Music

Unit 4 Layers and Textures through Minimalism and Techno

● Cyclic patterns ● Building layers ● Use of Texture ● Melodies/counter melodies ● Use of repetition/ostinato ● Minimalist features and techniques ● Techno composition created in Soundtrap for assessment

Unit 5 Songs from Musicals

● History of musicals ● Listening to and performing songs from musicals ● Basic score analysis ● Writing about Music ● Composing to a visual stimulus

SKILLS DEVELOPED

● Play and perform confidently in a range of solo and ensemble contexts using their voice, playing instruments musically, fluently and with accuracy and expression. ● Improvise and compose; extending and developing musical ideas by drawing on a range of musical structures styles, genres and traditions. ● Use staff and other relevant notations appropriately and accurately in a range of musical styles, genres and traditions. Identify and use the interrelated dimensions of music expressively and with increasing sophistication, including use of tonalities, different types of scales and other musical devices. ● Listen to a wide range of music from great composers and musicians. ● Develop a deepening understanding of the music that they perform and to which they listen and it’s history.

ASSESSMENTS

Music is assessed through both group and individual performance. At the end of each unit the students perform and record their compositions and together they listen and appraise their work. There will be a listening exam for Music at the end of the year.