音樂

Overview

Our curriculum aims to develop students into skilled, creative, and expressive musicians. By integrating holistic learning approaches—from foundational performance and creation in junior years to specialised critical study and interpretation in senior years—we nurture a lifelong interest in music and its diverse cultural contexts.

Curriculum Goals

Phase	Curriculum Goals
Junior Secondary	Develop practical skills in singing and playing instruments with technical accuracy and expression. Develop musical ideas and acquire skills in creation 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 further studies in music and related areas.
Senior Secondary	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 a lifelong interest in music and develop positive values and attitudes towards music. Prepare students to study music at the tertiary level.

Phase

Curriculum Goals

Junior Secondary

Develop practical skills in singing and playing instruments with technical accuracy and expression.
Develop musical ideas and acquire skills in creation 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 further studies in music and related areas.

Senior Secondary

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 a lifelong interest in music and develop positive values and attitudes towards music.
Prepare students to study music at the tertiary level.

Subject Highlights

Music at HKBUAS is distinguished by a balanced curriculum that develops practical musicianship alongside creative and critical thinking. In the junior years, students sing accurately in unison and in parts—including in third languages such as French, German, and Spanish—and are highly encouraged to develop instrumental skills, write simple melodies with accompaniment and use notation software to create music. In the senior years, students perform music accurately and fluently across different styles, discuss and defend personal interpretations, and create, develop, and arrange musical ideas using appropriate compositional devices. The subject strongly emphasises critical listening, cultural understanding, and aesthetic sensitivity, enriched through analysis of diverse musical genres and styles across historical and cultural contexts.