**DRAFT 3**

2.25.18

Music
7 Analysis
MAX Score: Achievement MAX Score:
Content 100 100

Range of design vocabulary Clarity of AS

design vocabulary
• Depth
ORCHESTRATION
and breadth of orchestration Considering
• EXCELLENCE
all challenges
IT RELATES TO
over time, to
• CREATIVITY •Consistency of ensemble
SOUND PRODUCTION intonation
Range of expressive components what degree
Clarity and how
and uniformity of styledoes the music
and interpretation
• VARIETY • MUSICIANSHIP
Range
•
and appropriateness of musical devices
RANGE OF CONTENT - TECHNICAL AND EXPRESSIVE
Range of musical challenges
ensemble
• INTONATIONdemonstrate EXCELLENCE AS
Appropriateness of balance, blend and sonority
Precision of vertical alignment
• ARRANGEMENT OF ALL MUSICAL ELEMENTS IT RELATES
•Mastery
CLARITY AND
of TO SOUND
PRECISION
musical, physical andPRODUCTION,
environmental
• CLARITY OF DESIGN
• RELATIONSHIP OF MUSICAL ELEMENTS MUSICIANSHIP,
challenges
• APPROPRIATENESS
INTONATION, and
OF BALANCE, BLEND, SONORITY, and FIDELITY
Mastery COHESIVENESS
• ENSEMBLE of expressive responsibilities
• BLEND AND BALANCE CLARITY AND PRECISION?
• EXPRESSION: UNIFORMITY OF STYLE AND INTERPRETATION
• SIMULTANEOUS RESPONSIBILITIES
• SOUND
MASTERY OFPRODUCTION:
MUSICAL, PHYSICAL, andThe ability of the
ENVIRONMENTAL
performers to present clearly the
CHALLENGES

Total

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 **DRAFT 3**
2.25.18

Music — Analysis
Content Achievement
• To what degree do CREATIVITY, VARIETY, RANGE OF CONTENT, and the
To what extent and in what ways does the range of musical/ • Considering
To what all challenges
extent over time, the
does to what degree and
music how does the
ensemble music ensemble
achieve the
ARRANGEMENT OF ALL ELEMENTS contribute to the ORCHESTRATION? demonstrate EXCELLENCE AS IT RELATES TO SOUND PRODUCTION, MUSICIANSHIP,
technical repertoire and vocabulary contribute to depth and musical design vocabulary with clarity and accuracy
• CREATIVITY: The originality, uniqueness, and imagination infused into the musical INTONATION, and CLARITY AND PRECISION?
breadth in content?
composition.
throughout the performance?
• SOUND PRODUCTION: The ability of the performers to present clearly the
• VARIETY:
To The diversity
what extent andofininstrumentation,
what wayscolor, do thetexture, timbre, intensity,
quality, clarity,detail,
and To what through
composition extent does creation
the masterful the ofmusic ensemble
the characteristic sounds. achieve
harmonic
variety ofand rhythmic vocabulary,
orchestration and nuance utilized
opportunities in the musicalto depth
contribute • consistency
MUSICIANSHIP:and accuracy
The ability of intonation?
of the performers to convey compositional intent and
andcomposition.
breadth in content? expressive qualities.
To what extent does the music ensemble achieve clarity
• RANGE OF CONTENT - TECHNICAL AND EXPRESSIVE: The scope of the • INTONATION: The ability of the ensemble to produce, maintain and control pitch
To musical
whatandextent and in and
technical repertoire what ways
vocabulary does
in the program.the range of and uniformity of style, and interpretation?
with consistency and accuracy.
• ARRANGEMENT OF
opportunities forALLmusicality
ELEMENTS: Theand crafting expressive qualities
of the chosen acoustic and • CLARITY
To whatAND PRECISION:
degree andThehowability appropriately
of the performers todoes
achieve the
the musical
music
synthetic elements
contribute to depththat creates an elevatedinmusical
and breadth presentation.
content? design vocabulary with clarity and accuracy throughout the performance.
ensemble achieve balance, blend, and sonority?
• To what degree do the RELATIONSHIP OF MUSICAL ELEMENTS and BLEND AND • To what degree and how appropriately does the music ensemble achieve BALANCE,
To what extent and in what ways do the array of Considering
BALANCE WITHIN THE MUSIC ENSEMBLE contribute to the CLARITY OF DESIGN? BLEND, SONORITY,all
andmusical
FIDELITY? challenges, how precisely does the
compositional/arranging devices and
• RELATIONSHIP OF MUSICAL ELEMENTS: qualities and contribute to
The arranging composing of all • To music ensemble
what degree and how do achieve vertical
the performers alignment
demonstrate ENSEMBLEandCOHESIVENESS
exhibit the
depth
brass,and breadth
percussion in content?
and synthetic elements in a musically appropriate manner for ability
through theirto recover
ability withand
to establish immediacy,
maintain pulse clarity, and
control and control?
rhythmic stability,
To maximized
what extentexpression.
and in what ways does the range of musical, vertically and horizontally and exhibit the ability to recover with immediacy, clarity, and
How successfully does the music ensemble achieve mastery
• BLEND AND BALANCE: The thoughtful arrangement of sonic relationships
physical, and environmental challenges contribute to depth control?
between all of the musical elements combined to present a successful audio •
over the range of musical, physical and environmental
To what degree and how do the performers contribute to EXPRESSION through their
andpresentation.
breadth in content? challenges?
uniformity of style, interpretation, phrasing, and musicality?
• To what degree and how does the layering of all SIMULTANEOUS RESPONSIBILITIES — • How successfully
How does the music
successfully doesensemble achieve
the music MASTERY OF
ensemble MUSICAL,
achieve PHYSICAL,
mastery
musical, physical, and environmental — contribute to the depth and breadth of the and ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
program?
of the range of expressive responsibilities?

How do each of these factors, collectively and individually, compare to each and all the other units in the competition?

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