NCEA Level 1 Music

Aims

Students learn how to work individually and collaboratively and to explore ways of creating, interpreting and representing ideas within music. Students have opportunities to further their own creative potential as they sing, play instruments, read symbols and notations, record and analyse and appreciate music. As students learn to communicate musically with increasing sophistication, they lay a foundation for lifelong enjoyment of and participation in music.

Course Content

  • Performance

  • Composition / Song-writing

  • Musical knowledge

  • Music technology

Assessment

There are a variety of assessment tasks and school examinations. Externally assessed topics are examined nationally at the end of the year.

Qualification gained

NCEA Music Level 1 - full course completion a maximum of 24 credits. This can be made up from a range of the achievement standards available. A minimum full time course is 18 credits.

This subject has links with

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Prior knowledge required

Can already play or is learning to play a musical instrument

Next Step

NCEA Music Level 2