Students compose and arrange music for voices and various acoustic and electronic instruments, demonstrating knowledge of the ranges and traditional uses of the sound sources. Students develop knowledge and skills necessary to understand and perform music from all parts of the world. Students analyze aural examples of a varied repertoire of music, representing diverse genres and cultures, and describe the uses of the elements of music, including expressive devices. Students identify cultural differences in describing and evaluating traditional music. Goal 7 .
Students develop knowledge and understanding of the relationship of music to history and culture.
Students sing and play with expression and technical accuracy a varied repertoire of vocal or instrumental literature from diverse cultures. Students perform with expression and technical accuracy a varied repertoire of vocal or instrumental literature from diverse cultures. Students apply knowledge, skills, and understandings to make critical judgments about and determine the quality of music experiences and performances. Students evaluate a performance, composition or arrangement by comparing it to exemplary models, using criteria developed prior to the experience. Students evolve specific criteria for making informed, critical judgments about the quality and effectiveness of performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations.