2018 - Year10 Assessment Book

IB MYP YEAR 10 – THE PERFORMING ARTS: MUSIC

SEMESTER STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

CONCEPTS

GLOBAL CONTEXT

CONTENT

ASSESSMENT

While the structure of communication may be preordained, the message or expression may differ each time.

Personal and Cultural Expression

Communication Structure

Unit 1: Why are the Blues so sad?

Performance/Reflection (Criteria B and D) Due : Week Beginnings 05.03.18/12.03.18 Composition/Reflection (Criteria B, C and D) Due: Weeks Beginning 30.04.18/07.05.18

The creation of jazz by the African- Americans is one of the most important musical achievements of the twentieth century. Its influence can be heard in all kinds of modern music, popular as well as classical. Jazz is a difficult word to define, as there are a great number of different jazz styles. However, basic to all these styles is rhythmic vitality or, as some call it, ‘swing’. In this unit we investigate the development of jazz from its beginnings to the present day, noting the basic jazz characteristics such as typical timbres and performance techniques in the musical examples studied. In this unit, varied examples of instrumental music from the six main musical periods – medieval, renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic and twentieth century are explored. Our exploration focuses on the use of different types and combinations of instruments, important instrumental forms, and the use of musical elements characteristic of the particular periods. Unit 2: Everything old can be new again

Oral Presentation (Criterion A) Due: Week Beginning 14.05.18 Arts Process Journal (Criteria C and D) Due: Week Beginning 21.05.18

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Change and form are not reliant on our place in space and time.

Orientation in Space and Time

Change Form

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