Music fosters creative and expressive
communication. It allows students to develop
musicianship through making (composition
and performance) and responding
(musicology).
Through composition, performance and
musicology, students use and apply music
elements and concepts. They apply their
knowledge and understanding to convey
meaning and/or emotion to an audience.
Students use essential literacy skills to
engage in a multimodal world. They
demonstrate practical music skills, and
analyse and evaluate music in a variety of
contexts, styles and genres.
Pathways
| Objectives
|
A course of study in Music can establish a
basis for further education and employment
in the fields of arts administration,
communication, education, creative
industries, pub
| By the conclusion of the course of study, students will:
- demonstrate technical skills
- explain music elements and concepts
- use music elements and concepts
- analyse music
- apply compositional devices
- apply literacy skills
- interpret music elements and concepts
- evaluate music to justify the use of music
elements and concepts
- realise music ideas
- resolve music ideas
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Structure
Unit 1
| Unit 2
| Unit 3
| Unit 4
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Designs
Through inquiry
learning, the following
is explored:
How does the
treatment and
combination of different
music elements enable
musicians to design
music that
communicates meaning
through performance and composition?
| Identities
Through inquiry
learning, the following
is explored:
How do musicians use
their understanding of
music elements,
concepts and practices
to communicate
cultural, political, social
and personal identities
when performing,
composing and
responding to music?
| Identities
Through inquiry
learning, the following
is explored:
How do musicians use
their understanding of
music elements,
concepts and practices
to communicate
cultural, political, social
and personal identities
when performing,
composing and
responding to music?
| Narratives
Through inquiry
learning, the following
is explored:
How do musicians
manipulate music
elements to
communicate narrative
when performing,
composing and
responding to music?
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Assessment
Schools devise assessments in Units 1 and 2 to suit their local context.
In Units 3 and 4 students complete four summative assessments. The results from each of the
assessments are added together to provide a subject score out of 100. Students will also receive
an overall subject result (A–E).
Summative assessments
Unit 3
| Unit 4
|
Summative internal assessment 1 (IA1):
• Performance
| 20%
| Summative internal assessment 3 (IA3):
• Integrated project
| 35%
|
Summative internal assessment 2 (IA2):
• Composition
| 20%
| Summative external assessment (EA):
• Examination
| 25%
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