HS Ensemble Music

Performing for Traditional and Emerging Ensemble
Anchor Standard 4 - Select artistic work for presentation.

Analyze artistic work for presentation

MUS-HS.PrEE.04.2 Demonstrate, using music reading skills where appropriate, how compositional devices employed and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works impact and inform prepared or improvised performances.

In addition to expectations of proficiency, student provides consistent evidence of in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught and expected.

Insightfully describe how compositional and structural devices within the piece may inform preparation and impact performance.  The student uses a variety of specific musical elements in their description of the performance.

“The Standard.” The student:

Identify and describe how compositional and structural devices within the piece guides preparation for performance.  The student uses a few specific musical elements in their description of the performance.

Student led classroom discussion/presentation regarding musical elements as determined by genre, context or level of difficulty.

There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes as the student:

Appropriately identify a few compositional devices and structural aspects within the piece, and described how knowing this guides preparation for performance.  The student uses 1 or 2 specific elements of music in their description of the piece.

However, the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.

With help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes.

Appropriately identify, with inaccuracies, some compositional devices and structural aspects within the piece, or vaguely described how knowing this guides preparation for a performance. The student uses no specific elements of music in their description of the piece.