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Band Performance Rubric

To be used immediately following a concert or performance

Rubric Code: EB8C2A

By rfitzsimmons

Ready to use

Public Rubric

Subject: Music

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Beginner Band Performance 50 points total
	Excellent 10 pts	Good 8 pts	Fair 5 pts	Poor 2 pts
Stage Presentation	Excellent Student is very organized in entering and leaving the stage and pay attention to the conductor at the beginning, ending, and various times in the middle of each piece.	Good Student enters and leaves stage in a fairly organized manner and pays attention to the conductor at the beginning and end of each piece of music.	Fair Student enters and leaves the stage in a somewhat organized way and pays attention to the conductor at random times.	Poor Student does not enter or leave stage in an organized way and does not pay attention to the conductor at any time of the performance
Rhythmic Accuracy	Excellent Student plays rhythmically perfect.	Good Student plays with good rhythmic accuracy, plays with a steady pulse, does not rush or drag the beat.	Fair Student plays with some rhythmic accuracy, but has some problems as well.	Poor Student has no concept of pulse, speeds up or slows down, does not play correct note lengths.
Pitch Accuracy	Excellent Student plays every note perfect and in tune.	Good Student plays almost all correct notes with good intonation.	Fair Student plays a fair number of correct pitches, somewhat in tune.	Poor Student plays almost all wrong notes, has the wrong fingers pressed, makes no effort to correct himself, does not seems to have a concept of reading the notes, is completely out of tune.
Tone Quality	Excellent Student plays with excellent tone quality, very characteristic of the instrument	Good Student plays with good tone quality most of the time	Fair Student plays with a fairly good tone, but still a bit rough around the edges.	Poor Student plays with completely uncharachteristic tone with no effort to try and correct the tone. No effort is made to play with correct embouchure.
Overall Effect	Excellent Student gives an excellent performance with few or no distractions.	Good Student gives an overall good performance with few distractions.	Fair Student gives an overall fair performance with a fair number of distractions.	Poor Student does not give an overall positive presentation and is a total distraction to the performance.