Westlake Boys High School
Year 9 Music - Institute
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr W. Robinson.
Year 9 Music Institute
This is a full year, limited entry, extension course for the most musically literate students. Students taking this course will be expected to give substantial musical performances; both as a soloist and in groups, they will compose music in a variety of styles, study and explore new styles of music from the world around them, and they will expand their musical literacy by developing their skills in aural and theory.
Selected students will have a programme of performance and composition working at individual levels of expertise. Aural, theory and history are also covered to a advanced level.
Assessment
Regular in-class assessment. These take the form of on-going in-class performance assessment. There are no formal examinations.
The results for this course will be part of the Mid-Year and End of Year report.
The performance and composition will count for 45%, history - exams 10% and assignments 15%. Theory and aural 30%.
The results will not count towards overall class rank.
Entry Criteria
Places in the Music Institute course are limited to the most advanced players with prior musical experience of at least three years.
Equipment/Stationery and Course Costs
As this course makes extensive use of digital learning material. It is expected that you will have a laptop or other suitable learning device available for each class when required.
Pathway
An education in music can lead to many career pathways, making use of these skills either centrally or laterally. Consider careers in performance, audio technician, music studio production, live-sound production, film-score composer, music editor, music/entertainment journalism, media liaison, communications, music education, tutor, etc. Students with a background in high level performance music are also reknowed in many university faculties for their discipline and ability to work in teams, studies in music are higly favoured in the admissions process for many non-music courses at university.
Disclaimer
Course selection does not guarantee a course will be available or that you have approval to take a course. Final course confirmation is in January and depends on your final results and in rare cases, staff availability.
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