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Chamber Orchestra
Performance Groups
Course #: MU 94
Course Name: Chamber Orchestra
Prerequisites: Teacher recommendation/audition
MU 94 is a string orchestra, limited by instrumentation and size typical of chamber orchestra, which provides
the advanced student an opportunity to perform standard string repertoire. Emphasis is on developing
musicianship and advanced technique/skills. Special concert attire may be worn. Placement is by teacher
recommendation/audition.
Grade Level: 10-12
Level of Difficulty: Average-High
# of Credits: 1- 2 Sem. – ½-1 Credit
The following Instrumental Music Performance Objectives are integrated throughout the entire course:
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC SKILLS
Strand 1: Create
• Concept 1:
• Concept 2:
• Concept 3:
• Concept 4:
• Concept 5:
Singing, alone and with others, music from various genres and diverse cultures.
Playing instruments, alone and with others, music from various genres and diverse cultures.
Improvising rhythms, melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
Composing and arranging music.
Reading and notating music.
Strand 2: Relate
• Concept 1: Understanding the relationships among music, the arts, and other disciplines outside the arts.
• Concept 2: Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
• Concept 3: Understanding music in relation to self and universal themes.
Strand 3: Evaluate
• Concept 1: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
• Concept 2: Evaluating music and music performances.
The following Language, Math, and Historical Performance Objectives may be used throughout the course:
LANGUAGE ARTS CONNECTION
Reading
S1, S2, S3
Vocabulary
Acquire and use new vocabulary in relevant contexts to identify the intended meaning of unfamiliar words and identify the
meaning and pronunciations of words by using a variety of reference aids.
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S1, S2, S3
Comprehension Strategies
Performance Groups
Employ strategies to comprehend music terminology using prior knowledge, text features, and reading
techniques.
Writing
S3C2 Expository
S2C3 Persuasive
Expository writing includes non-fiction writing that describes, explains, informs, or summarizes the ideas and
content. The writing supports a theses based on research, observation and/or experience.
Persuasive writing is used for the purpose of influencing the reader. The author presents an issue and expresses
an opinion in order to convince an audience to agree with the opinion or to take a particular action.
MATH CONNECTION
S1C1 Number Sense Understand and apply numbers, ways of representing numbers, the relationships among numbers and different number systems.
S3C1 Patterns Identify patterns and apply pattern recognition to reason mathematically.
S3C4 Analysis of Change Analyze change in a variable over time and in various contexts.
HISTORY AND CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
** History and cultural connections to the music will be determined by the repertoire selected for the class by the teacher.
For example:
• Specific historical or cultural influences on the composer.
• Background information of the composer or arranger.
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Chamber Orchestra
Performance Groups
MU 94 - Suggested Teaching Timeline
First Semester
August
September
October
Rhythm and
Meter
(Identify and
perform)
Review counting
system
Review double/triple
meters
Sight reading
Asymmetrical
meters
Ensemble Skills
and intonation
Pitch and scales
(Perform/
demonstrate/
understanding)
Left Hand
Technique
(Demonstrate)
Tuning
• Audiation
• High/low
Review major scales
from memory
Scales in unison
and 3rds
Major and minor
scales in 1 or 2
octaves
Review natural minor
scales
Review and practice
previous knowledge
Accurate shifting
between positions
Positions – full range
Portamento
Speed and width of
vibrato to style of
music
Melodic and
rhythmic exercises
Bowings
(Identify and
perform)
Bowing styles
Bow weight, speed,
and placement
Music
Fundamentals
(Identify and
demonstrate)
Vocabulary as
encountered in the
repertoire
Tempo markings
Musical forms
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November
December
Sightreading
advanced rhythms on
instrument, clapping,
speaking
All repeat signs
1st and 2nd endings
D.C. al fine/coda
D.S. al fine/coda
Review natural minor
scales
Two-octave scales
memorized
Melody, harmony and
countermelody
Major and minor key
signatures
Tempo and dynamic
markings
Musical forms
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Performance Groups
MU 94 - Suggested Teaching Timeline
Second Semester
January
February
March
April
May
Rhythm and
Meter
(Identify and
perform)
Ensemble Skills
and intonation
Pitch and scales
(Perform/
demonstrate/
understanding)
Left Hand
Technique
(Demonstrate)
Pitch tendencies
Bowings
(Identify and
perform)
Attack and release
Adding articulations to
music based on style
Music
Fundamentals
(Identify and
demonstrate)
Major and minor
chords
Diminished and
augmented chords
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Adding descriptive
style/tempo
markings when few
exist
pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
(while still
maintaining balance
and blend)
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Performance Groups
Students will demonstrate proficiency
by:
Priority Performance Objective
Linking Performance Objective
S1C1 - PO 301
Singing their own instrumental parts
within an ensemble.
PO 302
Singing their own instrumental parts
in tune with appropriate articulation,
phrasing and dynamics.
PO 403
Singing rhythmic patterns in
complex/changing meters.
Vocabulary
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Articulation
Phrasing
Dynamics
Meter
Rhythm
Posture
Support
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Vibrato
Genre
Culture
Steady Beat
Interval
Melody
PO 304
Singing their own instrumental parts
with good posture and with proper
breath support.
S1C2 - PO 315
Playing, performing, and/or
auditioning using music from a wide
variety of genres, cultures, and
styles.
PO 310
Performing vibrato (with any of the
four fingers) using appropriate bow
length and weight for flautando,
ponticello in various tempi.
PO 311
Playing by rote rhythmic, melodic
and/or intervallic patterns in major
and minor key signatures up to four
sharps and four flats.
Notes/Resources
*“Suggested “reference aids”
used in relation to the language
connection include, but are not
limited to the following:
Word wall
Mind map
Pair/share
Contextual clues
Teacher prompts
Vocabulary used in repertoire
chosen by the teacher
Demonstrate/perform
PO 412
Performing solo or ensemble pieces
at grade level 6 on a scale of 1-6.
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Performance Groups
Students will demonstrate proficiency
by:
Priority Performance Objective
S1C2 - PO 315
(cont.)
Linking Performance Objective
Vocabulary
Notes/Resources
PO 413
Sight reading music comparable to
one level below performance level.
PO 314
Responding to various patterns and
cues representing meters in one,
two, three, four, five or six beat
patterns, constant or changing
tempi, and mood or style indicators.
PO 416
Playing complex melodies in several
keys.
S1C2 - PO 307
Tuning their own instrument using a
pitch reference.
PO 406
Playing all major and minor scales in
two or three octaves (where
possible) plus the g melodic minor
using variations in bowing
articulation.
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Tune
Pitch
Unison
Harmonic
Octave
PO 308
Recognizing pitch discrepancies and
responding appropriately in a
harmonic context.
PO 309
Playing a natural harmonics of an
octave, octave and a fifth, and two
octaves on all open strings and
fingered harmonics in first position.
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Chamber Orchestra
Performance Groups
Students will demonstrate proficiency
by:
Priority Performance Objective
Linking Performance Objective
S1C2 - PO 302
Exhibiting proper care and
maintenance of their instrument.
PO 301
Explaining how adjustments made to
various parts of an instrument affect
the sound production of that
instrument (e.g., relationship of
bridge, sound post, fingerboard, and
bow).
S1C2 - PO 303
Maintaining good posture and
playing position.
PO 304
Utilizing the proper left and right
hand holding posture for their
stringed instrument.
PO 305
Exhibiting proper bow control and
technique using accented detache,
legato detache, martele, spiccato,
string crossings at varying tempi,
and bow articulation using variations
of slurred and detache groupings of
notes.
S1C3 - PO 301
Improvising simple melodic phrases
and simple accompaniment
patterns over a simple chord
progression (e.g., tonic-dominant,
12 bar blues).
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Vocabulary
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Playing position
Bow Control
Detache
Legato detache
Martele
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Improvise
Notes/Resources
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Performance Groups
Students will demonstrate proficiency
by:
Priority Performance Objective
Linking Performance Objective
S1C4 - PO 401
Composing a musical work for
small ensemble, or solo with
accompaniment.
S1C5 - PO 302
Identifying and applying musical
terms and symbols appropriate to
the repertoire encountered.
Vocabulary
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Compose
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Connections
Relationship
Analyze
Acoustic
Notes/Resources
PO 304
Using appropriate terminology to
describe and explain music
encountered in the repertoire.
PO 406
Synthesizing characteristics of
musical structure and form into
performance practice.
S1C5 - PO 303
Playing expressively on pitch and in
rhythm, dynamics, phrasing, tempo
markings encountered in the
repertoire.
PO 301
Reading and notating music in
simple and compound meters (e.g.,
6/4, 3/8, 2/2).
PO 305
Applying key signatures, time
signatures, and accidentals to
repertoire.
S2C1 - PO 305
Recognizing the connections
between music and other content
areas as encountered in the
repertoire.
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PO 301
Analyzing the relationship between
music and various functions/events
(e.g., specific to content area).
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Performance Groups
Students will demonstrate proficiency
by:
Priority Performance Objective
S2C1 - PO 305
(cont.)
Linking Performance Objective
Vocabulary
Notes/Resources
PO 402
Transcribing music from one
medium to another (e.g., one
instrument to another, one ensemble
to another).
PO 303
Recognizing composers’ motivations
for creating the music being
performed by the students.
PO 304
Analyzing and applying the
relationship between rhythm and
mathematics as it occurs in the
repertoire.
PO 307
Analyzing and correcting one’s own
physical mechanics essential to
playing within the repertoire.
PO 408
Manipulating the physical properties
of the instrument to create a
spectrum of sounds and effects
(e.g., timbre/color).
PO 309
Adjusting to acoustic properties as
they affect the performers and the
performance space.
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Chamber Orchestra
Performance Groups
Students will demonstrate proficiency
by:
Priority Performance Objective
Linking Performance Objective
S2C1 - PO 305
(cont.)
PO 410
Analyzing how the basic elements of
all arts disciplines can be used to
express similar events, emotions,
scenes, or ideas (e.g., sound in
music, movement in dance, images
in art, words in poetry).
S2C2 - PO 302
Identifying and comparing a varied
repertoire of music from diverse
genres and musical styles.
PO 401
Applying the development and
historical characteristics of
instrumental music to performance
practice.
Vocabulary
Notes/Resources
PO 303
Playing/singing a varied repertoire of
music utilizing appropriate stylistic
elements reflective of history and
culture.
PO 304
Applying appropriate audience
behavior in the context and style of
music being performed.
PO 305
Identifying and discussing the
composers of the works being
sung/played.
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Chamber Orchestra
Performance Groups
Students will demonstrate proficiency
by:
Priority Performance Objective
S2C2 - PO 302
(cont.)
Linking Performance Objective
Vocabulary
Notes/Resources
PO 406
Naming the contributions of
significant composers and
performers specific to the music they
play.
PO 307
Explaining and applying the musical
characteristics that make a piece of
music appropriate for a specific
event or function.
PO 308
Identifying and discussing the
roles/careers musicians play in
various societies and investigate
opportunities for life long
participation in music.
S2C3 - PO 303
Describing the various ways that
music conveys universal themes
(e.g., contrast, conflict, emotion).
PO 401
Expressing personal reactions to
musical experiences, and identifying
which musical aspects evoke these
reactions.
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Origins
Reflective
Evaluate
Describe
PO 302
Reflecting the roles and impact
music plays in their lives and the
lives of others.
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Performance Groups
Students will demonstrate proficiency
by:
Priority Performance Objective
Linking Performance Objective
S2C3 - PO 303
(cont.)
PO 304
Distinguish music preferences (I like
it because…..) from music
judgments (It is good because…..)
from cultural judgments (It is
important because……)
S3C1 - PO 312
Listening to musical examples with
sustained attention.
PO 305
Comparing/contrasting the
performance of a solo/ensemble in
relation to the genre or style
performed.
Vocabulary
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Notes/Resources
Harmony
Texture
PO 308
Comparing and analyzing multiple
interpretations of the same piece of
music.
PO 309
Analyzing their role (e.g., melody,
harmony, accompaniment,
foreground/background) within the
texture of the ensemble.
PO 310
Determining whether the
instrument/voice is sharp, flat, or in
tune by listening to a pitch
reference/ensemble.
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Chamber Orchestra
Performance Groups
Students will demonstrate proficiency
by:
Priority Performance Objective
S3C1 - PO 301
Describing music from various
cultures and genres.
Linking Performance Objective
PO 302
Describing and analyzing the
musical characteristics that make a
piece of music appropriate for a
specific event.
Vocabulary
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Notes/Resources
Musical
Characteristics
Elements
Vibrato
PO 311
Analyzing the expressive qualities
(e.g., dynamics, tempo, phrasing,
vibrato) of music used to create
different moods or feelings.
S3C1 - PO 306
Using appropriate terminology to
describe and explain music.
PO 307
Identifying and explaining the
elements of music in the repertoire.
S3C2 - PO 402
Evaluating musical experiences
orally and in writing with appropriate
critique and terminology.
PO 301
Analyzing the characteristics that
evoke a temperament or mood in a
piece of music.
Terminology unique
to repertoire selected
by the teacher.
PO 303
Showing respect for personal work
and the work of others through
appropriate critique.
PO 304
Evaluating the effect of audience
and performers’ behavior on the
performance.
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Chamber Orchestra
Performance Groups
Students will demonstrate proficiency
by:
Priority Performance Objective
S3C2 - PO 402
(cont.)
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Linking Performance Objective
Vocabulary
Notes/Resources
PO 405
Analyzing and articulating the quality
of their performances and the
performances of others.
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