This semester-long music course is designed for creative musicians who play an instrument and have a passion for both performance and composition. You’ll deepen your understanding of music theory and explore a range of musical styles and genres. In the first term, you’ll focus on composition and music technology, developing skills in GarageBand and digital music production. In the second term, the emphasis shifts to performance, culminating in an exciting full-class band project where every student performs as part of a large ensemble. Learning tasks include Solo Performance, Group Performance, Mini Compositions and Music Theory.
Term 1: Students learn the basics composition and music theory, exploring mini tasks within a musical genre study. Within this, students will create a small portfolio of their compositions from each genre.
Term 2: For 8 weeks, students learn their individual part of the class ensemble and have choice to either present it as a solo or part of a class band.
Arts: Semester 1 Yr 9 & 10, Semester 1: Year 9 & 10