National Music Education Standards
MENC: The National Association for Music Education and the nine National Music Education Standards:
- Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
- Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
- Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
- Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
- Reading and notating music.
- Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
- Evaluating music and music performances.
- Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
- Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
Find out more information about the music standards and their origin:
- http://musiced.nafme.org/resources/national-standards-for-music-education
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_education
An Example of comparing the National Standards with the Pennsylvania Academic Standards for the Arts and Humanities:Pennsylvania Standards for the Arts and Humanities:
| MENC’s National Standards | Pennsylvania’s State Arts/Humanities Standards |
|---|---|
| 1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. | 9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts |
| 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. | 9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts |
| 3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments. | 9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts |
| 4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines. | 9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts |
| 5. Reading and notating music. | 9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts |
| 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music. | 9.3 Critical Response & 9.4 Aesthetic Response |
| 7. Evaluating music and music performances. | 9.3 Critical Response & 9.4 Aesthetic Response |
| 8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts. | 9.2. Historical and Cultural Contexts |
| 9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture. | 9.2. Historical and Cultural Contexts |
| MENC’s National Standards | Pennsylvania’s State Arts/Humanities Standards |
PA State Arts and Humanities Standards:
9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts
9.2. Historical and Cultural Contexts
9.3 Critical Response
9.4 Aesthetic Response
Direct location of PA Standards and online resources: