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Music

What's it all about?

The music course is designed to develop the intellectual, aesthetic and cultural understanding of the value and importance of music. Through creating, interpreting and analysing works, students will learn about and apply musicianship. Students will enhance already existing musical skills through performance. The focus for this subject will be performance, aural comprehension/analysis and theory, composition and use of technology.

(Music is expected to be studied for both semesters)

What type of things will I do?

Research, rehearse, analyse, compose and perform music.

What will I learn?

TOPIC 1

  • Language of music (pitch, duration, dynamics, volume, tempo, tone colour, texture/timbre, instrumentation, tonality, articulation

TOPIC 2

  • Music principles and/or conventions

TOPIC 3

  • How to analyse, interpret, compare and evaluate the stylistic, technical, expressive and aesthetic features of music

What can this lead to?

University and TAFE courses in: Music, Fine Arts (Music Theatre), Contemporary Music Performance; Music (Song writing); Music (Composition & Music Production); Music (Classical); Music Performance and Entertainment Management. 

POSSIBLE PATHWAY 

YEAR                               COURSES OFFERED 

YEAR 10                              Music 

YEAR 11                              Music Performance 

                                             VET Certificate III in Music Industry (Performance)  

YEAR 12                              Music Performance 

                                             VET Certificate III in Music Industry (Performance) 


Why choose this subject?

Choose this subject if you are interested in learning about: Music listening/appreciation, Music Performance and musicianship, Music Technology, Online music research, Composing, arranging and recording.

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