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 the cultural contexts of a performance or recording and perform (with movement, where culturally appropriate) a varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary selections from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world (a)
identify from a performance or recording the titles and composers of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections (b)
discuss the current and past cultural, social, and political uses for the music they listen to and perform (c)
in performing ensembles, read and perform repertoire in a culturally authentic manner (d).

This is evident, for example, when students:

compile a list of listening selections categorized by countries or cultures of the world
identify, from listening selections, different forms of jazz including blues, Dixieland, boogie woogie, modern, and cool. Name musicians associated with each of the Jazz forms
discuss how work songs have helped workers during their labors

after hearing a professional recording of a Sousa march, identify important stylistic concerns and discuss how to apply them in their own performance.