An Analytical and Educational Survey of Howard Hanson's Dies ...

47Objectives• Students will perform their parts accurately with musical awareness and focus asdemonstrated by individual performance evaluations.• Students will be able to sing the chorale melody as demonstrated by their activeparticipation in large group, small group, and individual sessions.• Students will demonstrate an understanding of variations based on a theme bycomposing their own variations on the chorale theme.• Students will be able to define all musical terms in Dies Natalis for Band.• Students will compose a variation on the chorale melody.• Students will reflectively evaluate ensemble performance.