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Musical Theater Audition

Rubric for Musical Theatre performance assessment at Brighten Academy

Rubric Code: TXBC55A

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Subject: (General)

Type: (Other)

Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

Audition
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts	Not Prepared 0 pts
Music-Tone and Pitch	Excellent Tone is clear and supported all of the time. Notes are on pitch.	Good Tone is clear and supported most of the time. Notes are mostly on pitch.	Fair Tone is sometimes clear and supported. Notes are sometimes on pitch.	Poor Tone is generally unsupported and there is little evidence of ability to match pitch.	Not Prepared No support whatsoever and unable to match pitch.
Music-Memorization	Excellent The entire song is memorized and the singer is confident.	Good The song is partially memorized, but the singer is somewhat unsure.	Fair The song is clearly not memorized, the singer forgets and starts again.	Poor Singer has to hold music and/or sing with a vocal track.	Not Prepared Singer is unable to perform a song.
Music- Rhythm and Tempo	Excellent Rhythm is correct throughout the song and tempo is correct	Good Rhythm and tempo are mostly correct.	Fair Some problems with rhythm and/or tempo.	Poor Singer is either too fast or too slow for the rhythm of the song.	Not Prepared The song does not resemble the original in rhythm and/or tempo.
Music- Expression	Excellent Performance is very expressive and portrays the feeling of the song.	Good Performance is somewhat expressive and sometimes portrays the feeling of the song.	Fair Performance is fine, but lacks feeling.	Poor Performance has little expression and singer does not seem to be aware of meaning of the song.	Not Prepared Song lacks any expression or feeling.
Acting- Projection and Enunciation	Excellent Monologue is completely understandable , articulate, and easy to hear.	Good Monologue is mostly understandable and/or can mostly be heard. There may be one or two enunciation problems.	Fair Monologue has three or more problems with enunciation and/or is difficult to hear.	Poor Monologue is quite difficult to understand, due to numerous problems with enunciation and/or can't be heard.	Not Prepared Monologue is not understandable due to enunciation and/or projection.
Acting-Memorization	Excellent Monologue is completely memorized.	Good Student recalls the script with few mistakes.	Fair Student has difficulty remembering the script and/or has to stop several times.	Poor Student does not remember the monologue and/or uses a paper copy.	Not Prepared Student was unable to present the monologue.
Acting- Character	Excellent Character is well developed and evident.	Good Character is somewhat developed but student may go in and out of character.	Fair Character may not be developed, but it is evident that the student is trying.	Poor Character is not developed and student lacks understanding of the character.	Not Prepared No character is present at all.
Acting - Physical Choices	Excellent Actor completely commits to physical choices to create the character and uses their space. All movement is intentional to create character.	Good Actor mostly commits to physical choices to create the character and uses their space. Most movement is intentional to create character.	Fair Actor somewhat commits to physical choices to create the character and uses their space, but has some unnecessary or distracting movements.	Poor Actor either does not make physical choices to create the character or does not use their space.	Not Prepared Actor does not use physicality to create the character and makes no use of space.
Dance-Ability	Excellent Student picks up dance and has no problem performing it on their own.	Good Student is able to learn dance and can perform most of it on their own.	Fair Student has some difficulty either learning the dance or performing it on their own without looking at other students.	Poor Student has trouble learning the dance and is unable to perform it, but tries.	Not Prepared Student does not participate in the dance.
Dance- Look	Excellent Student makes the dance look easy.	Good Student may not have all of the steps down, but they make up for it with their expression.	Fair Student look nervous, but tries.	Poor Student looks awkward/terrified.	Not Prepared Student does not participate in the dance.
Audition- Preparation	Excellent All audition requirements are well prepared in advance. Appropriate rehearsal is evident.	Good Audition requirements are mostly prepared but more rehearsal is needed.	Fair Audition requirements are somewhat prepared. At least one portion needs a significant amount of additional rehearsal.	Poor Two or more audition requirements need a significant amount of additional rehearsal.	Not Prepared The student is unprepared.

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