Performing Ensemble: Advanced

Creating: Artists/students use creative thinking and reasoning skills to perceive concepts and ideas to develop works.CR

  • 1

    Compose and improvise musical compositions for a variety of purposes and contexts.ENAD.1CR

  • 2

    Select, develop, and notate or record melodic and rhythmic ideas into full musical works intended for a variety of purposes and contexts.ENAD.2CR

  • 3

    Evaluate and refine a variety of musical works based on appropriate criteria and evaluate if the music meets the established criteria.ENAD.3CR

  • 4

    Defend the purpose of tuning instruments.ENAD.4CR

Performing: Artists/students employ personal processes and skills to solve problems creatively and present work in various contexts.PE

  • 1

    Read and perform with correct pitches, correct rhythms, printed dynamics, printed articulations, appropriate style, and musical expression for the music being performed.ENAD.1PE

  • 2

    Play or sing with a characteristic tone quality, perform a full range of pitches with accurate intonation, understand intonation tendencies, adjust during the performance, and utilize concepts of just intonation.ENAD.2PE

  • 3

    Demonstrate proficiency in all major and minor keys and a chromatic scale in multiple octaves as appropriate. Demonstrate proficiency singing pentatonic; major; natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales and keys; and chromatic, octatonic, and whole-tone scales, plus modes as appropriate.ENAD.3PE

  • 4

    Perform prepared or improvised music showing mastery of technical accuracy and expression in several types of ensembles.ENAD.4PE

  • 5

    Perform compositions intended for sight reading with correct pitches, correct rhythms, characteristic tone, accurate intonation, printed dynamics, printed articulations, and appropriate style for the music being performed and musical expression.ENAD.5PE

  • 6

    Perform a varied repertoire of prepared and improvised music, representing a variety of cultures, styles, time periods, and genres in several types of ensembles.ENAD.6PE

  • 7

    Develop, apply, and refine appropriate rehearsal strategies to address various individual and ensemble challenges in a varied repertoire of music during the rehearsal process.ENAD.7PE

  • 8

    Respond appropriately to the cues of the conductor.ENAD.8PE

Responding: Artists/students engage in analysis and interpretation to understand and evaluate artistic works.RE

  • 1

    Develop and apply criteria to critique the ensemble performance with a focus on pitch, rhythm, characteristic tone quality and intonation, use of dynamics and articulation, appropriate style, and expression. ENAD.1RE

  • 2

    Justify interpretations of the expressive intent, emotion, and meaning of musical works by comparing and explaining varied researched sources, including reference to other art forms.ENAD.2RE

  • 3

    Use student-developed criteria to select music, organize, and present an individual performance showing mastery of the selected music.ENAD.3RE

Connecting: Artists/students understand and communicate the value of creative expressions in internal and external contexts.CO

  • 1

    Analyze various performance works from a variety of world cultures, identifying the unique features of expression, and determine how these characteristics contribute to performance style while minimizing stylistic bias.ENAD.1CO

  • 2

    Explain how the roles of creators, performers, and others involved in the production and presentation of each of the arts are similar and different.ENAD.2CO

  • 3

    Select personal music experiences that represent well-developed performance skills, abilities, and accomplishments (developing a portfolio, preparing college audition, studio work).ENAD.3CO

  • 4

    Interpret copyright law and discover how someone can protect a composition once the individual has composed or created a work.ENAD.4CO

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12
Where can I read the official document?
Ohio’s Learning Standards for Fine Arts: Music 2024