Performing

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Select

Select varied musical works to present based on interest, knowledge, technical skill, and context

Enduring Understanding: Performers’ interest in and knowledge of musical works, understanding 
of their own technical skill, and the context for a performance influence the selection of repertoire.

Essential Question: How do performers select repertoire?

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Analyze

Analyze the structure and context of varied musical works and their implications for performance

Enduring Understanding: Analyzing creators’ context and how they manipulate elements of music provides insight into their intent and informs performance

Essential Question: How does understanding the structure and 
context of musical works inform performance?

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Interpret


Develop personal interpretations that consider creators’ intent.

Enduring Understanding: Performers make interpretive decisions based on their understanding of 
context and expressive intent.

Essential Question: How do performers interpret musical works?

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Rehearse, Evaluate & Refine


Evaluate and refine personal and ensemble performances, individually or in collaboration with others

Enduring Understanding: To express their musical ideas, musicians analyze, evaluate, and refine their performance over time through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of 
appropriate criteria

Essential Question: How do musicians improve the quality of their 
performance?

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Present

Perform expressively, with appropriate interpretation and technical accuracy, and in a manner appropriate to the audience and context

Enduring Understanding: Musicians judge performance based on criteria that vary across time, place, and cultures.
The context and how a work is presented influence the audience response.

Essential Question: When is a performance judged ready to present?
How do context and the manner in which musical work is presented 
influence audience response?