Music

ATL Music Standards and Goals 

The following goals are based on the pedagogy of Music Learning Theory and the National Association for Music Education’s 2014 Music Standards.

Audiation - Audiation is a cognitive process by which the brain gives meaning to musical sounds. Audiation is the musical equivalent of thinking in language. When we listen to someone speak we must retain in memory their vocal sounds long enough to recognize and give meaning to the words the sounds represent. (from the Gordon Institute of Music Learning)

Students will learn to label sounds through audiation such as “groups of 2 or 3”, “big or little beat”, counting rhythms on four fingers, “special note”, and melodic/rhythmic pattern recognition.

Singing/Chanting - Students will sing together, and in solo opportunities.  Students will build a repertoire of songs and chants that they can perform memorized.

Movement - Students will move to songs and chants through fingerplay, storytelling, continuous fluid movement, bilateral movement and big beat or little beat labels.  Students will build a repertoire of creative movement ideas, borrowing from lyric interpretation or their own creation.  Students will explore shared space through locomotor/non-locomotor movement and movement games such as circle or passing games.

History/Context - Students will learn and be able to draw connections between song/chant lyrics, and the time periods they reflect.  Students will also make connections between other songs/chants they have previously learned, or connecting to books/recordings that they have listened to.

Composing - Students will compose in a variety of ways, including: Creative movement, ostinato patterns, instrument exploration, lyric composition, and chromebook music programs.

Listening - Students will listen to a variety of instrumental music, songs/chants from different cultures and time periods, poems, and modern inventions in music.