MUSIC CURRICULUM (K-12)

NH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT #5

OYSTER RIVER COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT

MUSIC CURRICULUM (K-12)

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District Music Curriculum Committee

Oyster River Cooperative School District
SAU #5, 36 Coe Drive
Durham, NH 03824-2200
(603) 858-5100; FAX 868-6668

June 5, 1997

District Music Curriculum Committee (1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
OVERVIEW
- Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
- Where We Are - Where We Are Going . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- Oyster River's K-12 Music Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
  - The District K-12 Music Curriculum Strands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
- The National Standards for Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- Comparison of the District K-12 Curriculum and the National Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
- Status of the New Hampshire Curriculum Framework in the Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
- The New Hampshire Educational Improvement and Assessment Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
- Assessment and Evaluation in K-12 Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
- Oyster River's Curriculum Assessment and Student Evaluation Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
STUDENT PROFICIENCIES IN MUSIC -- Grades K-12
- Strand 1 - Valuing Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
- Strand 2 - Singing and Choral Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
- Strand 3 - Playing Instruments and Instrumental Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
- Strand 4 - Creating and Improvising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
- Strand 5 - Reading and Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
- Strand 6 - Listening, Hearing, and Evaluating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
- Strand 7 - Understanding and Applying Music Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
- Strand 8 - Understanding, Applying, and Relating Music to the Other Arts and Disciplines . 31
Bibliography and Selected Reference Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Partial copies of the Music Curriculum are available at the District Office on 36 Coe Drive in Durham. Full copies are available there for review. The full Music Curriculum is also available for download in Microsoft Word format.

Music curriculum index by grade:

Music Curriculum:
Contents Overview National Value Singing Instruments Creating Notation Listening Theory History
Kindergarten Grades 1-2 Grades 3-4 Grades 5-8 Grades 9-12

NH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT #5

OYSTER RIVER COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT

MUSIC CURRICULUM (K-12)

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