Stage 1 Music Performance: Ensemble

SACE CREDITS: 10 credits (delivered offline across the full year)

KEY CONTACT: Suriya Down

RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND:
Completion Year 10 Music or by audition/interview with the Senior Leader – Director of Music and The Arts.

A course for students with ensemble experience that develops group performance skills, musicianship, and aural awareness through regular rehearsals and performances.

COURSE CONTENT:
This course develops students’ skills in traditional, classical and/or jazz idioms of music. Students attend weekly instrumental lessons with an accredited teacher and maintain regular instrumental practice. Students participate in regular rehearsals and the performances of an ensemble (most often after school hours) as negotiated with the Senior Leader – Director of Music and The Arts. Technique, aural perception, musical sensitivity, critical analysis, awareness of style, structure, historical conventions and musical appreciation are developed in an ensemble performance setting.

Music offers opportunities for the development of students’ creativity, critical thinking, persistence, resilience, self-discipline, identity, connection and confidence. This is achieved through experiences that encourage collaboration and creative problem-solving, the acquisition of skills, knowledge, and understanding, and the development of aesthetic awareness.

This course may be taken in conjunction with one or two semesters of Stage 1 Music Advanced.

ASSESSMENT: –
Assessment at Stage 1 is school based. Students will be assessed against the SACE Stage 1 Music Performance Standards. Students will provide evidence of their learning through four assessments. Each assessment type will have a weighting of at least 20%. Students will undertake:

• At least two creative works (eg performance, composition)
• At least one musical literacy task (eg analysis, critique, evaluation)

COMPLETION OF THIS SUBJECT LEADS TO:
Stage 2 Music Performance: Ensemble (10 credits) and/or Stage 2 Music Performance: Solo and/or Stage 2 Music Explorations; (with instrumental teacher and Senior Leader – Director of Music and The Arts recommendation).

SUBJECT COSTS:
There is no cost for this subject, however students require an instrument. Students who do not have an instrument will need to hire one. Please note that the school has a range of instruments (other than percussion) available for hire at $50 per term.

More detailed information can be found in the APHS Music Program.