and apply criteria to select varied programs to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Using music reading skills where appropriate, examine, evaluate, and critique how the structure and context impact and inform prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, and context of a varied repertoire of music informs prepared and/or improvised performance as well as performers’ technical skill to connect with the audience.

Demonstrate the ability to read and notate music individually and/or in ensemble settings

Demonstrate fundamental control of the voice while performing a varied repertoire of music individually and in ensemble setting(s) while making appropriate use of:  Posture  Breath management  Tone production with freedom, resonance, and control  Pitch matching, pitch accuracy, and intonation  Balance and blend  Sense of ensemble

Demonstrate technical accuracy through appropriate use of:  Tonal center/key relations  Scale construction  Pitch and rhythm work  Range development  Diction, pronunciation, vowel formation, and clarity of text  Expressive elements including dynamics, phrasing, and stylistic characteristics

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

Demonstrate an understanding and mastery of the technical demands and expressive qualities of the music through prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods in multiple types of ensembles.

Demonstrate an ability to engage with and respond to audience members in performance of prepared and improvised music.

Identify, compare/contrast, and justify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, student interest, and personal research from varied sources or materials.

Analyze and explain how context and the manipulation of musical elements influence response to music.

Interpret and describe the artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, and historical significance based on varied research sources.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to artistic endeavors.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Convey and express meaning through the performance of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.