Music+Standards

**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. Key Idea: Students will explore and perform music in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create and perform music based on their own ideas. [] 
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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 arts in various roles. **Music** Key Idea: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions (church choirs, industrial music ensembles, etc.). Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music. []

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 3 - Responding To and Analyzing Works of Art**

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Key idea: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music’s content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music. []

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.
 * Standard 4 - Understanding The Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of The Arts**

Music
Key idea: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture. []

The Music Educators National Conference also has a set of standards. Here is the link to the website: []