Music Curriculum Intent
In music, students explore a diverse range of musical styles, from traditional western classical music to contemporary electronic dance music. We build cultural capital in lessons by allowing all students to perform, listen to, review, and evaluate pieces across a diverse range of historical periods, genres, styles, and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians from different backgrounds and traditions. Additionally, we build an appreciation of music by allowing students to learn a musical instrument, participate in music clubs, and perform in school productions and events. Students develop the musical skills of music theory, listening, composing, performing, and reflecting. They understand and explore how music is created, produced, and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure, and appropriate musical notations. Students will have the opportunity to sing and explore a range of musical instruments and music technology during whole class, individual and group practical activities.
Encourage students to listen to and explore music from a diverse range of historic periods, genres, styles and traditions
Enable students to practise, perform and compose music using a variety of instruments and technology
Develop students’ confidence in exploring their voices
Enrich students’ experience of music by embedding cultural capital into the music curriculum
Narrow the literacy and language gap to enable all students to achieve their full potential in music
Why Study Music?
Music is like food for the brain! It uniquely uses both sides of the brain, developing creativity and imagination as well as logic and critical thinking. As well as academic development, it also aids emotional and spiritual well being.
Music is creative, mathematical and engaging. Our students learn to play, sing and perform as well as write their own music and reflect upon other peoples’ music.
