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National Core Arts Standards for Music

Common Anchor #1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Common Anchor #2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Common Anchor #3: Refine and complete artistic work.
Common Anchor #4: Analyze, interpret, and select artistic work for presentation.
Common Anchor #5: Develop and refine artistic work for presentation.
Common Anchor #6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
Common Anchor #7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.
Common Anchor #8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
Common Anchor #9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
Common Anchor #10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
Common Anchor #11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

New York City Department of Education Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts: Music

Strand 1 Music Making: By exploring, creating, replicating, and observing music, students build their technical and expressive skills, develop their artistry and a unique personal voice in music, and experience the power of music to communicate. They understand music as a universal language and a legacy of expression in every culture.

Strand 2 Developing Music Literacy: Students develop a working knowledge of music language and aesthetics, and apply it to analyzing, evaluating, documenting, creating, and performing music. They recognize their roles as articulate, literate musicians when communicating with their families, schools, and communities through music.

Strand 3 Making Connections: By investigating historical, social, and cultural contexts, and by exploring common themes and principles connecting music with other disciplines, students enrich their creative work and understand the significance of music in the evolution of human thought and expression.

Strand 4 Working With Community and Cultural Resources: Students broaden their perspective by working with professional artists and arts organizations that represent diverse cultural and personal approaches to music, and by seeing performances of widely varied music styles and genres. Active partnerships that combine school and local community resources with the full range of New York City’s music and cultural institutions create a fertile ground for students’ music learning and creativity.

Strand 5 Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning: Students consider the range of music and music-related professions as they think about their goals and aspirations, and understand how the various professions support and connect with each other. They carry physical, social, and cognitive skills learned in music, and an ability to appreciate and enjoy participating in music throughout their lives.

Common Core State Standards Initiative

• demonstrate independence
• build strong content knowledge
• respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline
• comprehend and critique
• value evidence
• use technology and digital media strategically and capably
• come to understand other perspectives and cultures

While the Link Up curriculum focuses primarily on music performance skills, content knowledge, and creativity, students also build core capacities in English and math. Through composition, active listening, describing and analyzing standard repertoire, and a focus on the historical context of orchestral music, Link Up provides students with the opportunity to put these core capacities to use in a new domain. Specific activities throughout the curriculum also address these English and math capacities directly, encouraging reading, writing, and quantitative thinking.

Scores and Recordings

“Come to Play” music and lyrics by Thomas Cabaniss. Published by MusiCreate Publications. Performed by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Moran Katz.

The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II, lyrics by Thomas Cabaniss. Performed by Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Willi Boskovsky. Courtesy of Decca Music Limited under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Student performance tracks performed by Moran Katz, Amy Justman, and Shane Schag.

“Toreador” from Carmen by Georges Bizet. Performed by Alan Titus and Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, courtesy of Naxos of America. Student performance tracks performed by Amy Justman and Shane Schag.

“Cidade Maravilhosa” by André Filho and Nick Lamer. © 1936, renewed 1964 Robbins Music Corp. Rights assigned to EMI Catalog Partnership. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (Publishing) and Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc. (Print). All rights reserved. Used by permission. Student performance arranged by Thomas Cabaniss, performed by Amy Justman, Shane Schag, and Justin Hines. Pronunciation guide spoken by Christian Figueroa.

Allegro con brio from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, performed by Eugen Jochum, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg under license from Universal Music Enterprises.

Danzón No. 2, composed by Arturo Márquez, Peer International Corp. (BMI), performed by Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui. Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.

Wild Swans by Elena Kats-Chernin (BMI). Boosey & Hawkes Bote & Bock GMBH administered by Hendon Music, Inc (BMI) c/o Concord Music Publishing. Performed by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra with Ola Rudner. Courtesy ABC Classic. Licensed by Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten. © 1947 by Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd. Courtesy of Boosey & Hawkes. Instrument excerpts performed by The Fountain Ensemble and narrated by Hillarie O’Toole. Theme performed by London Symphony Orchestra and Steuart Bedford. Courtesy of Naxos of America.

“Shibolet Basadeh” arranged by Tali Rubinstein with permission from the heirs of the original composer, Matityahu Shelem. Learning tracks performed by Adam Hersh and Tali Rubinstein.

“Mhande,” arranged by Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa, Flannery Cunningham, and Rebecca Pellett. Based on traditional Zimbabwean song. Learning tracks performed by Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa.

Wild Swans, a ballet commissioned by The Australian Ballet and the Sydney Opera House. © 2003 ABC and The Australian Ballet. Director and Choreographer, Meryl Tankard; Music, Elena Kats-Chernin; Visual Design, Régis Lansac; Production Design, Angus Strathie; Lighting Design, Stephen Wickham; Relight for television, Francis Croese; Conductor, Mark Summerbell; Music performed by Orchestra Victoria. Featured performers: Princess, Felicia Palanca; Good Fairy, Lisa Crosato; Stepmother, Rachael Read and Annabel Bronner Reid. Filmed at Arts Centre Melbourne/Reproduced by permission of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation–Library Sales.

“Knitting Nettles” Written by Elena Kats-Chernin. Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. By arrangement with Concord.

Photos

Page 8: Link Up by Chris Lee. Concert Repertoire divider: Link Up by Jennifer Taylor. Repertoire Exploration divider: Link Up by Jennifer Taylor. Page 32: Link Up by Jennifer Taylor. Pages 33–35: Itamar Ben Zimra by Nitsan Ben Zimra; Flannery Cunningham by Aisha Ude; Dai Wei by Cristina Cutts; Elena Kats-Chernin by Vicki Lauren; Arturo Márquez courtesy of Peer Music Classical; Tali Rubinstein by Noam Galai; Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa Nzou Mambano by Beaven Photography. Page 40: Link Up by Jennifer Taylor. Instrument Families divider: Link Up by Chris Lee. Page 61: Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser by Stefan Cohen. Page 70: Link Up by Jennifer Taylor. Concert Experience divider: Link Up by Chris Lee. Page 71: Carnegie Hall image by Jeff Goldberg / Esto. Page 73: Carnegie Hall images by Jeff Goldberg / Esto; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela by Chris Lee; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by James E. Hinton / Carnegie Hall Archives; Beatles poster courtesy of Carnegie Hall Archives; Soweto Gospel Choir by Jack Vartoogian. Additional Information divider: Link Up by Chris Lee.

Contributors

Thomas Cabaniss, Composer; Deborah Damast, Amy Mereson and Katie Traxler, Writers; Amy Kirkland, Editor; Sophie Hogarth, Illustrator; Shani Aduculesi, Choreographer; Scott Lehrer, Audio Production; and RPP Productions, Inc., Video Production.

Weill Music Institute

Joanna Massey, Director, Learning & Engagement Programs
Angelica Tran, Assistant Director, Learning & Engagement Programs
Libby Seidner, Associate, Learning & Engagement Programs
Aileen Chung, Coordinator, Learning & Engagement Programs

Publishing and Creative Services

Laura Keller, Senior Editor
Raphael Davison, Assistant Art Director, Weill Music Institute