Music - Year 7

Overview

Music is taught to all students for a one hour session per week. A vast variety of topics are experienced keeping the interests of many a keen student, equipping them with reasoned personal judgements, developing considered personal opinions and encouraging sensitivity of expression.

Extra Curricula

Instrumental lessons are currently offered on flute, saxophone, clarinet, keyboard, drums, trumpet, and guitar.

Curriculum Content

Students will experience a vast variety of lessons with rhythm as the main focus from graphic scores to traditional notation, from personal performance to group compositions. An awareness of keyboards is experienced making sure that all students are familiar with the notes of a keyboard using individual, group performance and solo improvisation. The main stream historical styles and their compositional quirks are taught using both cross curricula and performing ideas taken from the most popular pieces from each period. Traditional instrumental awareness is taught using IT and a personal hands-on approach. Our dedicated music IT suite is used to encourage students to make arrangements of pre-recorded midi clips and also to teach and test other topics covered.

Homework is not set in Key Stage 3 for music although some lessons will inspire students to continue and experiment with some exercises at home.