9-12 Vocal Curriculum Documents

School District of Fort Atkinson Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin Performance Standard A: SINGING 9-12th Grade Choir Content Standard Students attending Fort Atkinson High School will sing alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.   Standards By the end of grade 12, the students will: Skills and Concepts The students will: Examples   A.9-12.6 Sing expressively and with technical accuracy a varied repertoire of vocal literature, with a level of difficulty of four on a scale of one to six,* including songs performed from memory. Recognize and perform proper vocal posture. Develop breath support and an awareness of the diaphragm as it relates to vocal production. Recognize musicality: diction, phrasing, dynamics, pitch, and articulation. Further studies and performs rhythms of moderate difficulty. Further study of solfege concepts. Students record individual or group rehearsal. The works may vary in a level of difficulty from three to five.   A.9-12.7 Sing music written in four or more part harmony.   Recognize individual melody or harmony. Sing dependant and independent music in four or more parts. Understands intervallic relationships between notes using solfege.     Students record unaccompanied individual melodic or harmonic line. Music difficulty from 3-5.   Repeat with accompanied works. A.9-12.8 Sing in small ensembles with four or less students per voice part.   Study balance between voice parts. Recognize individual melody or harmony. Study blend of voices. Sing dependant and independent music in four or more parts.     Students participate in Wisconsin School Music Association’s solo and/or ensemble festivals.

Performance Standard B: INSTRUMENTAL 9-12th Grade Choir Content Standard Students attending Fort Atkinson High School will play alone and/or with others a varied repertoire of music on instruments.   Standards By the end of grade 12 students will: Skills and Concepts The students will: Examples   B.9-12.4 Play accurately and independently on a classroom instrument alone in an vocal ensemble setting.     Be aware of proper technique when using instruments. Recognize and perform dynamics. Recognize and perform any time signatures. Recognize and perform the correct style for the genre.     Using traditional African percussion instruments using appropriate rhythms to match the music being performed.   B.9-12.5 Play accompaniments on melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic instruments. Recognize the melody while playing. Recognize proper playing technique. Recognize and perform the steady beat. Utilizing students studying instrumental music. Be aware of proper technique when using instruments.   Using a percussion instrument, students will play their melodic or harmonic musical phrase.

Music Creativity C: IMPROVISATION 9-12th Grade Choir Content Standard Students attending Fort Atkinson High School will improvise music.   Standards By the end of grade 12, the students will: Skills and Concepts The students will: Examples   C.9-12.7 Improvise stylistically appropriate harmonizing parts in a variety of styles.     Recognize and perform a steady beat within all time signatures. Utilize aural recognition. Recognize major/minor scales.    The student is able to improvise an accompaniment using a steady beat.   C.9-12.8 Improvise original melodies in a variety of styles over given chord progressions in a consistent style, meter, and tonality.             Recognize and perform a steady beat within all time signatures. Utilize aural recognition. Recognize major/minor scales.   The student is able to complete a basic blues improvisation without stopping.

Music Creativity D: COMPOSITION 9-12th Grade Choir Content Standard Students attending Fort Atkinson High School will compose and arrange music.   Standards By the end of grade 12, the students will: Skills and Concepts The students will: Examples   D.9-12.7 Compose music, demonstrating creativity in applying the principles of composition.       Compose a melody using one of the 15 key signatures. Utilize elements of rhythm, dynamics, form, harmony, and melody. Follow predetermined guidelines and preset techniques to compose pieces of music.       D.9-12.8 Demonstrate proficiency in composition using technology.       Utilize computer software to compose, edit, print, and perform music.   Perform music utilizing MIDI lab and software.   Finale, Sibelius, Auralius, Band-in-a-box, Performer   **Refer to the theory curriculum document for more detailed information.

Music Literacy E: READING and NOTATING 9-12th Grade Choir Content Standard Students attending Fort Atkinson High School will read and notate music.   Standards By the end of grade 12, the students will: Skills and Concepts The students will: Examples   E.9-12.7 Demonstrate the ability to read a full vocal score by describing how the elements of music are used and explaining all transpositions and clefs         Perform selections involving any notation Understanding sound (timbre) harmony, melody, and growth (theory) Know circle of fifths   Students are given three scores of four or more parts. Describe form, function of the lines, rhythmic characteristics, and chord analysis.   E.9-12.8 Sight-read, accurately and expressively, music with a level of difficulty of four on a scale of one to six   ·          Proficient or advanced knowledge of the following: elements of music, notation (note values, dynamics, etc.), and solfege. ·          Recognize and perform the following terms and symbols                                 Pitch •Treble Clef •Bass Clef •Ledger line •Music Alphabet (A-G) •Flat (b) •Sharp (#) •Natural • Intervals   Rhythm and Tempo •Whole •half •quarter •eighth notes •Dotted 8th notes •and corresponding rests •16th  notes • 8th/16th note combinations •8th note triplets •quarter note triplets, 16th note triplets (percussion only) •Ties •Fermata •Largo •Allegretto •Andante •Moderato •Allegro •Presto •Vivace •Accelerando  •Ritardando •∫Rallentando •a tempo   Dynamics •pianissimo •piano •mezzopiano •mezzoforte •forte •fortissimo •crescendo •decrescendo •sfzorzando Articulation •Accent •Slur •Tonguing syllables  •Staccato •Legato •Marcato Other Standard Notation •Measures •Bar Lines •Double bar line •Breath Mark (’) •Phrase •Tenuto •Tacit •Solo/Soli/Tutti •Divisi/Unison •Section repeat sign •One measure and two measure repeat sign •1st and 2nd endings •Pick-up note •Long rest (multi-rest) •Poco •Molto •Con brio •Dolce •Majestic •Grand Pause (G.P) •D.C. al Fine •D.C. al Fine/Coda •D.S. al Fine/Coda   Utilize a sight-reading manual that is aligned between middle school and high school i.e. Masterworks.         Unison, half step, whole step, M2nd, m2nd, M3rd, m3rd, P4th, d4th  P5th, d5th, M6th, m6th, M7th, m7th, octave               pp, p, mp, m, mf, f, ff,sfz

Music Response F: ANALYSIS 9-12th Grade Choir Content Standard Students attending Fort Atkinson High School will analyze and describe music.   Standards By the end of grade 12, the students will: Skills and Concepts The students will: Examples   F.9-12.8 Listen to and describe specific music events in a given example, using appropriate terminology.     Recognize elements within music of diverse genres and cultures. Including elements heard in folk, popular, and non-Western music. Understand musical form. Demonstrate knowledge of musical elements and concepts through verbal feedback. Identify and/or describe musical events and their function to the piece of music.   Analyze three contrasting choral examples. Student is asked to identify the characteristics of musical elements.   F.9-12.9 Compare how musical materials are used in a given example relative to how they are used in other works of the same genre or style.           Identify and or describe musical events and their function to the piece of music. Understanding of musical genres and periods.   Students orally describe characteristics of selected music and compare them to the period or genre they belong.   F.9-12.10 Analyze and describe uses of the elements of music in a given work that make it unique, interesting, and expressive.       Demonstrate knowledge of musical elements and concepts through verbal feedback. Recognizes musical elements Knowledge of technical vocabulary   Student is given three works and asked to identify form and specific musical materials that provide unity and variety: Achieving unity by repeating sections. Music achieves tension by use of non-harmonic tones. Understanding form

Music Response G: EVALUATION 9-12th Grade Choir Content Standard Students attending Fort Atkinson High School will evaluate music within a performance.     Standards By the end of grade 12, the students will: Skills and Concepts The students will: Examples   G.9-12.4 Apply and refine specific criteria for making informed and critical evaluations of the quality and effectiveness of performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations and apply the criteria in their participation in music.