Grade 9 Music

Grade 9 students have wrapped up their performance tasks to demonstrate fundamental techniques on their instrument. It has been fantastic to see their growth and development but most importantly the shift in mindset has been exceptional. In post assessment conversations and reflections, a lot of conversations have been around their growth and progression on their chosen instrument. This healthy growth mindset will put the students in a fantastic position moving towards being lifelong musicians. Moving towards the final composition task for the year, students have begun examining and deconstructing the rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic roles that make up modern compositions.

Grade 9 students performing during showcase 2023

Senior Music

Do you go to a park just for the swing? Would you like your harmony to look like a secure password? Year 11 students have begun examining Jazz and the innovative practices within that have shaped modern music making. Transitioning into the final phases of their senior music education, these concepts will shape their understanding of innovations in music and will be the basis of their first summative ATAR assessment.

In Practice students are working on identifying the key characteristic of their musical identity and how it can be represented through an original composition. This will be their final assessment piece for 2023 and we look forward to hearing their unique and personal interpretations of well-known genres.

Grade 11 Band performing during showcase 2023