iRubric: Piano Performance Rubric

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Piano Performance Rubric Class Piano Performance Rubric This rubric describes the criteria to be graded for class piano performance. Rubric Code: C9BXAA By clbalke Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Music Type: Assessment Grade Levels: 9-12

Piano Performance Unit Performance Assessment
	Poor 0 pts	Minimal 1 pts	Developing 2 pts	Proficient 3 pts	Advanced 4 pts
Technique Posture, hand placement, wrist position, finger technique.	Poor The lack of performance technique severely hinders the performance. Does not know where to position the seat. Finger and wrist positions are detrimental to good playing.	Minimal Minimal performance technique, slouches. Student plays on the flat part of their fingers and drops their wrists often.	Developing Posture acceptable, technique acceptable. Sounds better than it looks. The fingers are curved and the wrists are flexible most of the time.	Proficient Student sat tall and on the front of the bench, used curved fingers and elevated wrists. Student played on the tips of the fingers.	Advanced Excellent posture and bench/seat placement, Excellent finger technique/hand placement. Student was expressive in the use of the hand placement and body movement while playing.
Accuracy Notes and musical signs	Poor The listener cannot tell this is a cohesive piece of music. The performer cannot find the correct notes. The performer has to figure out notes while performing.	Minimal Some mistakes, facial expression draws attention to mistakes, poor recovery or stopped to correct mistakes.	Developing Some mistakes, slow recovery, audience may be aware of mistakes.	Proficient Minimal mistakes made but with quick recovery and did not stop to correct mistakes. Mistakes did not stop the flow of the music.	Advanced No audible mistakes. Articulations are played accurately as well as expressively.
Tempo and Rhythms Steadiness of tempo and rhythmic accuracy.	Poor Several rhythmic errors and tempo was not sustained at all. Rhythmic errors completely interrupt the flow of the music rendering the piece senseless.	Minimal Rhythms are not consistently in proportion with each other. Student slows down and speeds up more than once.	Developing Rhythms are in proportion to each other most of the time. Tempo is steady most of the time Student slowed down for difficult sections only 1 time.	Proficient Rhythms are in proportion to each other. Tempo is steady throughout. Student does not speed up for easy parts and slow down for difficult sections	Advanced Great rhythm and tempo right on, very expressive. Dynamics are added where appropriate.