YEAR 10 - MUSIC

Head of Department: Jill Owen

Introduction
Music is an activity which all people can be involved in, no matter how young or how old.
Involvement in music can be divided into three areas:
-  Create
-  Re-create and
-  Appreciate
Create involves exploring, experimenting, improvising, arranging and composing music.
Re-create involves performing music of all kinds, in a group situation or solo, including the re-creation of students' creative efforts.
Appreciate involves developing the ability to identify, describe, classify, compare and anlyse, in order to understand and value music, as well as respecting quality in music creation and re-creation.  No matter what kind of musci you like personally, learning more about different styles of music is a really important part of becoming a musician.  Many famous pop and rock stars had a formal music education.
Music is something you can create, re-create and appreciate for the rest of your life.

Prerequisite: Year 9 music or an equivalent music experience

Description: Areas of music covered include:

Theory
How music is notated on paper

Aural
Listening to simple music and learning to write it down in music notation

Composition
Learning to create and write down your own compositions or melodies

Listening and Appreciation
Many different styles from different cultures and times, including early music, classical music, blues, jazz and rock.  Learning how the different music styles developed and about the instruments used.  Learning musical score reading.

Performance
Performing music individually on the student's own instrument and in groups.  Each studnet must  be taking lessons in their chosen instrument either privately or through the school's instrumental and vocal tuition scheme.  If students wish to continue with Music to NCEA Level One they must show technical skill equivalent to 3 years instrumental tuition.

Students are expected to participate in school musical activities.

Course Fee: $10.00
Students participating in the following musical activities will be required to pay the fees associated with the activities they choose.
Itinerant Tuition Fee - $75.00
Band Room Equipment - $20.00 per term for each Band Member
Chorus/Choir - $30.00 per year