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Orchestration Orchestration/ Strings Reorchestration of Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Nights Dream Rubric Code: V245AXC By Nixkey07 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Music Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Orchestration project Reorchestration of a selection of pieces from Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
	Success criteria Wedding March Scherzo A Dance of Clowns Nocturne 8 pts
Timbre The character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity.	Success criteria Choice of instruments, tone colours Range/ register of instruments Melodic and motif treatment Voicing Chords and Harmonic Treatment Role of instrument- principled, secondary/ counterpoint, accompaniment
Dynamic expression The means by which composers indicate how they want the music to be played.	Success criteria Wide range of expressive dynamic choices Phrasing and articulation
Textural layering Refers to the number of musical lines and their density in a piece of music.	Success criteria Shows a variety of textural layering monophonic, polyphonic, heterophonic and homophonic textures Thick or sparse textures
Mood/ Character The emotional atmosphere that a song creates. It can be happy, sad, angry, peaceful, or any other emotion.	Success criteria Embodies the character of the piece