Music

“Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.”

Robert G. Ingersoll

 

In Music students will:

* Work individually and collaboratively to explore, develop and refine performance skills.

* Create original musical ideas to develop and refine within a number of compositions.

* Investigate a range of musical styles and genres in relationship to past and present contexts.

* Develop and understanding of technology within Music, in both recording and live performance situations.

* Understand the methods of musical communication in both aural and score reading settings.

* Reflect and enrich the cultural life of their school, whaanau, and communities, through involvement and performances.