Te toi whakairo, ka ihiihi, ka wehiwehi, ka aweawe te ao katoa.

Artistic excellence makes the world sit up in wonder.

KAUPAPA: 

• Music is a rich part of the diverse cultures of Aotearoa New Zealand. It is a vital part of life for many communities and is an art form that can be used to express histories, knowledge bases, local contexts, language, and aspirations.

• The Year 11 Music course at JMC has a main focus on practical performance and composition skills. You will be exposed to a wide range of performance opportunities that allow you to develop in your competence and confidence as a performer. You will also learn and apply creative and technical skills to compose and record your own music, and be introduced to ways of distributing your music on real-world platforms like YouTube and Spotify.

• Through your practical work, you will also develop your understanding of music as a language. This will enable you to become a well-rounded musician that is able to engage and communicate with the wider musical community.

YEAR 11 PREREQUISITES:    

• Completed Year 10 Music course (full-year music option at Y10 strongly encouraged)

• Must be currently learning an instrument through a private/itinerant tutor (or by audition with Mr. McNulty)

COURSE CONTENT:

• Students will select, practice, refine and present performances on their chosen instruments in both solo and group contexts. Solo performance assessment concerts will take place in Terms 2 & 4, and students are expected to be actively involved with the wide-range of performance opportunities and groups both in and out of school (e.g. RockQuest, Big Sing, Chamber Music, McGlashan Féte, House Music, assembly/chapel performances, etc.). Pieces for assessment will be selected from a portfolio developed throughout the year.

• Students will develop their understanding of fundamental musical literacy, including common vocabulary/terminology and a range of ways of communicating musical concepts through notation. 

  1. 1. 1. 1. • Concepts include: rhythm and time signatures (simple and compound time), pitch and scales, intervals, tonality and key signatures (up to 3 sharps/flats), chord progressions and functional harmony (I, IV, V, vi), melodies and compositional devices, structure and form, stylistic features.

• Students will learn to generate, develop and structure original musical ideas in their chosen stylistic context. They will develop skills with representing their ideas visually with notation software (i.e. Flat.io, Musescore and Songcraft) and with recording their compositions in a DAW (i.e. Studio One).

COSTS:

• No cost for course.

• It is expected that students are having weekly lessons with a tutor. If the instrument you wish to specialize in is not currently available through funded lessons at school, you may need to look in to private lessons. Priority for lesson spaces is always given to senior music students. Feel free to contact Mr. McNulty for further details.

• Note: students should have a device with enough processing power and storage to handle recording and notation software (e.g. a recent Macbook or mid-range Windows laptop). iPads and Chromebooks are not suitable for this purpose.

FUTURE STUDIES / CAREER OPTIONS:

Studying music opens up pathways for a wide range of careers in the music industry, including but not limited to:

• Performance music (i.e. live performance, session musicians, busking, etc.)

• Composer and arranger (i.e. songwriting, media composition, orchestral arranger, etc.)

• Studio Production (e.g. audio engineering, mixing, mastering, etc.)

• Live Sound and Event Management (e.g. event sound/lighting/rigging, stage management, etc.)

• Music Education (e.g. classroom teaching, academia, private/itinerant teaching, etc.)

• and much more!

The skills you develop as a musician are also highly transferable. Regardless of your chosen field, employers are looking for:

• Creative skills: communicating concepts through artistic mediums, finding novel solutions to problems

• Technical skills: using specialist software/hardware to create and distribute digital content

• Time Management and Discipline

There are a large number of tertiary institutions that offer courses of study in music, including:

PATHWAYS @ JMC:

• Year 7 & 8 Music

• Year 9 Music

• Year 10 Music

• NCEA: Year 11 Music

• NCEA: Year 12 Music

• NCEA: Year 13 Music

• IBDP: Year 12/13 Music