• Music: Creativity in performance

This is an extension* to Year 9 Music: Performance, where students change their focus to creativity in performance, with an emphasis on improvisation. Students will continue to develop their ensemble skills with a focus on non-verbal cues, as well as rehearsal management and structuring/arranging music to suit how their band wants to interpret selected works.

*However, students can take this subject regardless of whether they have completed Year 9 Music: Performance.

• Group performance focus
  • End of semester gig at external venue performing 4 - 6 works
• Approaches to improvisation and embellishment (creative folio)
• Live performance analysis

• Music across time and place

Emphasis on music creation and the preserving of music via recordings. Students can work in small group or individual settings to develop a folio of musical recordings that will include covers of existing works and their own compositions. Students will also study styles/eras of music that have been an important part of modern music history (ie Jazz, Funk, Soul, Punk) , as well as picking their own personal area of musical interest to complete a report on.

(This will serve as an excellent lead in to the new structure of VCE Music, 2023 - 2027)

• Creative Folio: A combination of recorded performances and compositions
• History of Music: A report on 2 - 3 important styles/eras of music
• DAW 101: How to perform and record with Ableton Live
• Musical Analysis: A study of a favourite musician/artist, style, or era.