Stage 2 Music Performance Ensemble
Length of Course
Level
Learning Area
Core or Specialist
Pre-requisites
Stage 1 Music or please see subject description below
Subject Description
Students develop and extend their practical music-making skills through performing works in an ensemble. They apply their musical understanding, skills, and techniques in refining and performing music.
Students analyse their repertoire, and critique strategies to rehearse and develop their performances, and contribute and collaborate as effective members of an ensemble.
They apply their knowledge and understanding of the style, structure, and conventions appropriate to the repertoire, in developing and refining their musical performances, developing their musical imagination, and in communicating their own ideas and appreciation of music.
It is recommended that students have at least three years of experience on their chosen instrument/voice. They will need to be a member of a suitable ensemble.
This 10 Credit subject is spread over the full year.
By the end of the course, students will have developed their performance skills on their instrument/voice and developed ensemble skills.
Students provide evidence of their learning through four assessments, including the external assessment:
- Performance
- Performance & Discussion
- Performance Portfolio
- Education such as, a music teacher or tutor
- Musical Artists including musicians, DJs and singers
- Music Director and Composer
- Sound Engineer Technician which may involve working in live sound, recording studios, or broadcast media
- Agents and Business Managers of artists, performers and athletes
- Music Therapist, using music to support health and wellbeing
- Arts Administrator or Event Manager, organising concerts, festivals, and community programs
- Music Executive
- Music Engraver
- Poet, Lyricist and Creative Writers
- Musical Instrument Repairer and Tuner
- Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys
- Music Licensing and Publishing Specialist involves managing the rights and use of music in media and advertising
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