Stage 6: Music 2 and Music Extension

Music 2
Stage 6
Music 2
Rationale
The purpose of Music 2 is to provide students with the opportunity to build on the knowledge, skills,
understanding and attitudes gained in Music in Years 7 to 10, and to encourage the desire to continue learning
in formal and informal music settings after school. The course provides students with opportunities to extend
their musical knowledge with a focus on Western art music and it will serve as a pathway for further formal
study in tertiary institutions or in fields that require musical knowledge.
The curriculum structure is adaptable enough to meet the needs and abilities of students with a range of
interests, extending from the broadly based to the desire to pursue and develop more specialised knowledge
and skills. Most students will enter the course from the Stage 5 course. 1
Aims
The aim of Music 2 is to provide students with the opportunity to build on their musical knowledge and
skills, and to emerge as musically sensitive and critical individuals with the capacity and desire for
music to play a significant and continually developing role in their lives.
Objectives
Students will gain understanding of the musical concepts through the integration of experiences in
performance, composition, musicology and aural.
The objectives of Music 2 Stage 6 are:

to continue to develop musical knowledge and skills, an understanding of music in social, cultural
and historical contexts, and music as an art form through performance, composition, musicology and
aural activities

to develop the ability to synthesis ideas and evaluate music critically

to develop an awareness and understanding of the impact of technology on music

to develop personal values about music.

Outcomes

Preliminary Outcomes
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
1

confidently performs repertoire, that reflects the mandatory and additional topics, both as a
soloist and as a member of an ensemble
demonstrates an understanding of the concepts of music, by interpreting, analysing, discussing,
creating and notating a variety of musical symbols characteristically used in the mandatory and
additional topics
composes, improvises and analyses melodies and accompaniments for familiar sound sources in
solo and/or small ensembles
creates, improvises and notates music which is representative of the mandatory and additional
topics and demonstrates different social, cultural and historical contexts
analyses and discusses compositional processes with stylistic, historical, cultural and musical

Music 2 Board of Studies Syllabus

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P8

considerations
discusses and evaluates music, making constructive suggestions about performances and
compositions
observes and discusses in detail the concepts of music in works representative of the mandatory
and additional topics
understands the capabilities of performing media, explores and uses current technologies

P9

identifies, recognises, experiments with, and discusses the use of technology in music

P10

performs as a means of self expression and communication

P11

demonstrates a willingness to participate in performance, composition, musicology and aural

activities

P6
P7

HSC Outcomes
H1
H2
H3
H4
H5
H6
H7
H8
H9

performs repertoire that reflects the mandatory and additional topics and addresses the stylistic
and technical demands of the music as a soloist and as a member of an ensemble
demonstrates an understanding of the relationships between combinations of the concepts of
music, by interpreting, notating, analysing, discussing, composing and evaluating combinations
of musical symbols reflecting those characteristically used in the mandatory and additional topics
composes works focusing on a range of concepts, for familiar and unfamiliar sound sources, solo,
small and large ensembles, or using a variety of musical structures
stylistically creates, improvises, arranges and notates music which is representative of the
mandatory and additional topics, and demonstrates this in different social, cultural and historical
contexts
analyses, discusses, evaluates and clearly articulates compositional processes with stylistic,
historical, cultural, social and musical considerations
discusses, constructively criticises and evaluates performances and compositions of others and
self with particular reference to stylistic features of the context
critically evaluates and discusses in detail the concepts of music in works representative of the
mandatory and additional topics
understands the capabilities of performing media, incorporates technologies into compositions
and performances as appropriate to the contexts studied
identifies, recognises, experiments with, and discusses the uses and effects of technology in
music

Assessment Overview
Assessment strategies, outlines and tasks are attached and are based on the key areas of Performance,
Composition, Musicology and Aural. Students are notified in writing as to the nature of the tasks, and
progressive reports are sent to parents. Wherever possible, positive and affirming feed-back is given to the
students in both written and verbal form. This is part of out strategy in attempting to develop the whole child
whilst focusing on the pursuit of excellence in Music.
Assessment and compulsory non-assessment task guidelines
Compulsory tasks are set in the areas of Musicology, Composition and Performance each term. The HSC
assessment period commences in Term 4 of Year 11. All tasks are to be submitted on time or penalties as
stated in the College documentation will apply. Any plagiarised work will score a result of zero. Penalties
will apply to performance and composition pieces that do not comply to the time limits as stipulated by the
Board of Studies.

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Music 2
Yr 11 Preliminary Course Assessment Tasks
Term 1
Musicology essay and/or presentation

15%

12.5% Composition

12.5% Process Diary

25%

35 % (Musicology 10% and Aural 25%)

Term 2
Composition and process diary (Core)
Term 3
Performance and essay
End of Preliminary Course written exam

Music 2 HSC Assessment Task Weighting

TERM 4
Musicology Core

10% Core

TERM 1
Aural Exam

10% Core

TERM 2
Composition Process Diary
Performance Core
Performance Elective tasks

20% Core
10% Core
10% each elective

TERM 3
Trials Performance Core
Trials Performance Elective
Assessment
Musicology or Composition
Elective (Portfolio only marked)
Trials Written (Aural and
Musicology)

10% Core
10% Elective
20% elective
20% Core (10% each)

Summary of HSC Assessment Weighting

Music 2
Core
Aural Skills
Musicology
Performance
Composition
Core Total
Elective
Choose 1 elective from Performance,
Composition or Musicology

20%
20%
20%
20%
80%
20%

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Resources
There are resource folders developed by staff for each unit of work. These folders are organised so that all
hand-outs, assignments and resources can be easily accessed by any new music teacher for any unit of work in
Year 11 and 12. These folders are kept in the staff room and the material is updated each term following topic
evaluations by staff and students. A detailed resource list is attached for each unit of work.
Music recordings, CDs, videos and DVDs are kept in the Music Staff Room and with the Admin. Assistant.
Other resources like ensemble and class music, reference books, scores, etc are kept in the Music Library. All
Music Centre resources are catalogued on a music database and these resources are available to staff and
senior students. All library loans are made through the Admin. Assistant.

Extension/Enrichment and ICT

See the Music Department Policy on Gifted and Talented students and the policy on the Use of Technology
attached.
ICT is integrated into the Music course to provide opportunities for students to access computer-based
technologies reflecting everyday practice which will assist in the achievement of outcomes. The Music
Centre has a 26-computer Music Laboratory, a DJ turn-table, 2x PA systems, lighting equipment, recording
facilities and amplifiers. Students utilise software and the items of technology mentioned in the areas of
composition, aural training, understanding theory, performance and in gaining experience in all aspects of
music and concert production.
Students are taught to use Cubase and Sibelius software.

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Course Overview

Music 2:
CONTENT STRAND

TIME ALLOCATION

Music 2 Preliminary Course

Medieval & Renaissance Music (Additional Topic)
Baroque Music (Mandatory Topic)
Classical Period (18th Century) (Mandatory Topic)
Music of a Culture (Additional Topic)
19th Century Music (Mandatory Topic)

Term 1
Term 1
Term 2
Term 2
Term 3

Music 2 HSC Course

Music of the Last 25 years (Australian Focus) (Mandatory Topic)
Music 1945 to 25 years ago (Additional Topic)
Music of the last 25 years (world focus)
Western Tonal Tradition overview

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Term 1
Term 2
Term 3

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Music 2
Significant Works
1. Preliminary Course Mandatory Topic (Music 1600 -1900)
(Minimum: 5 works)
(a)

(b)

(c)

Baroque Period
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D Major 1st Movement

- Bach

Messiah (Hallelujah Chorus)

- Handel

Classical Period
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1st Movement)

- Mozart

Symphony No 5 in C Minor (1st Movement)

- Beethoven

Nineteenth Century Music

Nocturne in Eb Major Op 9 No 2

- Chopin

Symphony Fantastique Op 14 - 4th Movement

- Berlioz

Additional Topics:
a)

b)

c)

Medieval Music
Alleluia Nativitas

- Perotin

Je suis Aussi (I Too Am; Mid-14th Century)

- Machaut

Renaissance Music
Ava Maria Virgo Serena

- Josquin Desprez

Ricercar in the 12th Mode (16th Century)

- Gabrieli

Music of a Culture (Integrated Project Topic Area)

Song From Angola
Maru-Bihag

- Ravi Shankar

Un Poco Loco

- Tito Puente

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2.

HSC Course Significant works

Mandatory Topic (Music of the last 25 years - Australian Focus)

Minimum of 5 works and include both categories below:
a)

b)

Art Music
Re-inventions No 1

- Elena Kats-Chernin

Wooden Ships (Antactica)

- Nigel Westlake

Ecstatic Dance

- Ross Edwards

Fabian Theory

- Nigel Westlake

Moving Air

- Nigel Westlake

Port Essington

- Peter Sculthorpe

Grasstree Hill

- Ann Carr-Boyd

Powerhouse

- Graeme Koehne

Piece For Marimba and Tape

- Martin Wesley-Smith

Jazz
Masterplan

- James Morrison

Miles

- Atmasphere

For All That You Did

- Dev Gopalasamy

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Additional Topic (Music 1945 to 25 years ago)

1.

Threnody: To the Victims of Hiroshima (1960)

- Kizysztof Penderecki

2.

Poeme Electronique (Electronic Poem) (1958)

- Edgar Varese

3.

Composition for Synthesizer (1960-1961)

- Professor Milton Babbitt

4.

Donna Lee (1947)

Miles Davis (as performed by

Charlie Parker)

5.

Tonight from West Side Story (1957)

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- Leonard Bernstein

Music Extension
Rationale
Students with an extended history of formal music involvement frequently reach a high level of musical
sophistication and a desire to specialise in their senior school years. The purpose of the Extension course is to
expand studies undertaken in Music 2 and is designed to focus the continuing development and refinement of
students advanced music knowledge and skills towards independent musicianship.
The Extension course offers a high degree of specialisation in Performance, Composition or Musicology in
which each student follows an individual program of study. It provides an opportunity for musically and
academically talented students to undertake a rigorous music study commensurate with their academic and
musical sophistication.2
Aim
The Aim for Music Extension is to provide challenging and rigorous opportunities for the musically and
academically talented students to assist them in the realisation of their potential as performers, composers or
musicologists.
Objectives
Students will specialise further in ONE of the learning experiences of performance, composition or
musicology. Students have the opportunity to pursue excellence in a particular area of interest and expertise
in the contexts of their choosing.
The objectives of the Music Extension course are:
To refine knowledge and skills associated with performance, composition or musicology
To expand critical aural knowledge and skills.
Assessment Requirements
Music Extension Course A single mark out of 50
Two assessment tasks will be set during the course and weighted equally.
Component
Performance Extension Two assessment tasks*
OR
Composition Extension Two assessment tasks
OR
Musicology Extension Two assessment tasks
Marks

Weighting
25 + 25
25 + 25
25 + 25
50

* In addition to performance, internal school assessment will also be based on

Concert Practice
Critical appraisal of own performances using videotape in order to reflect on preparedness, technical
skills, interpretation and interpretive decisions.
Viva voce on interpretation of two works in program
Research paper presented as part of the development of the performance.

Music 2 Board of Studies Syllabus

Course Structure
Students will develop and expand aural awareness and understanding through specialisation in Performance
OR Composition OR Musicology. Each student will follow an individual program of study that will be
negotiated between the teacher and student.

Extension Course Assessment Structure

TERM 2
Choose 1 only:
Musicology Elective

1st Assessment 25 marks

(Musicology Portfolio)

Composition Elective

1st Assessment 25 marks

(Composition Portfolio)

Performance Elective

1st Assessment: 25 marks

(Performance plus performance
essay on 1 piece)

TERM 3
Musicology Elective

Final Assessment 25 marks

Musicology Portfolio

Composition Elective

Final Assessment 25 marks

(Composition Portfolio)

Performance Elective

Final Assessment 25 marks

(Performance plus performance
essay on a second piece)

YEAR 11 PRELIMINARY COURSE :

Music 2

Topics: Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Music; 18th Century Music; Music of a Culture; 19th Century Music;
TASK
NO.

DATE

TOPIC

OUTCOMES

NATURE OF
TASK

COMPONENTS
Performance

T1
Wk 8

Medieval,
Renaissance and
Baroque Music

P2, P5, P6,

P7,

Musicology
Essay

T2
Wk 7

P2, P3, P4,

P5, P6

Composition
and
Process Diary

P1, P2, P6, P7

T3
Wk 8

18th Century
Music;
Music of a
Culture
19th Century
Music

Performance
and
Performance
Essay

T3
Wk 10

Aural and
Musicology

P2, P4, P5,

P6, P7

Composition

WEIGHT
Musicology

Aural

15

15%

25

25 %

25

25%

10

25

35%

25

25

100%

Written Exam

SYLLABUS
WEIGHT:

25

25

Music 2

HSC Course

Topics: Music of the Last 25 Years (Australian Focus); Music 1945 to 25 Years ago; Music of the Last 25 Years (World Focus);
COMPONENT
TASK

DATE

OUTCOMES

NATURE OF TASK
Performance

Composition

Musicology
& Aural

Elective

Task Weight
(Electives are
in brackets)

Term 4
Week 7

H: 2, 5, 7

Musicology Task

10
Musicology

10

Term 1
Week 9

H: 2, 5, 6, 7.

Aural (Semester
Examination)

10
Aural

10

Term 2
Week 7

H: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9.

Core and Elective

Performance tasks
(performance and essays)

Term 2
Week 9

H: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,
9

Core Composition
Portfolio

Term 3
Week 3

H: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8

Core and Elective

Performance

Term 3 Wk
3

H: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,
H9 OR
H: 2, 5, 7

Elective Composition
Porfolio OR Elective
Musicology Portfolio

Term 3
Week 5

H: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9.

Trials written
Examination
Syllabus Weight:

10

(10)

20

20

10

(10)

10 (10)

(20)

(20)

20

20

20

10 (10)

40

20

20

100

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HSC Course

COMPONENT
TASK

DATE

OUTCOMES

Term 2
Week 3

N/A

Term 3
Week 3

N/A

NATURE OF
TASK

Performance with
Performance
essay
OR Composition
Portfolio OR
Musicology
Portfolio
Performance with
written critique of
own performance
OR Composition
Portfolio
OR Musicology
Portfolio

Syllabus Weight:

Performance Elective
OR Composition
Elective OR
Musicology Elective

Performance
Elective
OR Composition
Elective OR
Musicology Elective

25

25

25

Task Weight

25

25

25

50