New VCE Music Repertoire Performance Units 3 & 4
A subject catering for students with interests and skills in music performance of notated works. Is offered as an accelerated Year 11 VCE Music Study &/or a Year 12 subject. Is a subject in which students choose a performance program of music, they research, rehearse and perform the music from their selected program. There is an end-of-year performance exam and written exam. This subject should be undertaken following completion of Units 1 & 2 Music. Repertoire Performance Units 3 & 4 may lead to another Unit 3/4 music study, provide opportunity for students to develop their musical skills and knowledge alongside their other pathways and/or assist with preparation for tertiary music study.
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Responding
Unit 3 - 40 Marks Unit 4 – Exam 20%
Unit 3 - 30 marks Unit 4 - 20 marks
Analysing for performance
Performing
Unit 3 - 10 marks Unit 4 - End of Year Perf Exam 50%
Unit 3 SAC work contributing to final score 20% Unit 4 SAC work contributing to final score 10 %, End of Year Written Exam 20% & Performance Exam 50% Students prepare and present a program of works that demonstrates a wide range of music styles and characters. This program of music is to be presented at the end of year examination and may be performed as a soloists or an ensemble. This exam is 20 min in length for solo performance, or up to 35min for 5 or 6 assessed performers. One of the performed works is to be selected from a list of set works for the chosen instrument and at least one work created by an Australian artist since 1990. Students are supported by their instrumental teacher in their weekly music lesson and maintain a Music Performance Journal to record their learning/practice/work set for practice/reflection and observations. Students explain the artistic & practical considerations used to select a program of works for performance and research how the works can be interpreted and presented in performance. For assessment in Unit 3 they perform a selection from their program.
Students analyse their performance pieces in order to inform their performance. They describe the use of music elements, concepts & compositional devices and identify the expressive and technical challenges in their pieces. They experiment with a range of interpretations and approaches to their works, practice and performance. They demonstrate and discuss these strategies in the context of a discussion/presentation by responding to questions about their performance preparation. Students listen to music extensively and compile a listening journal examining a broad range of styles. They identify, describe and compare ways in which performers, composers, arrangers, producers and/or conductors shape interpretations through their approach to the elements of music. Students develop their music theory and aural skills and learn to identify, construct, perform intervals, scales, modes, melodies, chords and rhythms. They perform short, previously unseen melodic lines from notation and bass lines of given chord progressions.