HOW YOUNG COMPOSERS PLAYGROUND CLASSROOM LESSONS

MEET THE COLORADO STATE AND NATIONAL MUSIC STANDARDS

Young Composers Playground classroom lessons meet Colorado Arts Music State Standards across multiple grade levels for Expression, Creation, Theory, and Aesthetic Valuation of Music.

Our lessons also meet National Core Arts Standards for Creating, Performing, Responding to, and Connecting to music. These lessons can be adapted to meet specific benchmarks in your curriculum.

SUMMARIES OF STANDARDS CATEGORIES OUR LESSONS ADDRESS
Creation
(Colorado State Standard / National Core Arts Standard)
Through the Young Composers Playground program, students will be composing musical works in connection to previously created stories. Students will learn the basics of the musical elements and how these elements connect to ideas, actions, and emotions in a story. Students will be expected to create their own musical ideas to represent different aspects of their story.
Performance and Expression
(Colorado State Standard / National Core Arts Standards)
Throughout the composition process, students will demonstrate their musical ideas by performing them both vocally and on instruments. In some variations of the Young Composers program students will also perform their compositions for an audience.
Theory
(Colorado State Standard)
Throughout the composition process students will learn the basic elements of music. Students will use musical terminology and, at times, traditional and/or graphic notation to communicate their ideas.
Aesthetic Valuation, Responding to, and Connecting to Music
(Colorado State Standard / National Core Arts Standards)
Throughout the composition process, students evaluate the effectiveness of their composition in communicating their ideas. During readings and dress rehearsal students are given the opportunity to provide feedback to make sure their music is being performed correctly. Students can also be given writing prompts following the instrument demonstration, rehearsals, and concerts to encourage written evaluation and to help them articulate the experience.
For specific standards and how they relate to you classroom please visit the following links:

https://www.cde.state.co.us/coarts/statestandards#Music

http://www.nafme.org/my-classroom/standards/core-music-standards/