Hi Jin - as you are now aware from other replies each state music association pretty
much has there own listing and grading. The purpose of such is simply so that when
soloists, ensembles, and major organizations compete at the various judging festivals
they are compared as close to "apple v. apples," rather than "apples v. oranges." It
is the common assesment of the membership that determines what is which grade, within
the established guidelines and final assesment by a grading committee. The complete
listings in NY are over 1000 pages, and a new manual comes out every few years.
Obviously within each grade there are questionable and widely varied selections, but
on the whole it has proven valuable in establishing some method of judging each
student's progression on their instrument. You would have to compare the publishers
information against the manual - it includes arranger and most publishers in the
listing for each piece.The knowledge of each individual music teach
er is
still the ultimate tool in the lesson/classroom, and as you imply, personal knowledge
of the music is a prerequisite in knowing what to put in front of your kids. Hope this
helps.
Paxmaha
jlmthompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is this grading system really only a 'New York' area thing? In my naivity,I had
thought it was worldwide and anyone in the 'know' was following such aformat, but that
somehow my lack of sophisticated current environs had been'overlooked'. I know living
on the west coast in my little world a systemlike such just didn't really seem to
exist much. With that knowlege then howdo individuals/conductors know what
'arrangement' to choose from, where togo to start in selecting an appropriate level of
music for their group or
themselves? Otherscomments of this? Jim
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