Instrumental Music Performance - Individual : Band Program

Teacher Name: Mr. Perkoff

Student Name:

________________________________________ 4 The beat is steady and the rhythms are accurate. 3 The beat is steady and the rhythms are mostly accurate. There are a few errors, but these do not detract from the overall performance.

CATEGORY Rhythm

Inntonation

Virtually no errors. Pitch is very An occasional isolated error, accurate, making the music but most of the time pitch is sound in tune. accurate, in tune.

Dynamics

Dynamic levels are obvious, consistent, and an accurate intrepretation of the style of music being played.

Dynamic levels are usually accurate and consistent.

Note Accuracy

Notes are consistently accurate. The fingerings, positions, or sticking patterns are consisitently correct.

An occasional inaccurate note is played, but does not detract from overall performance.

Articulation

Articulations such as staccato, legato, slur, accents, etc. are played accurately as directed by the music and/or the conductor.

Most articulations are executed accurately as directed by the music and/or the conductor.

Attention in Class

Student is focused and attentive throughout class and follows directions to the best of his/her ability.

Student is usually focused and attentive during class, but sometimes is distracted by others.

Practice

Student's performance indicates regular and sustained practice outside of class, with great attention to areas of difficulty.

Student's performance indicates regular practice outside of class with some attention to areas of difficulty.

Tone Quality

Tone is consistently focused, clear, and centered throughout the range of the instrument. Tone has professional quality.

Practice

Tone is focused, clear and centered through the normal playing range of the instrument. Extremes in range sometimes cause tone to be less controlled. Tone quality typically does not detract from the performance. Student's performance Student's performance indicates regular and sustained indicates regular practice practice outside of class, with outside of class with some great attention to areas of attention to areas of difficulty. difficulty.

Phrasing (Adv. Band only)

Phrasing is always consistent and sensitive to the style of music being played.

Phrasing is usually consistent and sensitive to the style of music being played.

Date Created: October 21, 2013

2 The beat is somewhat erratic. Some rhythms are accurate. Frequent or repeated duration errors: notes/rests are too long or short. Rhythm problems occasionally detract from the overall performance. Some accurate pitches, but there are frequent and/or repeated out of tune notes.

1 The beat is usually erratic and rhythms are seldom accurate detracting significantly from the overall performance.

Very few accurate or secure pitches. Mostly out of tune.

Dynamic levels are sometimes accurate.

Attention to dynamic levels is not obvious.

A few inaccurate notes are Wrong notes consistently played, detracting somewhat detract from the performance. from the overall performance.

Articulations are sometimes played accurately as directed by the music and/or the conductor.

Articulations are usually not played accurately.

Student is sometimes focused and attentive during class, but is easily distracted by others and sometimes distracts others.

Student is rarely focused and attentive during class. Student is often disruptive to the rest of the class.

Student's performance Student's performance indicates some practice outside indicates there is very little if of class, but with little any practice outside of class. attention to areas of difficulty.

Tone is often focused, clear and centered, but sometimes the tone is uncontrolled in the normal playing range. Extremes in range are usually uncontrolled. Occasionally the tone quality detracts from overall performance. Student's performance indicates some practice outside of class, but with little attention to areas of difficulty.

The tone is often not focused, clear or centered regardless of the range being played, significanltly detracting from the overall performance.

Student's performance indicates there is very little practice outside of class.

Phrasing is usually consistent Phrasing is rarely consistent and occasionally sensitive to and/or rarely sensitive to the style of music being played. musical style.