As producers and consumers of music, all people benefit from applying their understanding of the structure and elements of musical expression to evaluating music and music performances. This ability enables students to make informed decisions and develop a greater appreciation of the music they hear or perform. There are numerous connections and commonalties that exist among the arts, other disciplines, and issues within our global society. Relating music to the other arts as well as disciplines outside the arts enhances student understanding in each discipline. Building connections gives students the chance to understand culture as a whole and the relationships between its parts.
Music reflects significant historical events and cultural relationships.
By relating music to personal history and culture as well as the history and cultures of others, students will understand and connect historical events of the world, as well as music s functions within various cultures. 12 Students in choral classes will compare, in several cultures of the world, the functions music serves, roles of musicians, and conditions under which music is typically created and performed classify music by culture or historical period based on characteristic style or genres and justify their classifications describe distinguishing characteristics of representative music genres and styles from a variety of cultures identify various roles that musicians perform, name representative individuals who have functioned in each role, and describe their activities and achievements.