Music

Junior Grades

Learning Expectations

• Develop students’ practical skills including singing and playing instruments with technical accuracy and expressions.
• Develop musical ideas and acquire creating skills to cultivate creativity and imagination.
• Cultivate critical responses to music and nurture aesthetic sensitivity and awareness.
• Cultivate a lifelong interest in music and develop positive values and attitudes towards music.
• Build a foundation for NSS studies in music and prepare students for the pursuit of further studies in music and related areas.

Curriculum Design

• Sing accurately and musically in unison and in parts.
• Sing in third languages such as French, German and Spanish.
• Instrumental skills are highly encouraged.
• Write simple melodies with accompaniment for specific instruments. 
• Make use of notation software to create music.
• Describe and analyse music in chosen styles and genres.
• Develop a list of criteria to appraise compositions and performances.
• Develop positive values and attitudes towards music.

Senior Grades

Learning Expectations

• Develop creativity and nurture aesthetic sensitivity.
• Further develop students’ musical competence.
• Construct knowledge and understanding of diverse music cultures.
• Develop critical responses to music and effective communication skills through music.
• Build a foundation for pursuing further studies in music and prepare students for careers in music and related areas.
• Cultivate lifelong interest in music and develop positive values and attitudes towards music.
• Equip students for studying music at the tertiary level.

Curriculum Design

• Develop critical listening skills and understanding on how musical elements are used in compositional devices.
• Identify and respond critically to musical genres and styles of different cultures and periods, and express understanding and personal views on music.
• Analyse the artistic qualities of different musical genres and styles in relation to their historical and cultural contexts.
• Perform music accurately and fluently with appropriate control over technique and expression.
• Perform in different musical styles to demonstrate the ability to interpret music with aesthetic sensitivity and cultural understanding.
• Discuss, explain, and defend a personal interpretation of the music being performed.
• Create and develop musical ideas by employing appropriate compositional devices.
• Arrange existing music to demonstrate creativity and musical understanding of the original piece.
• Discuss and explain the use of musical elements and compositional devices in students’ own compositions.