MTLE Vocal and Instrumental Classroom Music (K-12) case studies
MTLE Vocal and Instrumental Classroom Music (K-12) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Instrumental Classroom Music (Grades K–12) is one of the subject-matter tests in the Minnesota Teacher Licensure Examinations (MTLE) program, listed on the official MTLE site alongside Vocal Classroom Music and the other K–12 licensure fields. Candidates typically take it to demonstrate content knowledge for a Minnesota license to teach instrumental music in kindergarten through grade 12 classrooms. The MTLE Vocal and Instrumental Classroom Music (K-12) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,432 words.
1The Hollow Third in a Recorded Wind Ensemble Run
You teach a 54-member high school wind ensemble that meets 50 minutes daily. The group is preparing a Grade 4 festival program in six weeks.
740 words, about 4 min2Arranging a Pop Ballad for a Lopsided Middle School Band
You are the new band director at a 7th–8th grade middle school with 34 players: 12 flutes, 6 clarinets, 3 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1 baritone (treble clef), and 4 percussionists. There is no oboe, bassoon, horn, or tuba.
752 words, about 4 min3Teaching Ewe Drumming Without Reducing It to Patterns
You are teaching a three-week 8th grade general music unit (26 students, 45-minute periods, five days a week) on Ghanaian Ewe drumming. You have one knowledgeable guest artist available for two sessions in week 2.
605 words, about 3 min4Thin, Sharp Brass in a 25-Minute Beginning Band
You are a first-year teacher at a 6–12 school. Your seventh-grade beginning band has 42 students and meets twice a week for 25 minutes; the first concert is in six weeks.
673 words, about 3 min5Rewriting SAB for Cambiata Voices
Your middle school choir has 38 singers: 22 treble voices in grades 6–8, 9 cambiata voices (boys in grades 7–8 whose voices have dropped a third to a sixth), 4 unchanged boys' voices, and 3 boys whose voices change week to week. The choir meets three times a week for 45 minutes.
662 words, about 3 min