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Music 2 (2 unit)
Category A: Music
Course Description
Preliminary Course [Board Developed Course] 2 units
HSC Course [Board Developed Course] 2 units
Prerequisites: Music Additional Study course (or equivalent)
Exclusions: Music 1
In the Preliminary and HSC courses, students will study music through learning experiences in performance, composition, music theory, history and aural within the context of a range of styles, periods and genres.
In addition to core studies in performance, composition, music theory, history and aural, students nominate one elective study in Performance, Composition or Musicology. Students selecting Composition or Musicology electives will be required to compile a portfolio of work as part of the process of preparing a submitted work. The portfolio may be requested by the Board of Studies to validate authorship of the submitted work. All students will be required to develop a composition portfolio for the core composition.
Only Music 2 students may be eligible to take Music Extension in Year 12.
Main Topics Covered
| PRELIMINARY COURSE (Y11) | HSC COURSE (Y12) |
In each course, students study one mandatory topic covering a range of content and one additional topic. Mandatory Topic:
Additional Topic:
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Mandatory Topic:
Additional Topic:
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Assessment – HSC Course Only
| EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT | WEIGHTING | INTERNAL ASSESSMENT | WEIGHTING |
| Core Performance (one piece reflecting the mandatory topic) |
15 |
Performance |
20 |
| Sight singing |
5 |
Composition |
20 |
| Core composition (reflecting mandatory topic) |
15 |
Musicology |
20 |
| A 1.5 hour written examination paper: Musicology / aural skills |
35 |
Aural |
20 |
| One Elective – reflecting:
Additional Topic
|
30 |
Electives, in either:
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20 |
| 100 | 100 |
