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.