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Individual Performance - Vocal Music Individual Performance - Vocal Music rubric for individual performance of choral literature Rubric Code: CC9XA9 By behutchinson Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Music Type: Presentation Grade Levels: 9-12

Singing Tests
	Superior 100 pts	Excellent 92 pts	Good 88 pts	Needs Improvement 75 pts	N/A 60 pts
Posture	Superior Student stands/sits with correct posture and sings with a proper singing stance with no visible tension.	Excellent Student's posture is somewhat correct and most of the time demonstrates a proper singing stance with limited visible tension.	Good Student often shows tension or improper body position during singing.	Needs Improvement Student rarely demonstrates proper posture, tension is highly visible in the throat, jaw and body.	N/A Student does not demonstrate any aspects of how to stand properly.
Breath Support	Superior Student is breathing properly and supporting the tone to the best of his/her ability.	Excellent Student is usually breathing properly, but occasionally does not support the tone to the end of phrases.	Good Student sometimes breathes properly and only occasionally supports the tone to the end of the phrases.	Needs Improvement Student rarely breathes properly. Performance lacks breath support of the tone.	N/A Can not hear to evaluate or student refused to sing. No credit given for this assignment/test.
Tone Quality	Superior Tone Quality is consistently clear throughout the range of the voice	Excellent Tone Quality is clear through the normal singing range. An extreme note in the range sometimes causes the quality to be less controlled.	Good Tone Quality is often clear and focused, but sometimes the tone is uncontrolled in the normal singing range. Occasionally the tone quality detracts from the overall performance.	Needs Improvement The tone is often not clear or focused regardless of the range, significantly detracting from the overall performance. (The tone lacks practice)	N/A Can not hear to evaluate or student refused to sing. No credit given for this assignment/test.
Pitches	Superior Virtually no errors. Pitch is very accurate	Excellent An occasional isolated error, but most of the time pitch is accurate and secure	Good Some accurate pitches, but there are frequent and/or repeated errors.	Needs Improvement Very few accurate or secure pitches	N/A Can not hear to evaluate or student refused to sing. No credit given for this assignment/test.
Rhythms	Superior The beat is secure and the rhythms are accurately performed	Excellent The beat is secure and the rhythms are mostly accurate. There are a few duration errors, but these do not detract from the overall performance	Good The beat is somewhat erratic. Some rhythms are accurate. Frequent or repeated diration errors. Rhythm problems occasionally detract from the overall performance.	Needs Improvement The beat is usually erratic and rhythm are seldom accurate, detracting significantly from the overall performance.	N/A Can not hear to evaluate or student refused to sing. No credit given for this assignment/test.
Diction	Superior Student articulates clearly and the text is easily understood. (All vowels and consonants are clearly formed.) If applicable, foreign language is pronounced correctly.	Excellent Student articulates the words somewhat clearly and most of the text is understood. (Most of the vowels and consonants are clearly formed, but a few final consonants are missing.) If applicable, foreign language is pronounced with a few errors.	Good Student sometimes articulates the words, but the words of the text often lack clear beginning and ending consonant sounds.If applicable, foreign language is difficult to understand and has many mispronunciations.	Needs Improvement Student rarely articulates the words and the text is not intelligible. If applicable, the foreign language is mispronounced throughout and unclear.	N/A Can not hear to evaluate or student refused to sing. No credit given for this assignment/test.
Musicianship	Superior Performs with creative interpretation of the style of music in response to the core. Uses accurate dynamic levels.	Excellent Typically performs with an interpretation and style suggested by instructor.	Good Dynamic levels are inconsistent and performed with some interpretation, but not consistently.	Needs Improvement Attention to dynamics is lacking from the performance. Singer rarely demonstrates expression, simply sings the notes.	N/A Can not hear to evaluate or student refused to sing. No credit given for this assignment/test.
Attention/Focus in Class	Superior Student is focused and attentive throughour class and follows directions to the best of his/her ability	Excellent Student is usually focused and attentive during class but is sometimes distracted by others	Good Student is sometimes focused and attentive during class but is easily distracted by others	Needs Improvement Student is rarely focused and attentive in class, is easily distractedby others and is often a distraction to other students	N/A Student is almost never focused and attentive in class. Student frequently distracts and disrupts the class.

Keywords:

Vocal, choral

Subjects:

Music

Types:

Presentation

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