Grades PreK - 12 - PreK Grades For Teaching and Learning in Learning and Teaching For Office of Arts and Special Projects New York City Department of Education 52 Chambers Street, Room 205 New York, New York 10007 Phone: 212.374.0300 Fax: 212.374.5598 Email: [email protected] website: schools.nyc.gov/artseducation New York City Department of Education © 2005 Carmen Fariña, Chancellor Second Edition (2008) Contributors Third Edition (2015) Contributors Dorita Gibson, Senior Deputy Chancellor Phil Weinberg, Deputy Chancellor of Teaching Music Curriculum Development Co-Chairs Music Educators, Music Curriculum Development Co-Chairs New York City Department of Education and Learning Barbara Murray, Director of Music Programs Barbara Murray, Director of Music Anna Commitante, Senior Executive Director, Office of Arts and Special Projects, Donald Christiansen Robert Lamont, Music Consultant Curriculum, Instruction & Professional Learning New York City Department of Education Roberta Feldhusen Paul King, Executive Director, Office of Arts and Shellie Bransford, Music Consultant Janet Grice Special Projects Elizabeth Norman, Director of Education, Elizabeth Guglielmo Music Educators, St. Luke’s Orchestra New York City Department of Education First Edition (2004) Contributors Jaime Jacobs Gregory Pierson, Director of Education, Maria Schwab Eric Dalio Music Curriculum Development Co-Chairs Brooklyn Philharmonic Thomas Toriello Elaine Fauria Nancy Shankman, Director of Music/ George Wanat Ian Kanakaris Deputy Senior Instructional Manager for Arts Education Moishe Weidenfeld Music from the Inside Out Contributors Portia Lagares Thomas Cabaniss, Director of Education, Jerome Korman, Project Director, Music Consultant, New York Philharmonic Office of Arts and Special Projects Cultural and University Community Music Educators, Nancy Shankman, Director of Music, Deputy Senior Dr. Victor Bobetsky, Hunter College Cultural and University Community Instructional Manager New York City Department of Education Dr. Heidi Andrade, University of Albany John Schaefer, WNYC Shellie Bransford, Consultant Jonathan Dzik William Bassell, Principal, Long Island City High School Mark Caruso, Orchestra of St. Luke Shellie Bransford, Music Consultant Roberta Feldhusen Barbara Murray, Assistant Principal, Bryant High School Jerome Korman, Musical Director, National Dance Cathy Guy, Third Street Music School Settlement Douglas Harris William Rodriguez, Principal, Celia Cruz High School of Music Institute; Program Director, Planet Arts Dr. Elise Sobol, New York University Jeannie Kim Leonard Treretola, Principal, International Arts and Business High School Elizabeth Norman, Orchestra of St. Luke Martin Kirschenbaum David LaMorte, Assistant Principal, Tottenville High School Gregory Pierson, Brooklyn Philharmonic David LaMorte Patricia Glunt, Assistant Principal, Barbara Murray Long Island City High School Nancy Shankman, New York University Dr. Jonathan Dzik, Music Educator, Music Organization Representatives Christopher Columbus High School (Ret.) Elise Sobol, New York University Dianne Berkun, Brooklyn Youth Chorus Martin Kirschenbaum, Music Consultant, Theodore Wiprud, New York Philharmonic Office of Arts and Special Projects John Bertles, Brooklyn Philharmonic Dr. Nicholas A. Aiello, Former Director, Reviewers Mark Caruso, Metropolitan Opera Association Office of Instructional Publications David Dik, Metropolitan Opera Guild Christopher Sgarro, Director, Dr. Victor Bobetsky, Hunter College Office of Instructional Publication Joan Finkelstein, New York City DOE Aaron Flagg, The Juilliard School Kim Parker, Graphic Designer, Lisa Halasz, Carnegie Hall Office of Instructional Publications Patricia Glunt, New York City DOE Laura Johnson, Jazz at Lincoln Center Barbara Gurr, Director of Visual Arts, Office of Arts and Special Projects Janet Grice, New York City DOE Francisco J. Nuñez, Young People’s Chorus Gary Fogel, Music Educator, Barbara Gurr, New York City DOE Sara Lise Raff, Education Through Music Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School Sarah Johnson, Carnegie-Weill Institute Theodore Wiprud, Brooklyn Philharmonic Laura Johnson, Vice President of Education, Jazz at Lincoln Center Paul King, New York City DOE Music Advisory Group Tom Van Buren, Center for Traditional Music and Dance Dr. David Elliott, New York University Melanie Fallon-Houska, Program Director, Bertelsmann Laurie Lock, VH1 Save The Music Foundation, World of Expression Scholarship Program Karen Rosner, New York City DOE Dr. Jerrold Ross, St. John’s University Joanne Bernstein-Cohen, Executive Director, Young Audiences New York Music Reviewers Maria Schwab, New York City DOE Music From the Inside Out was prepared for publication Music Educators Association of New York by the Office of Instructional Publications. Judy Goldberg Barry Stern, New York City DOE was contributing writer, researcher and project editor. Pam Pollack designed the book and cover. Theodore Wiprud, New York Philharmonic 2 n Blueprint for the Arts n Music Letter from the Chancellor Carmen Fariña, Chancellor New York City Department of Education he 2015 revised editions of the Blueprints for Teaching and settings, for students with disabilities, and for our English language TLearning in the Arts continue to define a pathway for excellence learners. The Blueprints also provide guidance for aligning the arts and engagement in the arts for all students beginning in early and the Common Core as well as the “Specific Considerations in childhood and continuing to a commencement level of achievement the Arts” for arts studio practice and observations. With revised in dance, music, theater and visual arts. The Blueprints provide a bibliographies, assessment guidance and other additional resources, standards-based rigorous approach for teaching the arts while we are confident that the Blueprints will remain an essential tool for assuring that parent and communities are engaged and that all New York City arts teachers. students have access to the rich and essential learning that happens The original Blueprints from a decade ago were the result of an with our arts and cultural organizations. exceptional collaboration between educators from the DOE and our Our Blueprints give New York City’s students the opportunity to delve diverse partners from the arts and cultural community of New York deeply into these subjects, while providing our arts teachers with the City. We remain grateful to our partners and for the opportunities that flexibility to create an instructional plan that builds on students’ prior they provide for students and teachers to go beyond the classroom knowledge, honors their cultural traditions and, most importantly, for arts learning. We share their commitment as demonstrated in the demonstrates growth in student arts learning over time. This scheme Blueprints to encourage students, teachers, school leaders and parents for arts learning encourages diverse instruction through various media, to take advantage of the rich arts and cultural experiences available repertoire, genres and styles providing our students with a wide range in museums, concert halls, galleries, performance spaces, and theaters of learning experiences in and out of school. all over our city. We know that the sequential study of dance, music, theater and We are pleased to provide New York City schools with this essential visual arts will help students attain vocations in the arts and will tool for teaching and learning in the arts which has become a nurture an interest in the arts. Students’ sequential and ongoing arts national model for quality arts education. And we look forward to learning makes them college and career ready enabling them to apply continued and expanded success in providing equity and access in for advanced study or for jobs in the arts-related industries that are the arts for all New York City students. essential to the economy of New York City. More importantly, this learning offers students a source of lifelong enjoyment as they become the future audience and patrons of the arts. With this revised edition of the Blueprints, we are seeking to keep Carmen Fariña, this resource relevant and useful. With that mandate in mind, this Chancellor version includes documents to address arts instruction in PreK 3 n Blueprint for the Arts n Music Acknowledgments The 2015 third edition of the Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Music and guidance. We are indebted to Robert Lamont, the Blueprint’s third-edition builds upon the groundbreaking first-edition framework and the expanded co-chair and writer, who devoted his formidable talents, insights, and skills to second edition. Each edition shares one essential goal: to provide a rich this project. We offer sincere thanks to the Blueprint’s third-edition contributors instructional resource for identifying, designing, and applying the elements of Shellie Bransford, Portia Lagares, Elaine Fauria, Eric Dalio, and Ian Kanakaris comprehensive music education. The 2015 edition of the framework is enhanced for their invaluable input. rather than revised. In creating these enhancements, we seek to provide research-based, field-tested instructional supports for the music educator and We are grateful to Cathy Guy, Elise Sobol, and Heidi Andrade for lending all who may contribute to fostering music in students’ lives. their expertise to our work. We also thank Pam Pollack and Vanguard Direct, who lent their creativity and talents to this document’s design. We are deeply New York