Year 12 OP Assessment Booklet 2019

YEAR 12 MUSIC EXTENSION (OP)

COURSE OUTLINE The Music Extension syllabus builds on the ‘experience of music’ framework of the Senior Music syllabus (2004). In conjunction with the learning undertaken in the parent subject through the three general objectives of Musicology, Composition and Performance, students in this subject extend their learning through one of these three specialisations. The three specialisations relate conceptually to the general objectives of the senior Music (2004) syllabus. In the Music Extension syllabus, learning experiences and assessment are organised within each specialisation by the common general objectives of investigating and realising. Although each student selects only one of the three specialisations, the global aims, general objectives, criteria and standards unify the course of study of all students across the range of specialisations. Students of Music Extension develop and apply audiation as they undertake study in one of the three specialisations. Assumed knowledge and prior experience: Students may study one or two semesters of an extension subject if they also study four semester units of the parent subject or the equivalent. ‘Equivalent’ refers to compatible interstate or overseas school music syllabuses or qualifications. THE THREE SPECIALISATIONS: COMPOSITION In the Music Extension syllabus, students choosing the Composition specialisation create, in score or sound recorded format, expressions of their own voice through original treatment of musical elements. Students may explore, follow or break composing conventions. Within the syllabus, all contexts, genres and styles are of equal importance and validity for study in the Composition specialisation. Compositions may take the form of absolute music or relate to extra-musical ideas, such as film music, music for advertising, incidental music, multimedia works. They may be for solo instrument/voice, ensemble, non-Western groupings or instruments, and be generated by electronic means and contemporary technologies. They may be vocal or instrumental, solo or ensembles, notated or recorded, or include combinations of these. MUSICOLOGY Musicology is the systematic and scholarly study of music as a branch of knowledge or field of research which is distinct from composition or performance. The specialisation Musicology develops from analysing repertoire, but moves students beyond this to explore to greater depth the complex relationships between deconstructed music and the concepts of context, genre, style, influences, impact and socio-cultural perspectives. The range of field within Musicology includes: • Historical musicology, which includes the origins and development of particular styles, the influences on and impact from historical events, the reflection of society on the music of its time, the relationship between the invention and refinement of instruments and evolution of compositional styles and techniques. • Ethnomusicology, which is study of music in its cultural context. • Philosophy of music , which considers the basic question ‘What is Music?’ and can include attempts to explore non-mainstream compositions and techniques. • Psychology of music , which considers the impact of music on the human psyche and includes such areas as music and advertising, music for mass manipulation, music for propaganda, and music therapy. • Acoustics, which is the science of sound, its production, propagation, and effects. In its truest sense, acoustics is anything pertaining to sound and the sense of hearing. PERFORMANCE In the Music Extension syllabus, students choosing the Performance specialisation select repertoire and create an expressive performance that engages with an audience, in the style or genre that allow them to best display their emerging skills as a performer. In the Performance specialisation, students must elect to perform on one instrument, to sing or conduct. Students may perform as soloists, as members of an ensemble, as an accompanist or as a conductor. (continued over …)

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