The University of Michigan-Flint

MUS 241: Orchestration (note: this rubric was previous established as part of departmental assessment.
The “mechanics” of the Fall 2016 class dealt more with the harmonic voicings, voice leading and musical roles)

Final Project Rubric Name: Jordan Pavlica

Excellent Good Fair Poor
25-22 pts 21-19 pts 18-16 pts 15-below pts

Overall Excellent Good Fair Poor 25

Presenting Melody, The orchestration The orchestration is The composition is The composition is
Voicing Chords, demonstrates clear and written with minimal poorly written, it is poorly written and
Harmonic logical ideas when error correction in often hard to find the incomplete. The notes
Treatment presenting Melody, in presenting Melody, Melody, and notes are and rhythms used are
the Voicing Chords and the Voicing Chords questionable in the questionable or
Harmonic Treatment of and Harmonic Voicing of Parts and missing entirely.
parts. Treatment of parts. Harmony.

Notation/Mechanics Student has made an Student has included 25

Student has included all Student has made little
Creating Dynamics, attempt to create some parts of creating
of the parts of creating or no attempt to Create
Expressions, Dynamics, Dynamics,
Dynamics, Dynamics, Expression,
Articulations with the Expressions and Expression, and
Expressions, and Articulation in the
appropriate Finale tool Articulations Articulations in the
Articulations in both parts and/or score
in most of the parts parts and/or score
parts and/or score
and/or score.
Mechanics/Form 25
The work demonstrates The work The work The work does not
The technique using
a high level of skill demonstrates some demonstrates limited demonstrate skill in
both repetition and
utilizing repetition to level of skill utilizing skill utilizing utilizing repetition to
contrast, as well as a
provide unity and repetition to provide repetition to provide provide unity and
form to the overall
contrast to provide unity and contrast to unity and contrast to contrast to provide
piece, that contributes
variety. provide variety. provide variety. variety.
to the overall work
Content 25
The writing for The writing for The writing for The writing for
The writing for instruments instruments instruments instruments does not
instruments demonstrates a high demonstrates some demonstrates limited demonstrate familiarity
demonstrates your level of familiarity with familiarity with their familiarity with their with ranges and
understanding of the their ranges and ranges and traditional ranges and traditional traditional usages.
concepts and traditional usages. usages. usageS
techniques studied in
class and from texts.

TOTAL 100
Comments: Congratulations on an excellent project and success with an original composition,
which significantly raises the difficulty level. Your piece creates a “feel”, rather than simply
providing acceptable or “correct” notes and voicings. Good development “left to right” with
respect to narrative feel and form/transition. Excellent delineation of musical roles and original
ideas. Good creativity with chime role. Some question/confusion remains with the occasional
voicing, but much improvement made during drafts.