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Music Contest (VOCAL GROUP)

Inter-House Music Contest 2014 (Vocal Group Category)

Rubric Code: KXW3A4B

By aaquilicot

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Subject: Music

Type: (Other)

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

VOCAL GROUP
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts
MUSICIANSHIP Tone Quality, Intonation & Tempo	Poor Unawareness of tuning problem and timing, weak, faint vocals	Fair With minimal out-of-tune notes and timing that is mostly correct. voice is audible but not stylistically appropriate	Good Outstanding accuracy to pitch in all ranges and registers and accurate timing throughout the performance, Strong, stable, stylistically appropriate vocals
INTERPRETATION & CREATIVITY dynamics and emotional involvement	Poor Lack of understanding of the song, rigid or mechanical expression most of the time. They are not interesting and fun to watch.	Fair Ocassionally expressive and with correct dynamics, attempt to harmonize is successful at times but not always, there is a little improvisation	Good Highly expressive performance with appropriate style, phrasing, and contrasting dynamics and perfect harmony
COHESIVENESS Unity in performance	Poor They don't blend well together as a group. Everyone was “doing their own thing”	Fair Most of the time, they blend well together as a group, Attempt to harmonize is successful at times, but not always	Good They sounded together and played flawlessly like a pro. Harmony is perfect.
STAGE PRESENCE Appeal to audience	Poor They are not interesting and fun to watch.The group, obviously, is uncomfortable performing in front of an audience, level of energy is low	Fair They modified the song a bit and added some performance effects. The group has little interaction with the audience.	Good The group is very confident and very much in control of the whole act. The energy level is very high, showed exceptional ingenuity, totally transformed the song or even did an original composition.