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Musicianship and Vocal skills

Grades 9-12 Choir

Rubric Code: S446B8

By cmcclellen

Draft

Public Rubric

Subject: Music

Type: (Other)

Grade Levels: (none)

Musicianship and Vocal Skills
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Class Participation	Excellent Always participates and interacts with classroom activities.	Good Mostly participates and interacts with classroom activities.	Fair Sometimes participates and interacts with classroom activities	Needs Improvement Rarely participates and interacts with classroom activities.	Poor Never participates and interacts with classroom activities.
Attitude	Excellent Always has a positive attitude and ready to work on classroom material. Never makes disturbances in class. Always works well with others.	Good Usually has a positive attitude and is ready to work on classroom material. Never makes disturbances in class. Usually works well with others.	Fair Sometimes has a negative attitude and not always ready to work on classroom material. Rarely disturbs the class. Usually works well with others.	Needs Improvement Usually has a negative attitude and not ready to work on classroom material. Has occasional disturbances to the classroom. Has some trouble working with others.	Poor Always has a negative attitude and never ready to work on classroom material. Can be disruptive to class and has a negative influence on others. Never works well with others.
Musicianship
Pitch	Excellent Never has trouble with performing correct pitches. Practically no errors.	Good Rarely has trouble with performing correct pitches. Very few errors within the music.	Fair Sometimes has trouble with performing correct pitches. Some errors within the music.	Needs Improvement Usually has trouble with performing correct pitches. Several errors within the music.	Poor Always has trouble with performing correct pitches. Many errors within the music. Or, student makes no effort.
Rhythms	Excellent Never has rhythmic errors. Consistent while learning and in performance.	Good Usually maintains consistency in learning and performing rhythms.	Fair Sometimes maintains consistency in learning and performing rhythms.	Needs Improvement Has frequent rhythmic errors. Has trouble being consistent while learning and in performance.	Poor Always has rhythmic errors. Never consistent while learning and in performance.
Expression/ Musicality	Excellent Always takes into consideration dynamic and expressive markings and can accurately display them.	Good Usually takes into consideration dynamic and expressive markings and can accurately display them.	Fair Sometimes takes into consideration dynamic and expressive markings and can usually convey them.	Needs Improvement Rarely takes into consideration dynamic and expressive markings and cannot accurately display them.	Poor Never takes into account dynamic and expressive markings and cannot accurately display them. Or, student makes no attempt.
Performance/ Presentation	Excellent Always displays appropriate physical appearance for performing and connecting with the audience to convey the message.	Good Usually displays appropriate physical appearance for performing and connecting with the audience to convey the message.	Fair sometimes displays appropriate physical appearance for performing and connecting with the audience to convey message.	Needs Improvement Rarely displays appropriate physical appearance for performing and connecting with the audience to convey message.	Poor Never displays appropriate physical appearance for performing and connecting with the audience.
Vocal Skills
Singing Posture	Excellent Always sits and stands using tall, proper alignment to produce the best possible sound.	Good Usually sits and stands using tall, proper alignment to produce the best possible sound.	Fair Sometimes sits and stands using tall, proper alignment to produce the best possible sound. Has trouble maintaining proper alignment.	Needs Improvement Rarely uses proper posture and alignment. Slouches while singing and is not consistent.	Poor Never uses proper singing posture and alignment. Always slouches or does not attempt.
Tone quality/ Production	Excellent Always uses accurate breath support and produces a consistent tone throughout range.	Good Usually uses accurate breath support and produces a consistent tone throughout range.	Fair Sometimes uses accurate breath support and usually produces a consistent tone throughout range.	Needs Improvement Rarely uses accurate breath support and has trouble producing a consistent, quality tone throughout range.	Poor Never uses accurate breath support and does not produces a consistent tone throughout range. Has trouble with quality of sound, or does not attempt.
Technique	Excellent Consistenly displays proper singing technique. Forms sounds with open space and has a release of tension.	Good Usually displays proper singing technique. Forms sounds with open space and usually releases tension.	Fair Sometimes displays proper singing technique. Usually forms sounds with open space.	Needs Improvement Rarely displays proper singing technique. Usually does not form uniform vowel sounds and does not release tension.	Poor Never displays proper singing technique. Does not form uniform vowel sounds and does not release tension. Or, does not attempt.
Diction	Excellent Always articulates vowels and consonants clearly. Text can be easily understood.	Good Usually articulates vowels and consonants clearly. Text can be consistantly understood.	Fair Sometimes articulates vowels and consonants clearly. Text can be usually understood.	Needs Improvement Rarely articulates vowels and consonants clearly. Trouble in understanding text.	Poor Never articulates vowels and consonants clearly. Trouble in identifying text. Or, student makes no effort.
Overall Development	Excellent Has shown significant overall improvement.	Good Has shown much overall improvement.	Fair Has shown some overall improvement.	Needs Improvement Has shown little overall improvement.	Poor Has shown no overall improvement.

Subjects:

Music

Types:

(Other)

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