Level 3 Music (3MUS)
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs J. Woller.
This course has a focus on music analysis (with an external examination), arranging, composition and research. Performance is offered but not compulsory. This course is beneficial for proficient note-readers. Each student chooses a programme of study equalling approximately 20 credits from a menu that best suits their interests and needs.
Preferred Prior Learning
This is not a beginner course. Students entering Music at Level 3 for the first time must have been learning an instrument or singing through private lessons or itinerant lessons for at least four years.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
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Making Music 3.1 - Perform two programmes of music as a featured soloist
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Making Music 3.2 - Perform a programme of music as a featured soloist on a second instrument
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Making Music 3.3 - Demonstrate ensemble skills by performing two substantial pieces of music as a member of a group
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Making Music 3.4 - Communicate musical intention by composing three original pieces of music
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Music Studies 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of harmonic and tonal conventions in a range of music scores
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Music Studies 3.7 - Analyse a substantial music work
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Music Studies 3.8 - Examine the influence of context on a substantial music work
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Music Studies 3.9 - Create two arrangements for an ensemble
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Music Studies 3.10 - Research a music topic
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Making Music 3.11 - Compose three original songs that express imaginative thinking
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SCHL - Music
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 54
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.