Year 13 Music
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs M. du Plessis.
In music education, students work individually and collaboratively to explore the potential of sounds and technologies for creating, interpreting, and representing music ideas. As they think about and explore innovative sound and media, students have rich opportunities to further their own creative potential.
Students develop literacies in music as they listen and respond, sing, play instruments, create and improvise, read symbols and notations, record sound and music works, and analyse and appreciate music. This enables them to develop aural and theoretical skills and to value and understand the expressive qualities of music.
As students learn to communicate musically with increasing sophistication, they lay a foundation for lifelong enjoyment of and participation in music. Some will go on to take courses in musicology, performance, or composition. These may be steps on the way to music-related employment.
Course Overview
Term 1
First bracket of solo performances.
First bracket of songwriting standard.
Music literacy.
Music analysis.
Term 2
Second bracket of songwriting standard.
Second bracket of solo performances.
Music literacy.
Music analysis.
Term 3
Third bracket of songwriting standard.
Group performances.
Music history.
External exam preparation: Political, social and historical influences on a music work.
Term 4
Last opportunity for resubmissions.
External exam preparation: Political, social and historical influences on a music work
Recommended Prior Learning
Music: 10+ credits at L2 Music required and at HOD’s discretion if new to subject. You must also know how to play an instrument.
Pathway
Musician, composer, journalist, DJ, music therapist, teacher, event coordinator, songwriter, arranger, broadcaster
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Making Music 3.1 - Perform two programmes of music as a featured soloist
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Making Music 3.3 - Demonstrate ensemble skills by performing two substantial pieces of music as a member of a group
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Music Studies 3.8 - Examine the influence of context on a substantial music work
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Making Music 3.11 - Compose three original songs that express imaginative thinking
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 24
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.