Core Standards of the Course
Strand: CREATE (L1.MC.CR.)
Students will conceptualize, generate and organize artistic ideas and work. They will complete and refine musical works (Standards L1.MC.CR.1-6).
Standard L1.MC.CR.3:
With guidance, improvise/generate rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas and phrases.
Standard L1.MC.CR.4:
Develop aural skills: intervals, major/minor modality, and rhythmic and melodic dictation.
Strand: PERFORM (L1.MC.P.)
Students will analyze, interpret and select artistic work for performance. They will develop techniques and concepts to refine artistic work, and express meaning through the presentation of musical works (Standards L1.MC.P.1-7).
Standard L1.MC.P.1:
Select appropriate music, with limited guidance, to perform for a short solo or ensemble performance, and explain why each was chosen.
Standard L1.MC.P.2:
Discuss, with guidance, various elements of a musical work such as form, phrasing, and style.
Standard L1.MC.P.3:
Sing with an appropriate tone over an appropriate range with consideration of the following skills in combination:Standard L1.MC.P.4:
Demonstrate technical performance skills by singing correct pitches and rhythms in skill appropriate literature.
Standard L1.MC.P.5:
Demonstrate notational literacy in correctly sight-singing simple melodies, harmonies, and rhythms.
Strand: RESPOND (L1.MC.R.)
Students will perceive and analyze artistic work and process. They will interpret intent and meaning, and apply criteria to evaluate artistic work and process (Standards L1.MC.R.1-5).
Standard L1.MC.R.1:
Respond to a musical performance by identifying the musical elements within a piece and in a given context, discuss their effect on both listener and performer, and exhibit appropriate performance demeanor and audience concert etiquette.
Standard L1.MC.R.2:
Identify and discuss how musical elements are embedded within a musical work to express possible meanings, and consider how the use of musical elements helps predict the composer's possible intent.
Standard L1.MC.R.3:
Identify and describe, with guidance, the musical and structural elements that contribute to a quality musical work.
Strand: CONNECT (L1.MC.CO.)
Students will synthesize and relate knowledge from personal and collaborative experience to make and receive art. They will relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding (Standards L1.MC.CO.1-4).