Teacher in Charge: Mr M. Cameron, Mr I. Stone.
Recommended Prior LearningYou don't need any experience before taking Music Performance! But because a lot of it is practical, you should consider taking instrument lessons to support your learning. You can do this through the school for free!
Want to learn to play an instrument? Do you want to spend your class time playing instruments or singing, making beats, and playing in bands? Then Music Performance is the place to be!
Whether or not you've taken Music in Year 9, or whether or not you already play an instrument, if you are keen to learn music - then we want you! If you're already advanced, we'll push you to the next level. If you're at the beginner level, we'll support you every step of the way.
So what do we actually do in class?
--> We spend time on learning our instruments. You can bring your own, or you can use our collection of guitars, bass guitars, pianos, keyboards, drums, etc.
--> We play music in bands. Usually, you create your own bands in class and choose your own song to learn.
--> We make beats using Garageband. We teach you the building blocks of music so that you can create your own music.
--> We research music topics that interest you. This is self-directing and helps you with reading and writing.
In Music Performance, YOU decide what you want to learn about, and we facilitate that.
What's the difference between Music Performance and Music Studies?
- Music Studies has more music theory and music notation
- Music Studies is more teacher-directed, like a traditional classroom
- Music Studies involves more classical music and world music
You can take both Music Performance and Music Studies if you want!
Term 1
Learning Instruments
Composing Music
Term 2
Composing Music
Group Performance
Term 3
Composing Music
Research
Term 4
Composing Music
Solo Performance
Level 1 Music Performance Technology 101, Level 1 Music Studies 101
Careers in the music industry: performing, songwriting, composing, live music entertainment, music education, music production, artist management, marketing and PR, music journalism, recording engineering, music arranging.
The unique skills of the musician are becoming increasingly marketable in a world where communication, confidence, creativity and innovation give graduates an edge. Music plays a central part in the games we play, our social media and our real-life gathering places.