Music 1 Two units for each of Year 11 and HSC NESA Developed Course Exclusions: Music 2
What background knowledge do I need to study Music 1? Music mandatory course (or equivalent).
Why study Music 1? The curriculum structure of Music 1 is adaptable enough to meet the needs and interests of students with varying degrees of prior formal and informal learning in music. It accommodates the widely differing needs and abilities of students, ranging from the broadly based, to the desire to specialise, by allowing flexibility in the topic choice and areas of study. Students may enter the course from the Mandatory course as well as from the Additional Study course. Music aims to provide students with learning experiences that will enrich their physical, aesthetic, emotional, intellectual and social development.
Music is important because: • • • • •
it is a way of finding personal, cultural or spiritual meaning, and through this, self-esteem students develop the ability to interpret and manipulate music from any style or culture music assists students to understand social and technological changes music can help foster an awareness of culture and various cultural changes the arts in general and music in particular, attract international prestige to Australia.
Course description: In the Year 11 and HSC courses, students will study: the concepts of music through learning experiences in performance, composition, musicology, and aural within the context of a range of styles, periods and genres.
Main topics covered: Students study three topics in each year of the course. Topics are chosen from a list of 21 which cover a range of styles, periods and genres, e.g.: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 76
An instrument and its repertoire Australian music Baroque music Jazz Music and the related arts Music for large ensembles Music for radio, film, television and multimedia Music for small ensembles Music of a culture Music of the 18th century Music of the 19th century Music of the 20th and 21st centuries Popular music Rock music Technology and its influence on music Theatre music Subject Choice for the Higher School Certificate
