Music is studied on a carousel with art and drama in year 7 and as a single lesson each week in years 8 and 9. We have a hardworking GCSE cohort who put on a series of concerts throughout the year and study three hours a week split into a double practical and single listening and appreciation lesson.

 

Students study a wide range of topics and cultures and within each of these topics the elements of Performance, Composition and Analysis.

 

In Year 7 students study two topics, “Latin American and “Chinese Music

 

Students study Latin America, specifically Carnival, Salsa and Samba.

 

During the 6 week unit students will:

·        Introduce the idea of composition using graphic notation and basic musical principles and vocabulary

·        Perform a percussion Samba using composition techniques and introducing new musical vocabulary

·        Perform a Salsa piece on Keyboards using performance techniques and introducing traditional notation

·        Look at Carnival as a cultural festival and analyse the style and genre

 

·        To progress further, students can research the carnivals in Notting Hill and Rio de Janiero and look at the cultural differences

 

Students look at Chinese New Year, the Liverpool community and opportunities locally and how the Culture and traditions of another community have impacted on our own cultures.

 

During the 6 week unit students will:

·        Improve their dexterity by using chopsticks

·        Listen to a range of music from another culture and identify themes present in their own music and culture

·        Perform and compose drumming patterns using traditional musical structures

·        Look at the additional elements of performance, including audience, colour, costume and context (linking back to the carnival work)

·        Learn how to control fingering for keyboard practice and performance

 

·        To progress further students can visit the Chinese part of town and look at the architecture and cultural iconography there. They can research Chinese culture, trying out new foods, trying to do some Chinese writing, designing a dragon or a kite

 

 

Year 8 have one lesson of music a week and study 6 topics over the year. 

 

 

 

Students learn about the technical aspects of sound production, starting with building pre-historic instruments looking at aboriginal and medieval instruments right up to the modern electric guitar.

 

During the 6 week unit students will:

·        Design and build their own instruments from the woodwind, percussion and string family

·        Look at the science of sound production, linking with science in covering frequency, wave forms and amplification

·        Experience a huge range of instruments, including ancient, global and modern. Having chance to play and have time to explore all the instruments that the school offers peripatetic lessons in.

·        Analysing the sound production and quality of notes from different instruments, and creating a catalogue of instruments for future compositions

 

·        To progress further, students can research unusual and invented instruments, or further look at a particular instrument they may be interested in pursuing with peripatetic lessons.

 

 

Students cover a brief history of western classical music by following a historical journey through medieval, renaissance, baroque, classical and romantic music. Each lesson will follow on from the previous era and include an analysis of pieces, a brief look at the context and history, followed by performance of a famous piece on keyboards from the era. The pieces will progress in complexity and build on the keyboard skills from the previous lesson.

If students miss a lesson, they can catch up by listening to music from the era they have missed and completing one of the on-line worksheets available at www.cultureandcreativity.co.uk

To progress further students can spend some time researching further an era of piece of music they are particularly interested in, learning the correct names for classical pieces they recognise, listening to Classic FM radio or completing a biography on a famous composer.

Students study the music of India, covering traditional raga, bhangra, Bollywood and fusion styles.

 

During the 6 week course students will:

 

 

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