Beginning of Year

Beginning of the Year Music-Prep for This Year

We will review how to play our instruments and how to read music. Our goal is to learn music and be able to send a recording home in October.

Please use this to listen and/or practice our music.

I can read music.

I can play my instrument with the correct notes and fingerings.

I can perform with appropriate balance.

I can perform with characteristic tone on my instrument.

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Performing
- Select/Analyze Concert Music
- Evaluate/Refine Individual or Ensemble Performance
- Present Music to Others
Responding
- Evaluate Performance of Others
Connecting
- Personal Connection to the Music
- Cultural/Historical Connection to the Music
Creating/Composing
- Imagine/Brainstorm
- Plan/Make
- Evaluate Refine
- Present Composition to Others

Performing:
- How do performers select repertoire?
- How does understanding the structure and context of musical works inform performance?
- How do musicians improve the quality of their performance?
- When is a performance judged ready to present? How do context and the manner in which musical work is presented influence audience response?
Responding:
- How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)?
Connecting:
- How do musicians make meaningful connections to creating, performing, and responding?
- How do the other arts, other disciplines, contexts, and daily life inform creating, performing, and responding to music?
Creating/Composing:
- How do musicians generate creative ideas?
- How do musicians make creative decisions?
- How do musicians improve the quality of their creative work?
Responsibility:
- How do musicians show responsibility to the ensemble?
- How do musicians show responsibility to the director?
- How do musicians show responsibility to the environment?