Curriculum & State Standards

STRAND: The Arts

Disciplines: Music - Students learn about and use the symbolic language of music

PreK–12 STANDARD 1 Singing

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

PreK–12 STANDARD 2 Reading and Notation

Students will read music written in standard notation.

PreK–12 STANDARD 3 Playing Instruments

Students will play instruments, alone and with others, to perform a varied repertoire of music.

PreK–12 STANDARD 4 Improvisation and Composition

Students will improvise, compose, and arrange music.

PreK–12 STANDARD 5 Critical Response

Students will describe and analyze their own music and the music of others using appropriate music vocabulary. When appropriate, students will connect their analysis to interpretation and evaluation.

STRAND Connections: History, Criticism, and Links to Other Disciplines Students learn about the history and criticism of music, its role in the community, and its links to other disciplines.

PreK–12 STANDARD 6 Purposes and Meanings in the Arts

Students will describe the purposes for which works of dance, music, theatre, visual arts, and architecture were and are created, and, when appropriate, interpret their meanings.

PreK–12 STANDARD 7 Roles of Artists in Communities

Students will describe the roles of artists, patrons, cultural organizations, and arts institutions in societies of the past and present.

PreK–12 STANDARD 8 Concepts of Style, Stylistic Influence, and Stylistic Change

Students will demonstrate their understanding of styles, stylistic influence, and stylistic change by identifying when and where art works were created, and by analyzing characteristic features of art works from various historical periods, cultures, and genres.

PreK–12 STANDARD 9 Inventions, Technologies, and the Arts

Students will describe and analyze how performing and visual artists use and have used materials, inventions, and technologies in their work.

PreK–12 STANDARD 10 Interdisciplinary Connections

Students will apply their knowledge of the arts to the study of English language arts, foreign languages, health, history and social science, mathematics, and science and technology/engineering.