Course Overview:
Students work individually and collaboratively to explore the potential of sounds and technologies for creating, interpreting, performing and representing music ideas.
Course Code:
10MUS
Content:
- Students will choose an instrument to learn (drums, guitar, bass, keyboard/piano, voice) and will participate in free lessons for that instrument each week. They will perform individually to the rest of the class and in a group at prizegiving
- Compose music as an individual using various technologies
- Create, perform and record a song in a group
- Develop music reading and writing skills
- Learn about various styles of music.
NOTE:
Students must commit to practising their instrument at least four times a week outside of class time. It is VITAL that a student has learned an instrument or sung for at least one year before taking NCEA Level 1 Music.