OAE Music (032) case studies
OAE Music (032) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The OAE Music (032) is the subject-matter licensure assessment used in Ohio for candidates seeking a teaching credential in music, typically at the K–12 level. It is intended for people who have completed - or are near completing - an undergraduate music education program, and for out-of-state or alternative-route candidates who need to demonstrate content mastery in Ohio. The OAE Music (032) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,498 words.
1Voicing and Transposing an Unbalanced Jazz Combo Chart
You are arranging a public-domain 1920s popular song for a high school jazz combo with an uneven front line: two alto saxes, one trumpet, one trombone, plus piano, bass, drums, and a vocalist. The vocalist's usable range is A3 to B4, and the melody spans a sixth from tonic up to the sixth scale degree, peaking on that sixth.
715 words, about 4 min2Programming a Renaissance Chanson With a Fragile Alto Line and a Contested Attribution
You direct an 8th-grade mixed choir of 34 singers that rehearses twice a week for 45 minutes. The winter concert is seven weeks away and you need about twelve minutes of music.
692 words, about 3 min3Diagnosing Intonation, Balance, and Tempo Drift in a Slow Chorale
You conduct a 62-member high school wind ensemble preparing a slow chorale for a festival three rehearsals away. The chorale is mostly half notes at quarter note = 72.
711 words, about 4 min4Seating and Part Assignment After a Weighted Audition
Seventy-four students audition for fifty-eight seats across two bands: a 46-member Wind Ensemble and a 12-member Symphonic Band. Three adjudicators score each student 1–10 in five categories: tone, intonation, rhythm, sight-reading, and range/technique.
686 words, about 3 min5Revising a Performance Rubric After the Data Comes In
You teach a high school mixed chorus of 32 students and just finished a solo-performance assessment using a 4-point rubric with five criteria: pitches, rhythm, tone, diction, and expression. You scored every student live during class.
694 words, about 3 min