Group 6 Music (HL/SL)

Please note: Course content is under review and may change.

Entry Guidance

HL and SL Music is designed for students with a background in musical performance and composition. In most cases it is recommended that students have studied an instrument or voice for four consecutive years. In addition, they should have some experience in composing and an understanding of Western music theory, for example gained through the International GCSE Music course. HL and SL students will be required to purchase a copy of the relevant notation and sequencing software, and HL students and SL performing candidates will need to arrange individual music lessons on their selected instrument. Students will take a leadership role in music across the College and are expected to regularly participate in musical ensembles.

Course Aims

The Diploma Programme Music courses prepares the 21st century music learner for a world in which global musical cultures and industries are rapidly changing. Through its integrated approach, the course will equip Music students with strongly developed creative thinking skills, holistic mindset and flexible design and projectbased skills, all of which are highly sought after by universities and employers.

This course enables candidates to:

• Explore the diversity of music across time, cultures and contexts.

• Develop as imaginative and skilled creators and collaborators.

• Express musical ideas creatively and with competence.

• Critically reflect on the process of creating and experiencing music.

• Develop as informed, perceptive and analytical practitioners.

• Enjoy lifelong engagement with music.

• Explore a range of musical contexts and make links to, and between, different musical practices, conventions and forms of expression (inquiry).

• Acquire, develop and experiment with musical competencies through a range of musical practices, conventions and forms of expression, both individually and in collaboration with others (action).

• Evaluate and develop critical perspectives on their own music and the work of others (reflection).

Course Content

Throughout the course, students embody three roles: the researcher, the creator and the performer. In these roles, they inquire, create, perform and reflect on the course’s three musical processes:

• Exploring music in context in personal, local and global contexts

• Experimenting with music

• Presenting music

The exploration of diverse musical material is focused on four Areas of Inquiry:

• Music for sociocultural and political expression, e.g. protest songs, liturgical music, national anthems

• Music for listening and performance, e.g. Western Art music, cool jazz, experimental music

• Music for dramatic impact, e.g. music for film, ballet and musical theatre

• Music technology in the digital age, e.g. electronic dance music, technology in popular music tradition

Assessment Outline

HL Assessment Component Weighting

External Assessment 50%

Exploring music in context

• Exploring as a researcher

- Written work demonstrating understanding of two diverse musical material

• Exploring as a creator and performer

- One original composition

- One performed adaptation of music from local or global context for students’ own instrument

Presenting music

• Presenting as a researcher

• Presenting as a creator

• Presenting as a performer

20%

30%

Internal Assessment 50%

Experimenting with music

• Experimentation report as a researcher and as a creator and performer 20%

The contemporary music-maker

• Multimedia presentation documenting a real-life project 30%

SL Assessment Component Weighting

External Assessment 70%

Exploring music in context

• Exploring as a researcher

- Written work demonstrating understanding of two diverse musical material

• Exploring as a creator and performer

- One original composition

- One performed adaptation of music from local or global context for students’ own instrument

Presenting music

• Presenting as a researcher

• Presenting as a creator

• Presenting as a performer

30%

40%

Internal Assessment 30%

Experimenting with music

• Experimentation report as a researcher and as a creator and performer 30%

For Further Advice

Contact Mark Knights, Head of Music: Mark.Knights@dulwich-seoul.kr