Statement of Purpose

The Curriculum Committee supports the implementation of the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts in all areas of music education. It provides guidance and resources for curricula that are innovative, relevant, robust, representative, and responsive to a diverse population of students.

Curriculum Committee Current Members:

• Dr. Mary Carlson, Retired, Nazareth College
• Nikki Cole, Bath-Haverling Central School District
• Dennis Creighton, Shoreham-Wading Central School District
• Deborah Cunningham, Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District
• Matt Gayle, Potsdam Central School District
• Dr. Denise Lutter, Retired, Bronxville
• Ann Trombley, Retired, Monticello Central School District
• Fred Weingarten, Ithaca College — Chair
• Gary West, White Plains Central School District

Past Committee Members:

• Denise Abbattista, Moravia Central Schools
• Erin Ayer, Amherst Central School District
• Jennifer Davis, Chautauqua Lake High School
• Mark Fonder, Ithaca College
• Marc Greene, Ithaca College
• Nancy Guilfoyle, Rush-Henrietta Central School District
• Sue Hoffmann, Union Endicott Central School District
• Craig Knapp, Rocky Point Union Free School District
• Linda Sullivan, Plattsburgh City School District
• Marie Sullivan, Retired, Williamsville Central Schools

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* Book Study: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies in Music Education-Emily Good-Perkins

~ Exploring Standards and Instructional Practices through a BEDR lens (a cross-walk)

~ Institute for Composer Diversity

                       – a data base encouraging the discovery, study, and performance of music written by composers from historically excluded groups

*Submit your instructional idea for inclusion in:  Innovative Instruction for Standards-Based Learning

• Useful Connections…a music educator’s reaction to New York State on Pause

• A Shared Endeavor (Americans for the Arts)

• Arts Education For America’s Students: A Shared Endeavor

Welcome to the New York State P12 Learning Standards for the Arts    

You can find all the standards and related resources here:

• Standards Implementation Resources

  • At-At-Glance
  • Glossaries
  • Posters

• Overview of 2017 NYS Standards (black/white)

• Overview of 2017 NYS Standards (color)

• New York State Arts Standards Handbook

• Customizable Handbook Tutorial

• Descriptors for Performance Achievement Levels

• Template for Creating Standards-Based Lesson

• Artistic Literacy

• Process components & Enduring Understandings

• Instructional Ideas for Process Components

• Sequencing The Standards   (new!)

  • Band
  • Chorus
  • Orchestra
  • General Music

• Model Cornerstone Assessments (NAfME)

• Curriculum Units for Responding (NAfME)

• Standard Shareables

• Artistic Processes

• The Arts Standards Roadmap and Implementation Timeline       (new!)                                                                                    
• NAfME Standards in Action Video All National Honor Ensembles 2018       (new!)

• FAQs

• State Education Department resources:

  • THINK Documents
  • Self-Training
  • Need To Knows
  • Arts Course Flowcharts
  • Multiple Pathways    …and more
  • Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework

Understanding the National Core Arts Standards

• Video Introduction to NCAS (NAfME)

• Crosswalk

• Navigating the NCAS

• Anchor Standards & Components

• Customize Your Own Handbook

• National Core Arts Standards Overview

Curriculum Exemplar(s) for Music

• Programmatic Music

• Performance Preparation

• Between the Wars: A Living Timeline

• Introduction To Quality Tone Production in Beginning Violinists

         • Identification of Quarter and Paired Eighth notes (new!)

• SLO / Music Assessment Bank
• Curriculum Committee Photos
• New York State Department of Education – The Arts
• Music: A Resource Guide for Standards-Based Instruction (2002) 
  The ‘Resource Guide’ provides encapsulated instructional ideas w/assessment references for each performance indicator, at each level. Additionally, the appendices provides information to further assist teachers in preparing and developing their instructional program.

Related Documents

• Book Study: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies in Music Education-Emily Good-Perkins (DOCX – 13 KB)
•        Propose your own session for next year’s Winter Conference! (PDF – 144 KB)
• Sessions sponsored by Curriculum Committee (PDF – 183 KB)
• Exploring Standards and Instructional Practices through a BEDR lens (PDF – 113 KB)
• Exploring Standards and Instructional Practices via BEDR lens (PDF – 111 KB)
• Exploring Sandards via BEDR lens (DOCX – 20 KB)
• (DOCX – 1 MB)
• Useful Connections (DOCX – 26 KB)
• Band (PDF – 270 KB)
• Minutes (PDF – 59 KB)
• experimental zoom recording ( – 87 MB)
• Useful Connections …a music educator’s reaction to New York State on Pause (DOCX – 23 KB)
• Standards in Action video (DOCX – 12 KB)
• Standards in Action video (DOCX – 12 KB)
• The Arts Standards Roadmap and Implementation Timeline (PDF – 1 MB)
• Attend our Winter Conference ’19 sessions (PDF – 119 KB)
• Identification of Quarter and Paired Eighth notes (PDF – 1 MB)
• General Music (PDF – 357 KB)
• Orchestra (PDF – 291 KB)
• Chorus (PDF – 237 KB)
• Band (PDF – 278 KB)
• NYS ARTS STANDARDS HANDBOOK ( – 240 MB)
• Overview of 2017 NYS Standards (color) (DOCX – 25 KB)
• Process components & Enduring Understandings (PDF – 84 KB)
• Artistic Processes (PDF – 56 KB)
• Overview of 2017 NYS Standards (PDF – 102 KB)
• FAQs (PDF – 659 KB)
• Introduction To Quality Tone Production in Beginning Violinists (PDF – 25 MB)
• Instructional Ideas for Process Components (PDF – 91 KB)
• Instructional Ideas for Process Components (PDF – 91 KB)
• Instructional Ideas for Process Components (DOCX – 105 KB)
• Standard Shareables (DOCX – 77 KB)
• Standard Shareables (DOCX – 77 KB)
• Hello.Kane (PDF – 176 KB)
• Standard Sharables (DOCX – 70 KB)
• Standard Sharables (DOCX – 76 KB)
• Standard Sharables (DOCX – 76 KB)
• Standard Sharables (DOCX – 76 KB)
• Kim Kane (RTF – 1 KB)
• Kim Kane (RTF – 1 KB)
• Standard Sharables (DOCX – 77 KB)
• Hello.Kane (PDF – 176 KB)
• Wolf.Mero copy (PDF – 3 MB)
• Standard Sharables (DOCX – 63 KB)
• Select.jpg (PDF – 249 KB)
• Artistic Literacy (DOCX – 132 KB)
• Curriculum Committee sessions for Winter Conference, 2018 (PDF – 74 KB)
• Curriculum Committee sessions for Winter Conference, 2018 (PDF – 74 KB)
• Curriculum Committee sessions for Winter Conference, 2018 (PDF – 74 KB)
• Template for Creating Standards-Based Lesson (DOCX – 17 KB)
• Descriptors for Performance Achievement Levels (PDF – 55 KB)
• Overview of 2017 NYS Standards (PDF – 102 KB)
• FAQs (PDF – 656 KB)
• FAQs (DOCX – 715 KB)
• Curriculum Committee sessions: Winter Conference, 2017 (DOC – 41 KB)
• Curriculum Committee sessions for Winter Conference 2017 (DOC – 41 KB)
• Introduction To Quality Tone Production in Beginning Violinists (PDF – 72 MB)
  Introduction To Quality Tone Production in Beginning Violinistspage.php
• Overview of 2017 Standards (PDF – 104 KB)
  Overview of 2017 Arts Standardspage.php
• High School Classroom Music Exemplar (PDF – 1 MB)
• National Core Arts Standards Overview (PDF – 97 KB)
• NCAS Poster (PDF – 183 KB)
• Curriculum Committee Sessions for Winter Conference ’15 (DOC – 38 KB)
• Performance Preparation (PDF – 210 KB)
  Performance Preparationpage.php
• Programmatic Music (PDF – 669 KB)
• NYSSMA Conference 2014: Curr Comm sessions (DOC – 36 KB)
  NYSSMA Conference 2014: Curr Comm sessionspage.php
• Crosswalk (PDF – 84 KB)
• The Arts And Common Core Phase 2 Final College Board (PDF – 882 KB)
  College Board Crosswalk between NCAS and Common Corepage.php
• Navigating NCAS (PDF – 137 KB)
• National Core Arts Standards Overview (PDF – 77 KB)
• Anchor Standards & Components (PDF – 53 KB)
• NYSSMA Curriculum Committee Sessions for Winter Conference ’13 (DOC – 35 KB)
• A Standards Crosswalk Beteen Common Core and Music (DOC – 64 KB)
• SLO Template (DOC – 39 KB)
• Creating SLO’s (DOC – 32 KB)
  We have generated 2 samples of SLO, along with several other helpful materials. page.php
• SLO – Gr. 9 Sightreading (b/ch/o) (PDF – 93 KB)
• SLO – Instrumental lessons Gr. 5–8 (Onondagua BOCES) (PDF – 88 KB)
• SLO – Gr. 5 Composition (PDF – 101 KB)
• SLO – Gr. 5 General Music (Onondagua BOCES) (PDF – 100 KB)
• Level 1 Vocal Music (DOC – 47 KB)
• SLO – Gr. 5 Composition (Onondagua BOCES) (PDF – 101 KB)
• Level 1 Pre Assessment TE (DOCX – 129 KB)
• Level 2 Vocal Music (DOC – 46 KB)
• Level 2 Pre Assessment (DOCX – 188 KB)
• Level 4 Music Pre Damon (DOCX – 527 KB)
• Level 3 Music Pre (DOCX – 51 KB)
• Level 5 Music Pre Damon (DOCX – 373 KB)
• Grade 3 SLO pre-test (PDF – 181 KB)
• Sight Reading Level 4 (PDF – 379 KB)
• Grade 5 SLO Pre Test (PDF – 453 KB)