Music+Literacy+and+Performance+Practice

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**P.A.P.L.C.**
 * "Performing Arts Professional Learing Community"**
 * Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Chamberlain, Ms. Santora**

**Professional Learning Communities In-Service ** **November 30, 2011 **

**1. ****SMART Goal ** ( **S **pecific, **M **easurable, **A **ttainable, **R **ealistic, and **T **imely):

Note Reading
**2. ****<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Rationale: ** **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Autonomy **

** 3. ****<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Action Plan **

Chris Nancy || Sept.-October || Diagnosis of relative abilities || Chris Nancy || Oct.-June || Note Recognition || Chris Nancy || Oct.-June || Outstanding Performance || Chris Nancy || May || Superior Rating || Chris Nancy || June-July || Increased motivation and Advanced skill set ||
 * ** Activity ** || ** Person Responsible ** || ** Timeline ** || ** Outcome ** ||
 * Assess for current note reading ability and skill level. || Andrea
 * Scales, arpeggios and exercises. || Andrea
 * Application of skills to concert repertoire. || Andrea
 * Adjudicated performance. || Andrea
 * Summer Arts Workshop. || Andrea

**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">4. ****<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Group Member Names: **

Andrea, Chris, Nancy

**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">5. ****<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Which Middle School goal does this impact? **

**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Goal 2- Continuity Among Teachers **


 * MEETING SEPTEMBER 2011: P.A.P.L.C**. will augment **Music Literacy** with **Performance Practice** as a measurable goal for the year. Posted below for each discipline are the adjudication criteria for the **High Note Music Festival** attended in May by all three performing groups.


 * Choral Criteria:**

TONE: Quality, Blend, Control, Beauty INTONATION: Melodic line, Harmonic Structure, Individuals, Tutti DICTION: Consonant clarity, Vowel Consistency, Pronunciation TECHNIQUE: Breath Support, Pitch Accuracy, Rhythmic Accuracy, Attacks, Releases, Fluency INTERPRETATION: Style, Tempo, Phrasing, Expression BALANCE: Melodic, Harmonic MUSICAL REPERTOIRE: Content, Appropriateness for Ensemble

Each category is a 1-10 point or 1-15 point scale: higher is better.


 * Choral Literacy Tools:**

The Choral Approach To Sight Singing (3 Part Mixed Voices) by Emily Crocker and Joyce Eilers

Sing At First Sight (Foundations in Choral Sight Singing) by Andy Beck, Karen Farnum Surmani and Brian Lewis

Each marking period there will be a written assessment of note and symbol reading in chorus, band and orchestra taken from
 * Common Assessment for Note Reading:**
 * The Language of Music by Nan Grantham.** This will foster continuity among the three performing arts groups.

TONE: Quality, Blend, Control, Beauty INTONATION: Melodic line, Harmonic Structure, Individuals, Tutti ARTICULATION: Staccato, Legato, Accents, Phrasing TECHNIQUE: Bow Use, Breath Support, Pitch Accuracy, Rhythmic Accuracy, Attacks, Releases, Fluency INTERPRETATION: Style, Tempo, Phrasing, Expression BALANCE: Melodic, Harmonic MUSICAL REPERTOIRE: Content, Appropriateness for Ensemble
 * Orchestra and Band Criteria:**

Each category is a 1-10 point or 1-15 point scale: higher is better.

String Builder Book 1: Samual Applebaum Daily Warm-ups For St ring Orchestra: Michael Allen Major Scales: C, G, D, A, F, Bb, Eb: State Standard for Middle School Orchestras. Sight reading of multiple pieces by varied composers and arrangers.
 * Orchestra Literacy Tools:**

**<span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Professional Learning Communities In-Service ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">January 18, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Attendees: Christian Arnold, Nancy Chamberlain**

- Discussed the daily methodology inherent in the motivational characteristics of student and teacher interactions with an emphasis on complexity within the sphere of facility.

- Perused various modalities of scheduling parameters.

- Analyzed the paradigm of classroom philosophies with regard to group dynamics.

- Developed a consensus to eradicate rote learning in favor of cognitive processing and theoretical practices.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Professional Learning Communities In-Service ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">February 21, 2012 ** ** Attendees: Andrea Santora **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">- Developed strategy to break up mid semester boredom. ** - ** Purchased original historical CD recording of JS Bach, Goldberg Variations. Played by Glenn Gould. ** - ** Purchased original piano music to accompany recording. ** - ** Purchased arrangement of "Aria" from Goldberg variations. ** - ** Developed plan to give 8th grade students copies of both original and arranged music. ** - ** Developed plan to have students analyze both parts and write their own interpretation and/or arrangement of the "Aria from the Bach Goldberg Variations.  ** - ** Plan to listen to the original recording while analyzing and writing.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Professional Learning Communities In-Service ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">March 14, 2012 ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">**Attendees: Christian Arnold, Nancy Chamberlain**

- Developed strategic methodologies to promote the enhanced performance criteria for adjudicated performances with an emphasis on evaluative measures.

- Reviewed the codified structure of measurement modalities inherent in the determinations of the qualities of a performance of superior characteristics.

- Teach kids to play and sing well.

= Professional Learning Communities In-Service = = **March19, 2012** =

Attendees: Andrea Santora
- Developed programmatic protocol for Master Class Guest Conductor, Jason Tramm. Artistic Director of NJ Opera.

- Developed strategies for implementation of skills for Master Class.

- Developed lesson plans to best prepare students for this outstanding experience.

- Fine tune students ability to watch the conductor, and follow the conductor while playing with utmost accuracy.