Music

Our school is dedicated to delivering a varied and inspirational musical journey through different eras and cultures for all of our students. Our well-equipped department allows students to explore their musical skills and creativity both individually and as part of a team. We encourage pupils to learn an instrument to support their education by offering high quality peripatetic teaching leading to various performances to showcase their progress and talent.

Playing Music (includes singing)

Making Music (including improvisation)

Understanding Music (theory, culture, history, evaluation)

Key Performance Indicators

● Play and perform confidently in a range of solo and ensemble contexts using their voice, playing instruments musically, fluently and with accuracy and expression.

● Improvise and compose and extend and develop musical ideas by drawing on a range of musical structures, styles, genres and traditions.

● Use staff and other relevant notations appropriately and accurately in a range of musical styles, genres and traditions ● Identify and use the interrelated dimensions of music expressively and with increasing sophistication, including use of tonalities, different types of scales and other musical devices. ● Listen with increasing discrimination to a wide range of music from great composers and musicians ● Develop a deepening understanding of the music that they perform and to which they listen, and its history.

Age Related Expectations

A year 7 student should be able to sing with a good tone across the dynamic range with clear open vocals with a range appropriate to pupil’s voice.

They should be able to play and instrument with a range of an octave or 4 chords with rhythmic playing and changes in tempo. A year 7 student should be able to create and notate a melody/song and harmonise using basic chords I IV V.

They should be able to improvise and refine a melodic phrase (intros, bridges, outros). A year 7 student should be able to understand bars and bar lines, basic notation and variations of tempo.

They should be able to understand music from different eras and from a fusion of styles demonstrating cross cultural influences and how music changes over time.

They should be able to learn a piece of music or create a composition with increased independence, to take the lead and to respond the leadership of others.