Jazz Assessment
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National Standards for Arts Education
Instrumental High School
9 - 12
2. Content Standard: Performing on instruments alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
| A. Students will perform on at least one instrument accurately and independently, alone and in small and large ensembles, with good posture, good playing position, and with good breath, bow, or stick control. | Fails to meet National Achievement Standards | Proficient:Meets National Achievement Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds National Achievement Standards |
| B. Students will perform with expression and technical accuracy a large and varied repertoire of instrumental literature with a level of difficulty of 3 or 4, on a scale of 1 to 6. | Fails to meet National Achievement Standards | Proficient:Meets National Achievement Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds National Achievement Standards |
| C. Students will perform music representing diverse genres and cultures, with expression appropriate for the work being performed | Fails to meet National Achievement Standards | Proficient:Meets National Achievement Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds National Achievement Standards |
| D. Students will perform an appropriate part in an ensemble demonstrating well-developed ensemble skills. | Fails to meet National Achievement Standards | Proficient:Meets National Achievement Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds National Achievement Standards |
3. Content Standard: Improvising melodies,variations and accompaniments
| A. Students will improvise stylistic appropriate harmonizing parts | Fails to meet National Achievement Standards | Proficient:Meets National Achievement Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds National Achievement Standards |
| B. Students will improvise rhythmic and melodic variations on given pentatonic melodies and major and minor keys. | Fails to meet National Achievement Standards | Proficient:Meets National Achievement Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds National Achievement Standards |
| C. Students will improvise original melodies in a variety of styles,over given chord progressions, each in a consistent style meter, and tonality. | Fails to meet National Achievement Standards | Proficient:Meets National Achievement Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds National Achievement Standards |
4. Content Standard: Composing and arranging music
within specified guidelines
| A. Students will compose music in several distinct styles, demonstrating creativity in using the elements of music for expressive effect | Fails to meet National Achievement Standards | Proficient:Meets National Achievement Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds National Achievement Standards |
| B. Students will arrange pieces for voice or instruments other than those for which the pieces were written in ways that enhance the expressive effect of the music | Fails to meet National Achievement Standards | Proficient:Meets National Achievement Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds National Achievement Standards |
| C. The Students will compose music for voices and various acoustic and electronic instruments, demonstrating knowledge of ranges and traditional usages of the sound sources. | Fails to meet National Achievement Standards | Proficient:Meets National Achievement Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds National Achievement Standards |
5. Content Standard: Reading and notating music
| B. Students will sighted, accurately and expressively, music with a level of difficulty of 3, on a scale of 1 to 6. | Fails to meet National Achievement Standards | Proficient:Meets National Achievement Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds National Achievement Standards |
Maine Learning Results
Visual and Performing Arts
A. Creative Expression: Students will perform to express ideas and feelings.
| 1. Students will create a performance piece to communicate an idea, feeling, or meaning using: a distinct style, imagination and technical skill, and the the creative process, reflection, and self-evaluation. | Fails to meet Standards | Proficient:Meets Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds Standards |
| 5. Students will be able to create a portfolio of work (Concert Repertoire?) that communicates new ideas, feelings, and moods using different techniques and processes. | Fails to meet Standards | Proficient:Meets Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds Standards |
| 6. Students will demonstrate an understanding that the arts are a means of renewal and recreation, as well as an occupational opportunely | Fails to meet Standards | Proficient:Meets Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds Standards |
B. Cultural Heritage: Students will understand the cultural contributions of the arts, how the arts shape and are shaped by prevailing cultural and social beliefs and values and recognize (and perform?) exemplary works from a variety of cultures and historical periods
| 4. Students will create works that reflect concepts, theories, approaches, and styles from their own and other cultures. | Fails to meet Standards | Proficient:Meets Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds Standards |
| 5. Students will be able to develop performing art work in response to historical, social or cultural condition using a variety of forms. | Fails to meet Standards | Proficient:Meets Standards | Advanced:Meets and exceeds Standards |
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Adjudicator's Signature ________________________________Date___________
Adjudicator's Signature ________________________________Date___________