13MUS

Music (Y13)

Subject Description

Teacher in Charge: Kathy Roy, Justin Pearce.

Students will explore music in depth by communicating and creating through performance and composition. They will have the opportunity to earn credits from choosing across a wide range of standards. In Year 13 music, students have the ability to specialise or keep their approach broad, or both. This course will lead to a variety of pathways including commercial music, performance and composition study, teaching, music therapy, and beyond!

Recommended Prior Learning

Having taken Year 11 and/or 12 Music is beneficial, as is having an instrument. But we can work with anyone to help them catch up.

Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

Laptop and instrument (or use instruments from the department).

Description Type Value
Course materials Contribution $20.00
$20.00

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is eligible for subject endorsement.

This course is approved for University Entrance.

Total Credits Available: 58
Internal Assessed Credits: 46
External Assessed Credits: 12
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91416 v2
NZQA Info

Making Music 3.1 - Perform two programmes of music as a featured soloist


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 8
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91417 v2
NZQA Info

Making Music 3.2 - Perform a programme of music as a featured soloist on a second instrument


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91418 v2
NZQA Info

Making Music 3.3 - Demonstrate ensemble skills by performing two substantial pieces of music as a member of a group


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91419 v2
NZQA Info

Making Music 3.4 - Communicate musical intention by composing three original pieces of music


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 8
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91420 v2
NZQA Info

Making Music 3.5 - Integrate aural skills into written representation


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91421 v3
NZQA Info

Music Studies 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of harmonic and tonal conventions in a range of music scores


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91422 v2
NZQA Info

Music Studies 3.7 - Analyse a substantial music work


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91423 v2
NZQA Info

Music Studies 3.8 - Examine the influence of context on a substantial music work


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r,4w *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91424 v2
NZQA Info

Music Studies 3.9 - Create two arrangements for an ensemble


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91425 v2
NZQA Info

Music Studies 3.10 - Research a music topic


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 6r *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91849 v1
NZQA Info

Making Music 3.11 - Compose three original songs that express imaginative thinking


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 8
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 58
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 10
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 58

Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.