Music

Music has the capacity to engage, inspire and enrich all students, exciting the imagination and encouraging students to reach their creative and expressive potential. Skills and techniques developed through participation in music learning allow students to manipulate, express and share sound as listeners, composers and performers. Music learning has a significant impact on the cognitive, affective, motor, social and personal competencies of students.

Year 7 & 8

Students are introduced to a range of musical instruments and different styles of music. They learn about practical and theoretical components of music and are tested on both written and performance based content. Students learn the basic elements of music and put their new found knowledge into practice by playing the drums, keyboard and guitar. Students also get their creative juices flowing with a unit on songwriting.

Year 9 Music

As part of the Year 9 Music elective, students will learn about Rock Music through the ages. Beginning with a brief look at Jazz and the foundations of the 12 bar blues, students will learn the history and theory of musical styles and then put this into practice via performance on their chosen instruments. Students will learn about various aspects of aural training and music theory and be tested on these at regular intervals. As part of the study into different rock styles, students will look at 1950s Rock’n’Roll and 60s Teen Pop and as a class practise and perform songs from these eras. Students will also have a chance to perform their own choice of songs in both solo and group situations.