Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the instruction received this year.

• Knowledge of and ability to perform music at Level III or beyond.
• Ability to use expressive elements in a performance.
• Ability to read complex musical notation appropriate to Level III.
• Ability to write more complex musical notation.
• Ability to identify and understand the differences in musical structure.
• Ability to identify and understand the characteristics of a quality performance.

Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.

•  How do we determine what needs to be improved in a performance? 
•  How do we improve the performance?
•  How do we incorporate expressive elements?
•  How do we analyze music?
•  What are the characteristics of a quality performance?