Music Education Standards
The Eastern Lancaster County School District music curriculum is based on the Pennsylvania Core Curriculum Content Standards for the Performing Arts, and the National Core Standards for Music Education.
The Pennsylvania Standards Core Curriculum Content Standards for Music Education include:
1.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition of dance, music theatre and visual arts
1.2 Historical and Cultural Contexts
1.3 Critical Response
1.4 Aesthetic Response
The National Core Curriculum Standards for Music Education include:
1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
5. Reading and notating music
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
7. Evaluating music and music performances
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture
Mr. Goodman
Eastern Lancaster County School District
Brecknock Elementary School
361 School Road
Denver, PA 17517