Beginning of Year

Recording Sent Home at the End of October

We will review how to play our instruments and how to read music. Our first concert will be Monday, October 21st at 7pm in the MAMS Big Gym.

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?

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