Band 9

I'm thrilled and enormously privileged to be teaching this class as a singular grade 9 band formthe 2025-26 year. Due to a recent shift from a split-class model, much of the specific curriculum and outcomes for this course reflect the previous grade 9/10 band, so information has temporarily been removed. But don't worry, updates are happening, and the core information is similar to that found on the Band 8 and Band10-12 pages of this site. Compare the two, and this course will fit neatly between them.

Band 9 Curriculum will be co-developed:

We know from experience that a group effort far outweighs the sum of the group member's individual contributions. This experience has gravity for those who recognize its truth, and as a result this course - its contents, literature, outcomes and assessment - will be co-developed between both educator and learners, following the model developed by Canadian educational scholars (and grand-master teachers) Dale Lonis and Ardith Haley. This student-centred approach is a partial departure from the typical prescribed 'top-down' curriculum we have implemented in the past. Learners in this class are truly the core of this music program, and we want them to take a meaningful role in its development and direction.