VCE Units 1 & 2 - Music
VCE Units 1 & 2 - Music
Overview
This study is designed to allow students to deepen their understanding of musical language through performance and analysis. Students develop and demonstrate language, skills and knowledge to better understand how music is organised and used to influence audiences.
Unit 1 – Organisation of Music
This unit develops understanding of how music is organised through performing, creating, analysing and responding to music. They prepare solo/group works and develop their technical skill, whilst develop their capacity to understand musical notation conventions.
Areas of Study
- Performing – Students focus on practical music-making and performance skills by preparing solo and ensemble works. They look at how to develop technical and rehearsal skills.
- Creating – Students create a folio of brief musical responses. They develop skills to record and preserve musical ideas and identifying and using musical elements and compositional devices.
- Analysing and Responding – Students develop their understanding of the elements of music, concepts, and compositional devices. They develop aural skills and documenting music language.
Unit 2 – Effect in music
Students study how music is used to have an intended effect on an audience. They do so through performance, analysis and responding to various works. Students prepare solo/group works for performance with the intention to communicate clear musical ideas to an audience.
Areas of Study
- Performing – Students focus on practical music-making and performance to create an intended effect on audiences.
- Creating – Students create a folio of brief musical responses. They develop skills to record and preserve musical ideas and identifying and using musical elements and compositional devices.
- Analysing and Responding – Students develop their understanding of the elements of music, concepts, and compositional devices. They develop aural skills and documenting music language.
Forms of Assessment
- Solo/group performances
- Creative folio
- Analysis test
Prerequisites and Corequisites
It is encouraged that students studying Unit 1 and 2 Music take instrumental lessons.