9MUS - Music (Semester)

Aims of the Course:

Year 9 Music is a semester course that offers ākonga the opportunity to broaden and deepen their understanding and capabilities in Music through four main learning strands - Performance, Composition, Analysis and Musical Context. These strands are explored through two units of learning - Rhythm and Beat, and Writing a Rap.

This course utilises the Kodály system of music education pedagogy - classroom singing, engagement through exploration and games, and folk music are all key elements of teaching and learning. Musical language and understandings are intended to create a “toolbox” of solutions that build on learning in Year 7 and 8, and remain relevant for the remainder of the ākonga's Dilworth journey in the area of Music.

Topics:

Topics covered in Year 9 Music include:

• Developing language and strategies to rapidly analyse, read, re-create, perform and compose rhythm-based musical products and performances.

• Learning how to best work with other students in a musical context by focusing on self-efficacy, identifying evidence of excellent self-leadership behaviours, building purpose, and defining expectations and outcomes in a team.

• Workshopping performance practice engaging in frequent performance opportunities.

• Engaging in an historical study on a specific genre of music and appreciating cultural, economic, social, and generational connections through directed research.

• Utilising musical, non-music specific, and digital literacies to create a drumbeat, structure and write lyrics for a short rap to a given topic, and produce and record this for listening and analysis.

Other, eg. Field trips, Curriculum Enrichment

All ākonga in the Music space should give due consideration to involvement in co-curricular music activities, opportunities for leadership and mentoring within the Performing Arts Faculty, participation in the itinerant music programme, and engagement in external events and competitions.

Assessment:

Year 9 Music leads on to Year 10 Music.

Careers include Music Director, professional musician, booking agent, journalist, event coordinator, sound technician, broadcaster, teacher, composer, DJ, audio engineer, conductor, arranger, therapist, analyst, retailer.