MUSIC

MUSIC Learning Leader: Ms Catherine Stanley

YEAR 10YEAR 10 GERMAN MUSIC STAGE 1 MUSIC STAGE 2 MUSIC

MUSIC EXPLORATIONS (20 CREDITS)

OR

SOLO PERFORMANCE (10 CREDITS) ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE (10 CREDITS)

Year 10 Music

Length of Course: 2 semesters

Prerequisites: Completion of Year 9 Music OR demonstration of equivalent practical skills and theoretical knowledge (through an audition process). As in Year 9 Music, students are required to buy or hire an instrument and to undertake private lessons with an instrumental teacher.

Aims: To build on the musical skills learnt in Middle Years’ Music.

Content: Content will include the following: • Developing instrumental and ensemble skills through participation in the class band • Building confidence through class and public performances (including the Cabaret night) • Improving technique and note-reading skills • Improving tone on an instrument • Developing improvisation skills through use of blues scales • Developing listening skills to improve the quality of the band; working as a team • Performance to the class of solo pieces (one per semester). A Year 10 Solo Night will take place at some point during the course of the year. • Forming smaller musical ensembles within the class and choosing own music; learning to be self-directed. • Development of an aural and theoretical understanding of music through the completion of theoretical exercises, including use of online resources. • Study of some of the musical styles of the 1950s - 1970s • Use of notation software ‘Sibelius’ to create compositions and arrangements, including composing pieces in the styles studied

Assessment: Ongoing assessment of progress made within the class ensemble including small group part testing and concert performances. Understanding is also assessed through theory tests and Sibelius compositions.

MUSIC SUBJECTS - YEAR 10 TO YEAR 12

Stage 1 Music

Length of Course: 2 semesters (20 credits)

Prerequisites: Satisfactory pass in grade and attitude in Year 10 Music, or the ability to demonstrate to music staff that knowledge and skill levels in theory and performance equivalent to AMEB grade 3 or higher (through an audition).

Content: Theoretical • Students develop their Musicianship skills through the following activities: • Aural recognition exercises – intervals, chords, scales, rhythms, melodies • Harmonisation – key signatures, adding chords to melodies, use of set chord progressions, use of 7th and 9th chords • Arranging – arranging music for different combinations of instruments and in a variety of styles • Composing – creating music in a selected style • Music history/score analysis – a study into one or more periods in Music history, including written analysis of selected pieces from the era. Students will also write an analysis of their own solo and ensemble pieces Practical • Ensemble Performance: Students participate in an ensemble, either from within the class or extra-curricular. Students are assessed at a minimum of two public performances throughout the year (more performances may occur but the best two will be included in the SACE summative results). • Solo Performance: Students perform solo pieces. They are assessed at a minimum of two public performances throughout the year (more performances may occur but the best two will be included in the SACE summative results). • Students who wish to focus more heavily on either Solo or Ensemble can elect to do this. • Students may choose to select Composing and Arranging as their Practical component instead of Solo and Ensemble. This would involve students composing their own pieces of music and/or arranging existing pieces of music (in addition to those completed during theory).

Two separate folios of pieces will be assessed throughout the year.

Assessment: Continuous formative assessment in all areas including progress marks and practice tests. Designated summative assessment tasks must be satisfactorily completed in order to meet course objectives.

Stage 2 Music

Length of Course: 2 semesters (20 credits)

Students will study either Music Explorations or both Solo and Ensemble Performance in order to make up 20 credits.

Prerequisites: A satisfactory pass in grade and attitude in Stage 1 Music is required, or the ability to demonstrate knowledge and skill levels equivalent to AMEB grade 4 theory and practical.

Content / Assessment: Music Explorations Stage 2 Music Explorations is a 20 credit subject with 5 main assessment tasks that fall into the following areas: OR

School Assessment (70%) • Music Literacy (30%) • Students undertake 3 Musical Literacy tasks, one of which must be a 32-48 bar composition of a melody with chord symbols. • Other tasks may include (but are not limited to) a theory test, a live performance review, a comparative analysis or study into a particular style with a written discussion. • Explorations (40%) • Students develop and extend their understanding of music by exploring how music is made. They explore musical styles, influences, and/or techniques and then experiment with these styles and techniques. Students synthesise their findings in a portfolio and multimedia commentary. • The nature of the portfolio will be specific to each student’s area of interest. Examples

include a set of short performances, a set of compositions, the construction of an instrument or various other options. External Assessment (30%) • Creative Connections (30%) • Students undertake one creative connections task, in which they synthesise their learning in this subject from their explorations, experimentation, and development of their musical literacy skills, to present a final creative work (performance, composition, or arrangement) and a discussion of that work. Solo Performance Stage 2 Solo Performance is a 10-credit subject. Students provide evidence of their learning through three assessments, including the external assessment component. Students complete: School Assessment (70%) • Performance (30%) • Performance and Discussion (40%) External Assessment (30%) • Performance Portfolio (30%) Ensemble Performance Stage 2 Ensemble Performance is a 10-credit subject. Students provide evidence of their learning through three assessments, including the external assessment component. Students complete: School Assessment (70%) • Performance (30%) • Performance and Discussion (40%) External Assessment (30%) • Performance Portfolio (30%) NOTE: For Stage 2 Solo Performance and Ensemble Performance, titles and results of each single unit taken will appear individually on SACE certificates; however, the results of both units will be combined to form one total mark for the purposes of ATAR calculation. The units offered each year depend upon there being sufficient numbers and student preferences.