Byram Hills Central School District

This information has been taken directly from the Accelerate U - Standards and Resource Guides (with approval) from the K-12 Education, NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT site. No information in this document has been changed.

Standard 4: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts

4. Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

Students:

identify from performances or recordings the cultural contexts of a further varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary selections from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world (a)
identify from performances or recordings the titles and composers and discuss the cultural contexts of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections (b)
relate well-known musical examples from the 17th century onward with the dominant social and historical events (c).

This is evident, for example, when students:

write program notes for a concert of folksongs and art songs that identify for the audience the source of the songs and how the song was used
identify dance forms in music and write a report which details the time period these dance forms were performed, costumes worn during the period and the impact they had on the music performed

compile an annotated list of some important musical compositions from the 1600's to the 2000's with references to significant historical and social events.