Educators' Guide for Pedagogy and Assessment
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Learning Area: Visual and Performing Arts
Music > LEVEL 10
Learning Area Outcome: I understand the capacity of visual and performing arts to address moral, ethical, social and political issues relevant to Malta and the wider world. I appreciate that the arts can be challenging and provide a space for addressing social differences as well as facilitating social and cultural cohesion.
Subject Focus: Music in context
1] I can identify characteristics of music and comment on how and why music is related to different identities.
2] I can identify the changing role of music and how the idea of consumerism has driven music production.
3] I can investigate the impact of creativity, innovation and entrepeneurship on the music business.
4] I can explore the technological changes to how music is made and listened to, how music is consumed and how remunerated artists have become entrepreneurs.
5] I can explore a particular genre in depth, making links between the historical, political and social context of music and the way music was composed.
6] I understand how musicians have steered culture and vice-versa and compare this to the role of musicians in today's economic, social and cultural life.
LEARNING TO KNOW
2] I can identify the changing role of music and how the idea of consumerism has driven music production.
3] I can investigate the impact of creativity, innovation and entrepeneurship on the music business.
4] I can explore the technological changes to how music is made and listened to, how music is consumed and how remunerated artists have become entrepreneurs.
5] I can explore a particular genre in depth, making links between the historical, political and social context of music and the way music was composed.
6] I understand how musicians have steered culture and vice-versa and compare this to the role of musicians in today's economic, social and cultural life.
LEARNING TO KNOWLearning Area Outcome: I am able to draw on my curiosity, imagination and divergent thinking processes to pose questions and explore ideas, spaces, materials and technologies.
Subject Focus: Responding to music
1] I can direct a dance or a dramatisation using music which has been specifically composed, effectively lead rehearsals and make informed judgements about the movements and actions of others.
2] I can debate the effectiveness of music, drawing on my knowledge and understanding of the context of the music and the role of the composer/audience/performer.
COGNITIVE
3] I can create an installation that combines music with other art forms.
DIGITAL MEDIA
2] I can debate the effectiveness of music, drawing on my knowledge and understanding of the context of the music and the role of the composer/audience/performer.
COGNITIVE3] I can create an installation that combines music with other art forms.
DIGITAL MEDIALearning Area Outcome: I understand how to employ basic ethical decision-making, when reflecting on my own and others' art works and when creating art works that involve the intellectual and cultural property rights of others; I can analyse a variety of artistic forms, recognising traditional, historical and contemporary works and identifying possible meanings.
Subject Focus: Evaluating music
1] I can use an extended musical vocabulary to describe features of the music that I create and perform.
WRITING
2] I can give and receive constructive criticism and I can document how and why my work has changed in response to evaluation.
WRITING2] I can give and receive constructive criticism and I can document how and why my work has changed in response to evaluation.
Learning Area Outcome: I can analyse, intepret and present ideas, problems and arguments in a number of visual and performative ways suited to a range of audiences.
Subject Focus: Performing
1] I can challenge myself through my performance by presenting more complex pieces/songs.
PERSONAL
2] I can lead an ensemble/choir, beat tempo, indicate dynamics and rehearse problem parts while using a score to a high standard, effectively leading to a succesful performance.
PERSONAL2] I can lead an ensemble/choir, beat tempo, indicate dynamics and rehearse problem parts while using a score to a high standard, effectively leading to a succesful performance.
Learning Area Outcome: I can interpret a variety of artistic forms, recognising and evaluating traditional, historical and contemporary works and identifying possible meanings.
Subject Focus: Improvising
1] I can improvise a harmony part either vocally or on an instrument.
Learning Area Outcome: I can apply my understanding of the properties and techniques of media to specific tasks and purposes that will benefit user groups and audiences.
Subject Focus: Using my voice
1] I can sing a range of different styles demonstrating flexibility as a singer.
2] I can demonstrate outstanding vocal technique, discuss this technique and how it supports good and healthy singing.
3] I can sing songs with a challenging range and switch different vocal registers with good tone and intonation.
4] I can direct others singing and am able to choose appropriate repertoire and warm-up exercises for diverse groups.
SOCIAL LEARNING
5] I can direct a choir confidently, singing local and diverse songs from different countries.
2] I can demonstrate outstanding vocal technique, discuss this technique and how it supports good and healthy singing.
3] I can sing songs with a challenging range and switch different vocal registers with good tone and intonation.
4] I can direct others singing and am able to choose appropriate repertoire and warm-up exercises for diverse groups.
SOCIAL LEARNING5] I can direct a choir confidently, singing local and diverse songs from different countries.
Learning Area Outcome: I can interpret, communicate and present ideas, problems and arguments in a number of visual and performative modes, recognising the pluralism of audience.
Subject Focus: Playing instruments
1] I can play at least one instrument at a high level with proficiency and demonstrate my knowledge and skill while performing.
2] I can demonstrate my abilities and what I need to do to improve.
PERSONAL
3] I can sight-read from a more complex score, playing fluently in an ensemble.
SOCIAL LEARNING
4] I can rehearse and conduct an ensemble at a formal concert.
2] I can demonstrate my abilities and what I need to do to improve.
PERSONAL3] I can sight-read from a more complex score, playing fluently in an ensemble.
SOCIAL LEARNING4] I can rehearse and conduct an ensemble at a formal concert.
Learning Area Outcome: I know how to learn and update my knowledge of the arts.
Subject Focus: Using technology – Promoting Digital Literacy
1] I can mix a group of live performers playing a variety of music.
2] I can set up a PA system and can demonstrate how the system operates.
3] I can successfully create and perform music for acoustic and digital production.
4] I can read and interpret scores for digital and acoustic music accurately.
READING AND UNDERSTANDING
5] I can research about and communicate my findings, about digital compositional processes.
2] I can set up a PA system and can demonstrate how the system operates.
3] I can successfully create and perform music for acoustic and digital production.
4] I can read and interpret scores for digital and acoustic music accurately.
READING AND UNDERSTANDING5] I can research about and communicate my findings, about digital compositional processes.
Learning Area Outcome: I can apply my understanding of the properties and techniques of media to specific tasks and purposes that will benefit user groups and audiences.
Subject Focus: Notation
1] I can notate a wide range of chords and fully score my work using complex conventional staff notation.
2] I can use a variety of different 20th and 21st Centuries notation and comment on why notation developed in this way, using my knowledge and understanding of the context of the music.
3] I can write a simple piece of serialism or minimalism using staff notation, compose experimental music using notation in different ways and develop and use notation to give the performer exact indications of how I would like my experimental music to be performed.
2] I can use a variety of different 20th and 21st Centuries notation and comment on why notation developed in this way, using my knowledge and understanding of the context of the music.
3] I can write a simple piece of serialism or minimalism using staff notation, compose experimental music using notation in different ways and develop and use notation to give the performer exact indications of how I would like my experimental music to be performed.
Learning Area Outcome: I understand that imaginative activity can be harnessed to produce outcomes for the culture, creativity and wealth of Malta and the wider world; I am aware of professional arts companies, galleries, museums, cultural organisations and creative adults in Malta and the wider world and understand their role in fostering lifelong learning in the arts.
Subject Focus: Communication, participation and interaction in performances and presentations
1] I can study and compare past and present reviews of concert performance from a range of media sources and develop criteria for evaluating a specific, public music performance, in relation to its setting and audience, to complete an in-depth review of that performance.
MANAGING LEARNING
2] I can investigate sound-reinforcement systems in a range of venues and experiment with techniques and equipment, to enhance a performance.
3] I can prepare and rehearse a work for possible inclusion in a programme of performance works to present and record the work and evaluate the performance in relation to technical skills, fluency, style and expression and maintain a portfolio containing notes and recordings of such performances as a self-learning tool.
PERSONAL LEARNING
4] I can research various funding opportunities in Malta and abroad and demonstrate the capacity to submit an application to organise an artistic or musical event where I can either perform or present my original piece of music to the general public.
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
5] I can collaborate with other musicians and artists in innovative artistic events held in festivals in Malta and abroad.
INTERPERSONAL
MANAGING LEARNING2] I can investigate sound-reinforcement systems in a range of venues and experiment with techniques and equipment, to enhance a performance.
3] I can prepare and rehearse a work for possible inclusion in a programme of performance works to present and record the work and evaluate the performance in relation to technical skills, fluency, style and expression and maintain a portfolio containing notes and recordings of such performances as a self-learning tool.
PERSONAL LEARNING4] I can research various funding opportunities in Malta and abroad and demonstrate the capacity to submit an application to organise an artistic or musical event where I can either perform or present my original piece of music to the general public.
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT5] I can collaborate with other musicians and artists in innovative artistic events held in festivals in Malta and abroad.
INTERPERSONALLearning Area Outcome: I know how to learn and update my knowledge of the arts.
Subject Focus: Developing, widening and harnessing of knowledge in music
1] I can verbalise a detailed emotional response to a variety of traditional and non-traditional genres of music, describe similarities and differences in the way different composers use musical elements and discuss details about the origins and importance of musical styles and the instruments used in various countries/cultures.
2] I can articulate personal connections and responses using appropriate musical terminology, after performing or listening to a vast and diverse repertoire.
3] I can create and perform an original piece of music that employs standard and non-standard notation using composition software.
DIGITAL MEDIA
4] I can identify corresponding elements such as form, colour and texture, within representations of music, visual arts, dance and architecture and I can integrate the various elements and areas to demonstrate clearly how they relate to one another.
5] I can deliver an oral class presentation on the history, culture, geography, politics, music history and state of the arts, of a specific country and incorporate a variety of multi-sensory experiences in this presentation.
DIGITAL MEDIA
6] I can participate in a variety of musical events in my school and community.
7] I can research occupations in the music industry both locally and abroad.
8] I can research opportunities for internships and summer jobs in the Maltese and European cultural
and/or arts business community.
2] I can articulate personal connections and responses using appropriate musical terminology, after performing or listening to a vast and diverse repertoire.
3] I can create and perform an original piece of music that employs standard and non-standard notation using composition software.
DIGITAL MEDIA4] I can identify corresponding elements such as form, colour and texture, within representations of music, visual arts, dance and architecture and I can integrate the various elements and areas to demonstrate clearly how they relate to one another.
5] I can deliver an oral class presentation on the history, culture, geography, politics, music history and state of the arts, of a specific country and incorporate a variety of multi-sensory experiences in this presentation.
DIGITAL MEDIA6] I can participate in a variety of musical events in my school and community.
7] I can research occupations in the music industry both locally and abroad.
8] I can research opportunities for internships and summer jobs in the Maltese and European cultural
and/or arts business community.
