Smith
Middle School Band
Performance Assessment Rubric
Student Name: ___________________ Excerpt: _____________
Posture and Pts.
Tone Rhythmic Accuracy Pitch Accuracy Musicianship Achvd.
Carriage
Student displays model Student produces Student performs the
Student performs the Student performs the
posture and carriage, consistent, characteristic excerpt with dynamics,
excerpt with no rhythmic excerpt with no pitch 20
including proper hand tone quality throughout phrasing, style, and proper
errors. errors.
position. the excerpt. tempo.
Student performs the
Student displays partially Student produces Student performs the
Student performs the excerpt with most (but not
correct posture and characteristic tone quality excerpt with one or two
excerpt with one or two all) dynamics, phrasing, 16
carriage, but there are in most of the excerpt with pitch errors (including
rhythmic errors. style, or somewhat
minor errors. some minor flaws. missed partials).
innacurate tempo.
Student displays Student somewhat Student performs the Student performs the
Student performs the
somewhat correct posture produces characteristic excerpt with three to five excerpt with some
excerpt with three to five 12
and carriage, but there are tone quality with many pitch errors (including dynamics, phrasing, style,
rhythmic errors.
several errors. inconsistencies. missed partials). or fairly innacurate tempo.
Student displays incorrect Student attempts to Student performs the Student performs the
Student performs the
posture and carriage, and produce a tone, but it is excerpt with six to eight excerpt with little
excerpt with six to eight 8
there are many major very inconsistent and pitch errors (including dynamics, phrasing, style,
rhythmic errors.
errors. uncharacteristic. missed partials). or very innacurate tempo.
Student performs the Student performs the
Student shows no attempt Student cannot produce a Student performs the
excerpt with nine or more excerpt with no attempt at
to properly hold the characteristic tone at any excerpt with nine or more 4
pitch errors (including dynamics, phrasing, style,
instrument. point of the excerpt. rhythmic errors.
missed partials). or unreadable tempo.
Points: ___ / 100
Additional Commments:
Teacher Signature: ______________________________