West Irondequoit
Central School District
West Irondequoit
Central School District
Music
Guiding Principles
1. The music curriculum will provide opportunities within the classroom and community to perform alone and with others. Performances which include both notational reading and rote learning experiences will support aesthetic awareness, intrinsic musicality, self-discipline, mutual respect, pride, and shared responsibility. (SS-1,3) (NS-1,2,5)
2. The music curriculum will provide sequential instruction in reading, notation, and improvisational skills necessary to compose and perform music, which will develop creativity, self-expression and individuality. (SS-1,3) (NS-1,2,3,4,5)
3. A standards-based music curriculum will provide opportunities for students to listen to, perform, and create music on traditional and non-traditional instruments and sound sources. (SS-2) (NS-2,6)
4. By monitoring trends and providing current music related technology, the opportunity will exist to individualize and differentiate instruction so that all students within a standards-based curriculum will have the resources available to immediately evaluate and assess the progress of their work and others. (SS-2) (NS-6,7)
5. The standards-based music curriculum must ensure equity and excellence for all students by developing the critical and analytical skills required for lifelong learning, participation, and enjoyment of music with the knowledge of vocations and avocations within and beyond the school community. (SS-1,2,3) (NS-6,7,8,9)
6. Through analysis, guided listening, and performance of literature from a wide range of style periods, cultures, and genres, the music curriculum will ensure that students develop a conscious awareness of interdisciplinary connections. (SS-3,4) (NS-6,8,9)
7. The music curriculum must provide opportunities to develop musical knowledge through the use of music theory, aural, oral, and analytical skills, and relate their knowledge to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic and psychological qualities.(SS-3) (NS-5,6)
8. The music curriculum will develop the critical listening skills that enable them to reach an independent level of discernment and evaluation within and beyond the classroom. (SS-3) (NS-6,7)
9. The music curriculum must provide opportunities for students to listen to and perform a body of repertoire representing diverse genres, style periods and cultures as illustrated and affected by the cultural characteristics of the music. Students will gain awareness, knowledge, and insight of cultural and social developments, and similarities and differences among the many communities of the world (SS-4) (NS-1,2,6,9)
10. The music curriculum must ensure and develop musical growth in every individual, thus valuing each student’s aptitude and achievement. Students must be provided instruction with a proper sequence of Music Learning Theory, beginning with audiation, using the concepts of discrimination and inference learning so that they may achieve their greatest potential.
11. The outcomes of music instruction must be observable, measurable, and applicable to each level of instruction with creativity and sensitivity to different learning styles. Through valid and reliable assessments that inform instruction, student performance data must be used to monitor, adjust, and differentiate to enhance student learning.
12. The music curriculum must ensure and develop musical growth in a non-threatening, supportive environment, fostering positive self-esteem, risk-taking, and positive group dynamics.
Music New York State Standards