Music (SL/HL)

Through the music course students develop their knowledge and potential as musicians, both personally and collaboratively. Involving aspects of the composition, performance and critical analysis of music, the course exposes students to forms, styles and functions of music from a wide range of historical and socio-cultural contexts. Students create, participate in, and reflect upon music from their own background and those of others. They develop practical and communicative skills which provide them with the opportunity to engage in music for further study, as well as for lifetime enjoyment. Both standard level (SL) and higher level (HL) music students are required to study musical perception.

Students at SL and HL submit the following common assessment tasks: 

• An exploration portfolio: Written work demonstrating engagement with, and understanding of, diverse musical material, along with practical exercises in creating and performing

• An experimentation report: Written work in the form of a rationale and commentary that supports practical musical evidence of experimentation in creating and performing

• A musical presentation: Finished works in creating and performing, supported by programme notes.

In addition, HL students will submit the following project.

• A collaborative project: A continuous multimedia presentation documenting a real-life project, containing evidence of the project proposal, the process and evaluation, and the realized project, or curated selections of it.