Palmerston North Girls’ High School
Year 9 Music Advanced
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms D. Joe.
- Performance - as students that have been learning an instrument/voice lessons for at least two years, they will develop their skills on their chosen performance instrument/voice, in a range of styles and contexts.
- Composition - create original music
- Music literacy - theory and aural
- Music knowledge across a range of music styles.
You will work both individually and collaboratively to develop your music knowledge, performance confidence and musical risk taking.
Students enrolled in the music class are given early access for free itinerant music lessons (with some instruments available for hire).
Please check your emails in late January to sign up for lessons if you have selected Music as an option. Vacancies fill up fast!
Where does it lead? Skills and knowledge gained in Year 9 Advanced Music are the basis for the Level 1 Music course.
What should I have already done?
This course is open to students who have formally learnt an instrument/voice privately or at Saturday Music for at least two years. Students should be able to read music fluently and must be learning their performance instrument in 2025.
Course Contribution
Instrument hire (if applicable) $150 a year
Pathway
Pathway Tags
Sound Technician, Entertainer, Musician, Private Teacher/Tutor,
Disclaimer
Courses will only run based on minimum entries
Selecting a course does not guarantee entry into this course
You may apply for an exemption if you do not meet the prerequisite of a course or if the course requires this for entry
Standards offered can be altered at the discretion of the HOD of the Department
Some standards in NCEA courses might be optional depending on student strengths
Course contribution may vary slightly by the start of 2025
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