MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP

Scholarship Music offers an extra level of challege for our senior musicians. Students wishing to attempt scholarship should be ready to develop their craft and be reflective musicians. They should also be open to being critiqued and seek feedback regularly. 

Scholarship Music also offers the opportunities for musicians to specialise in particular area of music making and study - performance, composition, or musicology. 

For Scholarship Music you will submit a portfolio of work, including a critical reflective analysis.

The portfolio must contain evidence of the your work as either a performer, a composer, or a musicologist. A portfolio is an organised collection of evidence that clearly communicates the your knowledge, understanding, and skills relevant to the Scholarship Music Performance Standard in your chosen discipline.

The majority of students usually end up submitting a portfolio as a Performer or Composer. 

These include up to 15mins of either Performance or Compositions. 

The Critical Reflective Analysis is up to 3000 words and is submitted along with the portfolio. 

Scholarship Music runs as drop in sessions on Friday lunchtimes. At these session students are encouraged to dicuss the development of these portfolios and discuss their work. Closer to the due date, editing of critical reflective analysis with happen and finalising portfolio. 

For Scholarship Performance, students will perform at a specific performance evening in Term 3. 

Further information about Scholarship Music can be found here: WC Senior Music Website

Scholarship Music requires significant extra work on top of regular music course work. Students may use their performance pieces and compositions from their courses, but will likely want to workshop these further and develop thir reflective analyses in their own time. 

Teacher guidance requires students to bring their ideas, work, and seek feedback regularly. 

Generally those that are successful in Scholarship Music manage their time week, are reflective on their practice, and open to a range of approaches to their music making. They also seek feedback and regularly work on their portfolios, rather than leaving to the last minute. 

You do not need to be taking Music as a course.