It is expected that students will create, listen to, and perform music, demonstrating understanding and appreciation of the thoughts, images, and feelings it expresses. Hold a debate on an issue arising from discussions about the thoughts, images, and feelings evoked by the music. Students attend school or community performances and use double-entry journals to record their responses to the experience. Students create and perform compositions using a variety of sound sources. Following discussion, students write about their responses to each other's music and to the composing process.
Students listen to recordings of compositions they intend to perform.
Compare and contrast the thoughts, images, and feelings evoked by different performances of the same composition, including student performances. Students refer to the influence of the elements of music to describe their responses to a piece of music. Students create role plays, radio shows, or discographies of various historical, cultural, and stylistic selections, describing the thoughts, images, and feelings evident in each piece. Students keep ongoing journals of personal music activities, identifying and describing the thoughts, images, and feelings evoked by each experience. Discuss how the use of these additional elements affects the thoughts, images, and feelings evoked by the music and the performance.