Level 3 Music

Music is a university-approved course which offers credits for UE literacy. Students continue can with solo and group performance, but can also make decisions of the make-up of their course and can choose standards that suit their strengths and future career paths (performance music, music studies, music technology). There is a focus on participation in extra-curricular activities and performing in the community. 

AIM:
To foster musical achievement through the analysis, description, transcription, creation, and performance of music, providing students with a balanced and fulfilling course that will prepare them for tertiary studies and a life-long love of music.

OBJECTIVES:
The outcome of this course will be dependent on the standards the student selects. Outcomes could include:
•analyse and describe set works using specific musical terminology
•perform and interpret contrasting pieces of music using appropriate presentation skills
•compose a portfolio of sophisticated pieces of music
•create arrangements from a piano score or fake book
•describe and transcribe more complex rhythms, melodies and chord progressions
•identify, describe and analyse musical scores in depth