Format
A Manhattan School of Music teaching artist will lead an interactive presentation.
Objectives
Students will:
- build an understanding of the influences that have shaped American music over the last century
- learn about the stylistic differences between music in different eras
Standards Alignment
National Standards
Core Standard: Create
Anchor Standard #2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
(MU:Cr2.1.C.Ia-IIa) Assemble and organize multiple sounds or musical ideas to create initial expressive statements of selected sonic events, memories, images, concepts, texts, or storylines.
(MU:Cr2.1.C.IIIa) Assemble and organize multiple sounds or extended musical ideas to create initial expressive statements of selected extended sonic experiences or abstract ideas.
Anchor Standard #3. Refine and complete artistic work
(MU:Cr3.2.C.Ia-IIIa) Share music through the use of notation, performance, or technology, and demonstrate how the elements of music have been employed to realize expressive intent.
Core Standard: Performing, Presenting, Producing
Anchor Standard #4. Analyze, interpret, and select artistic work for presentation.
(MU:Pr4.2.C.Ia-IIIa) Analyze how the elements of music (including form) of selected works relate to style and mood, and explain the implications for rehearsal or performance.
Core Standard: Responding
Anchor Standard #7. Perceive and analyze artistic work.
(MU:Re7.2.C.Ia-IIIa) Analyze aurally the elements of music (including form) of musical works, relating them to style, mood, and context, and describe how the analysis provides models for personal growth as composer, performer, and/or listener.
Anchor Standard #8. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
(MU:Re8.1.C.Ia) Develop and explain interpretations of varied works, demonstrating an understanding of the composers’ intent by citing technical and expressive aspects as well as the style/genre of each work.
(MU:Re8.1.C.IIa) Develop and support interpretations of varied works, demonstrating an understanding of the composers’ intent by citing the use of elements of music (including form), compositional techniques, and the style/genre and context of each work.
(MU:Re8.1.C.IIIa) Develop, justify and defend interpretations of varied works, demonstrating an understanding of the composers’ intent by citing the use of elements of music (including form), compositional techniques, and the style/genre and context of each work.
Anchor Standard #9. Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
(MU:Re9.1.C.Ia) Describe the effectiveness of the technical and expressive aspects of selected music and performances, demonstrating understanding of fundamentals of music theory.
(MU:Re9.1.C.IIa) Explain the effectiveness of the technical and expressive aspects of selected music and performances, demonstrating understanding of music theory as well as compositional techniques and procedures.
(MU:Re9.1.C.IIIa) Evaluate the effectiveness of the technical and expressive aspects of selected music and performances, demonstrating understanding of theoretical concepts and complex compositional techniques and procedures.
Core Standard: Connecting
Anchor Standard #10. Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
(MU:Cn10.0.C.Ia-IIIa) Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music
Anchor Standard #11. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.
(MU:Cn11.0.C.Ia-IIIa) Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.
State Standards
New York
New York State Learning Standards for the Arts
Standard 1: Creating, Performing, and Participating in the Arts
Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.
Standard 2: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources
Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.
Standard 3: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art
Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.
Standard 4: Understanding the Cultural Contributions of the Arts
Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.
New York State Learning Standards for English Language Arts
Standard 1: Language for Information and Understanding
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for information and understanding. As listeners and readers, students will collect data, facts, and ideas; discover relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and use knowledge generated from oral, written, and electronically produced texts. As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language to acquire, interpret, apply, and transmit information.
Standard 3: Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for critical analysis and evaluation. As listeners and readers, students will analyze experiences, ideas, information, and issues presented by others using a variety of established criteria. As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language to present, from a variety of perspectives, their opinions and judgments on experiences, ideas, information and issues.
Standard 4: Language for Social Interaction
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for social interaction. Students will use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language for effective social communication with a wide variety of people. As readers and listeners, they will use the social communications of others to enrich their understanding of people and their views.