Eleventh graders learn to build a music portfolio — choosing a focus, creating or recording their strongest pieces, selecting, refining, and presenting — preparing for auditions, applications, and a life in music.
Students will be able to…
Applying to a music program or a gig means showing your best work. How do you build a strong music portfolio?
Project this and have students put the music-portfolio steps in order.
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
Applying to a program or a gig means showing your best — how do you build a portfolio?
Students explore.
Students create.
Students perform.
Students respond.
Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Music, HS Advanced).
Refine and present a portfolio.
Present music for review.
Prepare performances.
Organize a body of work.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students choose a portfolio focus and name two pieces they’d include. A printable portfolio sheet is in the Arts library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.