Music

In Year 9 Music, pupils will develop their awareness of the historical and technical developments within Popular Music, Film Music, 20th Century and World Music. They will develop their music IT literacy through the use of Sibelius, Bandlab and other technology programmes, and their theoretical knowledge will encompass the fundamentals of music such as melody, harmony, tonality, structure, rhythm and instrumental colour. They will also hone their performance skills. As an option in Year 9, this subject choice will be taught for five periods per fortnight.

Musical Futures

Pupils will develop their knowledge and understanding of Popular Music , through analysis of styles and technology from 1960 to present day.

Film music / Minimalism

Pupils will understand the purpose of film music and leitmotifs. They will compose using Sibelius software.

Theory and musical elements

Samba

Improvisation, composition & performance, with pupils leading and directing a group.

Performance

Focussed on developing both individual and group performance skills, pupils will study and play instrumental and vocal music from a range of genres. Pupils will continue honing their listening and appraisal skills whilst learning to refine their work as they rehearse towards regular informal performances and live recordings. Pupils will also learn a range of techniques designed to assist with conquering nerves and managing performance anxiety.

How will I be assessed?

Performance and composition of a ‘version’, and original Christmas song.
Paired performance of film music excerpt on keyboards; whole group performance of Reich’s ‘Clapping Music’.
Two compositions on Sibelius: one film music, one Minimalist composition.
Individual performance.

If you have any queries about this curriculum, please contact: Miss Kirsty Nimmo, Head of Music, on kn@farlingtonschool.com