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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. Arranged by Reginald Thomas and Chris Washburne. Play-along tracks performed by Sheherazade Holman, Kiena Williams, Brian Wright, Kevin Oliver, Jr., Summer Camargo, Ilai Macaggi, Tyler Bullock II, Emmanuel Michael, Jayla Chee, Dominick Branch, and Tali Rubinstein.

“Duke’s Place” words and music by Duke Ellington, William Katz, Robert Thiele, and Ruth Roberts. Sony/ATV Harmony (ASCAP) © 1942, 1943, 1957, 1958 (Copyrights renewed). 1957 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. in the US. All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. Exclusive print rights for EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. administered by Alfred Music. This arrangement © 2016 EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. Rights for the world outside the US administered by EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (Publishing) and Alfred Music (Print). International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation and Alfred Music. Performed by Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Courtesy of Capitol Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Student tracks arranged by Reginald Thomas and Chris Washburne. Play-along tracks performed by Brianna Thomas, Kevin Oliver, Jr., Summer Camargo, Ilai Macaggi, Tyler Bullock II, Emmanuel Michael, Jayla Chee, Dominick Branch, and Tali Rubinstein.

“It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” words and music by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills. Sony/ATV Harmony (ASCAP) and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP) © 1932 (Renewed). Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and EMI Mills Music, Inc. in the US. This arrangement copyright © 2016 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and EMI Mills Music, Inc. in the US. All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. Exclusive print rights for EMI Mills Music, Inc. administered by Alfred Music. This arrangement © 2016 EMI Mills Music, Inc. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. Rights for the world outside the US administered by EMI Mills Music, Inc. (Publishing) and Alfred Music (Print). International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation and Alfred Music. Performed by Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Courtesy of Capitol Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Arranged for orchestra and jazz ensemble by Erica von Kleist and Chris Washburne. Student tracks arranged by Reginald Thomas and Chris Washburne. Performed by Brianna Thomas, Kevin Oliver, Jr., Summer Camargo, Ilai Macaggi, Tyler Bullock II, Emmanuel Michael, Jayla Chee, Dominick Branch, Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Chris Washburne, Bruce Barth, Ugonna Okegwo, Vince Cherico, Ole Mathisen, John Walsh, and Tali Rubinstein.

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.

“I Got Rhythm” by George and Ira Gershwin © 1930 (Renewed) WB Music Corp (ASCAP) and Ira Gershwin Music Corp (ASCAP). Performed by Ella Fitzgerald. Courtesy of Capitol Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises. All rights administered by WB Music Corp. This arrangement © 2016 WB Music Corp. and Ira Gershwin Music Corp. Used by permission of Alfred Music. All rights reserved. Student tracks arranged by Chris Washburne. Arranged for orchestra and jazz ensemble by Erica von Kleist and Chris Washburne. Play-along tracks performed by Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Chris Washburne, Bruce Barth, Ugonna Okegwo, Vince Cherico, Ole Mathisen, John Walsh, Kevin Oliver, Jr., Summer Camargo, Ilai Macaggi, Tyler Bullock II, Emmanuel Michael, Jayla Chee, Dominick Branch, and Tali Rubinstein.

“When the Saints Go Marching In,” American folk song. Arranged by Erica von Kleist and Chris Washburne. Play-along tracks performed by Brianna Thomas, Kevin Oliver, Jr., Summer Camargo, Ilai Macaggi, Tyler Bullock II, Emmanuel Michael, Jayla Chee, Dominick Branch, and Tali Rubinstein.

“Recorder Mae and the Giant Swing Machine” by John Clayton. Performed by the Link Up Orchestra and Big Band; Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, Conductor. Play-along tracks performed by William Schwartzman.

Movement III: “Midwestern Moods” from Swing Symphony (Symphony No. 3). Composed by Wynton Marsalis. Copyright 2010 Wynton Marsalis (Skayne’s Music/ASCAP). Performed by NYO2 and NYO Jazz. Conducted by Joseph Young.

Symphony No. 1 in E Minor composed by Florence Beatrice Price. Performed by Fort Smith Symphony and John Jeter, courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.

Photos

Page 8: Link Up by Chris Lee. Page 26: Link Up by Jennifer Taylor. Concert Repertoire divider: Link Up by Chris Lee. Repertoire Exploration divider: Link Up by Chris Lee. Pages 25 and 50: Leon James and Willa Mae Ricker photo demonstrating The Lindy Hop © Gjon Mili/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock. Pages 26–28: Wynton Marsalis by Piper Ferguson; Florence Price portrait: Florence Price Papers (MC 988) Box 1, Folder 12, Item 1; Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville; Reginald Thomas by Leiko Napoli. Instrument Families divider: Link Up by Chris Lee. Page 53: Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser by Stefan Cohen. Page 55: Miles Davis Nonet photo © PoPsie Randolph / Getty Images. Page 64: Billy Taylor Trio photo by Jimmy Katz. Page 66: Link Up by Jennifer Taylor. Concert Experience Divider: Link Up by Chris Lee. Page 67: Carnegie Hall image by Jeff Goldberg / Esto. Page 69: 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. Page 70: Ella Fitzgerald photo courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment; Benny Goodman courtesy of Carnegie Hall Rose Archives. Page 72: Link Up by Jennifer Taylor. Additional Information Divider: Link Up by Chris Lee.

Illustrations

Rhythm section artwork by Suzanne Cerny. Listening map artwork by Nick Radford.

Special Thanks

Special thanks to Alee Reed for her choreography to “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” and the students of the Dancing Classrooms Youth Dance Company and Ferrin Coleman for their participation in video resources.

Contributors

Amy Kirkland and Michele Schroeder, Curriculum Writers; Thomas Cabaniss, Reginald Thomas, and Chris Washburne, Artistic Consultants; Sophie Hogarth, Illustrator; and Scott Lehrer, Audio Production.

Weill Music Institute

Joanna Massey, Director, Learning & Engagement Programs
Angelica Tran, Assistant Director, Learning & Engagement Programs
Libby Seidner, Associate, Learning & Engagement Programs
Santiago Valenzuela, Coordinator, Learning & Engagement Programs

Publishing and Creative Services

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