Students will need to have completed Music at Level 1
The Level 2 Music course builds on the skills developed at Level 1.
A selection from the following are studied:
Making Music
● solo and group performance
Music Studies
● instrumentation
● score reading/ conventions used in music scores
● music works(study of two main works, including a comparison of these contrasting works, one of which will be a New Zealand work)
● investigation
Assessment:
Internal (5 Achievement Standards offered)
• 2.1: Solo performance (6 credits)
• 2.2: Solo performance on a second instrument (3 credits)
• 2.3: Group performance (4 credits)
• 2.8: Instrumentation for an ensemble (4 credits)
• 2.9: Investigate an aspect of NZ music - 4 credits
External (2 Achievement Standards offered)
• 2.6: Conventions used in music scores (4 credits)
• 2.7: Music works (6 credits)