Current through February 27, 2024
If a public school offers a course of instruction in music
composition and theory in high school for pupils rated as accomplished pursuant
to NAC 389.6105, such instruction must
be designed so that pupils meet the following standards of performance by the
completion of the course:
1. Creation
of new music by conceiving and developing music, alone and with others, which
must be determined by evaluating the ability of the pupil to:
(a) Generate and conceptualize musical ideas
and work, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to describe how sounds
and musical ideas represent the sonic aspects of events, memories, visual
images, concepts, texts or storylines.
(b) Organize and develop musical ideas and
work, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:
(1) Organize sounds or musical ideas to
create expressive statements of the sonic aspects of selected events, memories,
visual images, concepts, texts or storylines; and
(2) Explain the development of sounds and
musical ideas in drafts of music within a variety of forms.
(c) Refine, complete and present
musical work, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:
(1) Apply criteria to evaluate and refine
technical and expressive aspects of a musical work through evolving drafts of
the work;
(2) Describe the context
and performance medium for presenting works composed by the pupil and the
impact of such context and performance medium on composition and presentation
of the works; and
(3) Share music
through notation, performance or technology to demonstrate how elements were
used to achieve expressive intent.
2. Performance of music that involves
interpretation and presentation of music, alone and with others, which must be
determined by evaluating the ability of the pupil to:
(a) Select, analyze and interpret music for
presentation, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:
(1) Select excerpts of a musical work that
express a personal experience, mood, visual image or storyline;
(2) Analyze how elements of selected works
convey style and mood and the implications of style and mood on rehearsal or
performance; and
(3) Interpret
works based on the use of musical elements, explain how interpretive choices
reflect the intent of the creator of a work and support his or her rationale
for such an interpretation.
(b) Develop and refine technique and
performances, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:
(1) Create plans for rehearsal and identify
repetitions and variations within a musical work that require rehearsal to
accurately convey the form, style and historical or cultural context of the
work;
(2) Apply criteria and
feedback to identify ways that a performance conveys the elements of design,
style and historical or cultural context of a work; and
(3) Identify and implement strategies for
improving the technical and expressive aspects of a variety of works.
(c) Convey meaning through the
presentation of music, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:
(1) Explain how the elements of music are
used to convey intent; and
(2)
Identify how a composition is appropriate for a particular audience and
context.
3.
Understanding and evaluating, alone and with others, how music conveys meaning,
which must be determined by evaluating the ability of the pupil to:
(a) Perceive and analyze music, as
demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:
(1) Apply criteria to select music, describe
the manner in which choices made by the composers of selected music can be used
by the pupil as models and defend his or her descriptions; and
(2) Analyze the elements of musical works and
describe how those elements foster growth in composers, performers and
listeners.
(b) Interpret
intent and meaning in music, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to
cite style, genre and the technical and expressive aspects of a work while
developing and explaining interpretations of the work.
(c) Apply prescribed criteria to evaluate
music, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:
(1) Explain the effectiveness of the
technical and expressive aspects of selected music and performances in a manner
that demonstrates an understanding of music theory and compositional
techniques; and
(2) Describe how he
or she has applied critiques and feedback to the personal creative
process.
4.
Using external context when creating, evaluating and finding personal meaning
in music, which must be determined by evaluating the ability of the pupil to:
(a) Apply and relate knowledge and personal
experience to music, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to describe
how interests, knowledge and skills relate to personal choices and intent when
creating, performing and responding to music.
(b) Analyze music in light of societal,
cultural and historical context to create a deeper understanding of the music,
as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to describe, classify or explain
relationships between music and other arts, disciplines and contexts of daily
life.
Added to
NAC by Bd. of Education by
R043-18A,
eff. 12/19/2018
NRS
385.080,
385.114 and
389.021
