Year 10 Music

Year 10 Music explores a variety of music and cultural contexts through research, composition and performance. Students study composition through the lens of video game soundtracks and soundscapes, learning a variety of traditional and non-traditional composition tools, techniques and skills to create and produce a video game soundtrack to underscore their own devised storyline. World Music and historical influences are researched and referenced in class ensemble and solo performances and students produce a podcast that demonstrates contrasting music styles, characteristics and features whilst exploring the role of music across cultural, societal, political contexts and environments. The idea of reimagining musical works is introduced, whilst arranging and developing scores and performance works is learned through students developing skills on their instrument and in digital music production.

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Learning Standards: 

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EXPLORE AND EXPRESS IDEAS

• Improvise and arrange music, using aural awareness and technical skills to manipulate the elements of music to explore options for interpretation and developing music ideas
• Manipulate combinations of the elements of music in a range of styles, using technology and notation to communicate music ideas and intentions
  

MUSIC PRACTICES

• Create, practise and rehearse music to interpret a variety of performance repertoire with increasing technical and expressive skill and awareness of stylistic conventions
• Plan, develop, and notate compositions with an understanding of style and convention
  

PRESENT AND PERFORM

• Perform music applying techniques and expression to interpret the composer’s use of the elements of music and compositional devices

Assessment:

Assessment across the year will include a range of tasks such as:

• Solo Performances
• Group Ensemble Performances
• Research Tasks
• Aural Tests and Music Theory

Contribution to class discussions and completion of class work will also be considered.