TMTA World of Music Test

Chair: Ginny Godsey

Test date: March 21, 2020

Entry deadline: February 8, 2020

Fee: $11.00

Location: Studio/Home of Ginny Godsey

Eligibility

1. Any Student Affiliate member, grades 1-12 may participate. No student may take a test for state grading at a level above his school grade.
2. There are no theory requirements for participants, nor is participation in the World of Music Program a prerequisite for participation in any other SA activity.

Test Grade Levels and Study Materials

Tests

• a. Tests for grades 1-3 will be based on World of Music by Carolyn Jones Campbell and illustrated by William L. Gillock.
• b. Tests for grades 4-12 will be based on The World of Music: A Music History Syllabus by Elinor L. Duff (copyright 1979, 1980 and 1981 by Texas Music Teachers Association).

Study Materials

• Primary level (3 books)
  • First Grade Workbook
  • Second Grade Workbook
  • Third Grade Workbook
• Level I (3 books)
  • IA (Grade 4): Story Music
  • IB (Grade 5): Composers of the 20th Century (Copland, Menotti & Gillock)
  • IC (Grade 6): Clementi, Gershwin & The History of Music
• Level II (3 books)
  • IIA (Grade 7): Bach and Mozart
  • IIB (Grade 8): Schumann and Bartók
  • IIC (grade 9): Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary Eras
• Level III (3 books)
  • IIIA (Grade 10): The Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary Eras in Europe and America; Impressionism
  • IIIB (Grade 11): Beethoven and Chopin
  • IIIC (Grade 12): Form and Style: Brahms; Two 20th Century American Composers 3.

Syllabi and sample tests are available from the TMTA office