Advanced Vocal Ensemble Syllabus North Central High School

EALR / Skill/concept / Year 3 - 4 / Evidence
1.1.1 / Element:
pitch / Fluency in reading treble and bass clef notation, including ledger lines above and below the staff. Fluency in reading major and minor intervals 2nds - octaves. / Worksheets
Timed tests
Score analysis
1.1.1 / Element:
rhythm / Fluency in reading rhythmic notation in simple, compound, and non-traditional meters, including syncopated and complex rhythmic figures. / Worksheets
Performance-based assessments
Score analysis
1.1.1 / Element:
expression / Fluency in reading advanced symbols of dynamics, tempo, and articulation. / Informal assessments
Score analysis
1.1.1 / Element:
timbre / Identifies and describes the vocal techniques used in varying vocal timbre to fit the style of music performed. / Informal assessments
Journal activities
1.1.2 / Principles of organization:
notation / Recognizes and interprets key signatures. / Worksheets
Timed tests
Score analysis
1.1.2 / Principles of organization:
form / Visually and aurally recognizes and explains advanced musical forms: sonata-allegro, fugue. / Listening journal
Unit tests
1.1.2 / Principles of organization:
melody / Analyzes and describes textures within a musical composition / Listening journal
Score analysis
1.1.2 / Principles of organization:
harmony / Visually and aurally identifies intervals and chords (major, minor, perfect). / Worksheets, tests
Dictation exercises
1.2 / Skill:
pitch and rhythm / Independently analyzes and interprets music rehearsed and performed. Corrects personal and group misinterpretation of expression markings, errors in pitch or rhythm. / Informal assessments
Concert preparation and performance
1.2 / Skill: vocal technique / Refines tonal production to create a mature, characteristic sound. Exhibits vocal/choral achievement. / Exhibits growth from first quarter to final quarter singing assessments
1.3 / Arts styles / Applies knowledge of artistic styles and cultural traditions to make informed choices for an arts presentation. / Informal assessments
Concert preparation and performance
1.4 / Audience skills / Analyzes how style, culture, and history have influenced audience conventions. / Concert participation and self-assessment rubric
2.1 / Creative process / Develops concert programs using a creative process independent of instructor assistance / Concert planning unit and summative project
2.2 / Performance process / Develops work using a performance process independent of instructor assistance / Concert performance, participation, and summative self-assessment
2.3 / Responding process / Applies a responding process to an arts presentation independent of instructor assistance / Listening journal
Adjudication form
3.1 / Using music to express and present ideas and feelings / Expresses ideas and feelings through the arts, synthesizing forms and styles. / Connecting the Elements unit assessment
Score analysis of a piece performed in concert
3.2 / Using the arts to communicate for a specific purpose / Supports and defends the artistic elements chosen to communicate for a specific purpose. / Festival Time CBPA
Semester exam -- analysis of a choral octavo
3.3 / Develops personal aesthetic criteria to communicate artistic choices / Analyzes personal aesthetic development. / Festival Time CBPAJournal activitiesInformal assessments
4.1 / Analyzes the connections among the arts disciplines / Creates an arts presentation integrating two or more arts disciplines. / Connecting the Elements unit
Journal activities
Senior project planning/implementation
4.2 / Analyzes the connections between the arts and other content areas / Creates an arts presentation, integrating the arts with another content area. / Connecting the Elements unit
Journal activities
Senior project planning/implementation
4.3 / Understands how the arts impact lifelong choices / Projects and plans how the arts impact personal future choices. / Journal activities
Informal assessments
4.4 / Identifies specific attributes of artworks that reflect culture and history / Applies knowledge of how the arts shape and reflect culture and history throughout time. / Journal activities
Informal assessments
4.5 / Demonstrates the role of arts skills in the world of work
Demonstrates knowledge of arts careers / Describes and exhibits work habits and skills needed for choral rehearsal and performance; articulates how these habits and skills are useful in the world of work
Investigates a minimum of four arts careers / Journal activities
Informal assessments