Entry Recommendations: Practical and theoretical experience in music is required.  Selected students may do some performance components of this course in Year 10.

Course Outline: This course focuses on student’s creativity in the musical context. Students are given the flexibility to explore difference musical genres of their choice and are given the opportunity to work both collaboratively and individually. There are a wide range of components covered with an emphasis on performance and music technology.

Skills developed in the course:

• Performance music
• Composition
• Demonstration of music by listening, identifying, describing and classifying
• Music Technology

Costs: Individual instrumental lessons.

This course leads to: NCEA Level 2 Music or IB Music.

Assessment: Components of this course will be selected from the following standards to suit individual learning needs.