Department Curriculum Map 2018-19 Department KS3 Subject Specific Skills Students will build on their previous knowledge and skills through performing, composing and listening. They should develop their vocal and/or instrumental fluency, accuracy and expressiveness, and understand musical structures, styles, genres and traditions, identifying the expressive use of musical dimensions. They should listen with increasing discrimination and awareness to inform their practice as musicians. They should use technologies appropriately and appreciate and understand a wide range of musical contexts and styles. Wider key skills Students will learn about other traditions, through exploring different styles and genres of world music. and technology The evolution of music from early music to modern day Working and as part of an ensemble Students will be taught to: play and perform confidently in a range of solo and ensemble contexts using their voice, playing instruments musically, fluently and with accuracy and expression improvise and compose; and extend and develop musical ideas by drawing on a range of musical structures, styles, genres and traditions use staff and other relevant notations appropriately and accurately in a range of musical styles, genres and traditions identify and use the interrelated dimensions of music expressively and with increasing sophistication, including use of tonalities, different types of scales and other musical devices listen with increasing discrimination to a wide range of music from great composers and musicians develop a deepening understanding of the music that they perform and to which they listen, and its history https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-englandenglish-programmes-of-study
KS4 Examining Board: EDUQAS (WJEC) Unit 1-Performing 30% Students will be required to perform two pieces of music under exam conditions of grade 3 (minimum) standard of over 4 minutes on length. Students will need to perform a solo and an ensemble performance displaying evidence of fluency, accuracy and excellent ensemble skills. Unit 2-Composing 30% Students will complete two coms of at least 3 minutes in length in controlled assessment conditions. Com 1 will be a free com of their choice and com 2 will be a set brief provided by the examination board (EDUQAS) in the September of year 11, linking to the 4 areas of study. Students will also have to submit a com log, providing a detailed explanation of their ideas and development and will need to reference any influences from other composers. Unit 3- and 40% This unit will be externally assessed and completed under exam conditions, in the summer of year 11. Students will learn the following 4 areas of study and 2 set works in greater depth: Film for Ensemble Popular (Rainbow set work) al Forms and Devices (Mozart set work) https://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/music/gcse/
Term 2 - Autumn Term 4 - Spring Term 5 - Summer 7 Topic: Bridging Unit (Rhythm/Melody) -To recognise, sight read and notate simple rhythms -To understand simple note values and rests -To compose and perform a rhythmic piece using techniques of unison, antiphony, ostinato and round -To sing in unison using good vocal tone and expression -To improvise question and answer phrases individually and as part of a group performance -To perform individually and in an ensemble using the structure ABA/AABA Topic: The Elements of -To know and be able to recognise the elements of music -Compose a piece which uses the elements -To understand musical shape and structure -To compose a melody which uses the structure ABA/AABA -To understand what makes a successful melody own and others melodies giving reasons -To be able to use graphic scores Topic: Introducing the Keyboard -To know the basic layout of the keyboard and functions -To be able to locate notes without support -To understand how to interpret and follow staff notation -To perform and in a group, pieces of increasing difficulty with and without chord accompaniment Topic: Instruments of the Orchestra -To understand the of timbre and sonority by identifying instruments and families of the orchestra -To listen and appraise using the -To analyse orchestral music using the PEA technique -To improvise a simple tune on tuned percussion/keyboard classinstruments -To perform as part of a classroom orchestra and Topic: Programme -To look closely at the music from Peter and the Wolf -To develop an understanding of the topic programme music through listening and appraising -To identify musical instruments and use prior learning from topic 4 -To improvise using a stimulus -To compose using musical structures -To record coms using simple musical notation/graphic score own and others melodies giving reasons Topic: Major and Minor -To understand and recognise the difference between major and minor -To perform songs/pieces in major and minor as an ensemble -To know how to construct the major and harmonic minor scales -To improvise using major and minor scales -To understand how changing the mode affects the mood of a piece -To be able to transpose a piece into another key Performing and
Term 2 - Autumn Term 4 - Spring Term 5 - Summer 8 Topic: Calypso World -To recognise, sight read and follow syncopated rhythms -To develop a further understanding of note values and rests through performing Steel Calypso -To be able to locate notes without support - To know and be able to recognise the elements of music own and others melodies giving reasons Topic: Jazz and Blues -To be able to locate notes without support and perform three finger chords using chord symbols -To understand how to interpret and follow staff notation -To perform a walking bass line and in a group, pieces of increasing difficulty with and without chord accompaniment -To improvise using the notes of the chords effectively and Topic: Popular - Cover Band -To perform as part of an ensemble following the notes on the staff -To listen and identify the structure of a pop song and to explore strophic form -To perform using a three finger chord/1 finger bass fluently and accurately, keeping in time with the melody line -To improvise the notes of the chord and Topic: and Sport -To perform as part of an ensemble following the notes on the staff -To sing songs from traditional sporting events using good ensemble skills. -To analyse music using the musical elements and key terminology and Topic: Form and Structure-Ground Bass -To be able to identify form and structure from the western classical tradition -To know and be able to recognise the elements of music with confidence - To understand how to interpret and follow staff notation -To perform variations of a ground bass as part of an ensemble, demonstrating fluency, accuracy and excellent instrumental technique own and others melodies giving reasons Com, and Topic: Popular -To perform/sing with good intonation -Perform using correct vocal technique -To perform following the staff reading and recognising rhythms, notes and symbols -To perform on the keyboard using a three finger chord/1 finger bass fluently and accurately keeping in time with the melody line own and others melodies giving reasons -To analyse music using the -To analyse music effectively using the PEA technique and
Term 2 - Autumn Term 4 - Spring Term 5 - Summer 9 Topic: Popular -To Perform from memory and from musical notation, with accurate rhythm, pitch, dynamics and at an appropriate tempo. - Perform using musical directions, including dynamics and articulation and in keeping with the chosen style. Singing communicating well with the audience and with clear diction. -Analyse music, compare and evaluate how music reflects the contexts in which it is created, performed and heard Topic: Film -To listen and analyse film music identifying the effectively -To perform using simple musical structures and reading musical staff -To read bass clef and notate -To compose using a stimulus and record using notation on manuscript paper Topic: Form and Structure -To study binary, ternary and rondo form, alongside looking at the Western Classical Tradition. -To listen and appraise using the -Students will create a com using one of the structures and will record their com using notation and manuscript paper - To evaluate their Topic: Cover Band/al Futures - To perform as part of an ensemble following the notes on the staff -To listen and identify the structure of a pop song and to explore strophic form -To perform using a three finger chord/1 finger bass fluently and accurately, keeping in time with the melody line -To improvise the notes of the chord Topic: al Theatre - To perform as part of an ensemble following the notes on the staff -To listen and analyse music from musical theatre identifying the -To actively participate in musical theatre workshops and collaborate with dance and drama -To perform a scene from a musical on the stage in the hall and consider lighting, costume, sound and movement Topic: Fusion -To listen and analyse music using the elements -To look at and analyse fusion music closely -To perform a piece of fusion music using good ensemble skills own and others work giving musical reasons -Analyse music, compare and evaluate how music reflects the contexts in which it is created, performed and heard and
Term 2 Autumn Term 4 Spring Term 5 Summer 10 Topic-Film -Analyse film music and look at key characteristics and the -They will also look at creating coms using a brief -Students will also study basic music theory during this term, Composing and Topic-al Themes and Devices -Students will look closely at the Western Classical Tradition, in particular Baroque, Classical and Romantic Era s. -Students will experiment with one of the learnt structures in their current coms. Composing, and Topic- Mozart set work -Students will analyse the Mozart score, looking closely at treble clef, bass clef and alto clef. Identifying comal devices through written analysis and complete an assessment on the content. and Topic- for Ensemble -Students will study types of ensembles and explore Jazz, Blues, and al Theatre in detail. They will also look closely at the musical element of sonority and timbre. Students will continue working on their coms. Composing, and Topic- Popular -Students will study Pop, Rock, Bhangra, and Fusion -Students will perform a piece of Popular as a solo -Students will continue working on their coms Composing, Performing and Topic- Rainbow Set work -Since You ve been gone Students will study their first set work by Rainbow and research into Pop and Rock. Students will continue with their coms during this term and
Term 2 Autumn Term 4 Spring Term 5 Summer 11 Topic 1 Com to a set brief Topic 2 Solo/Ensemble Topic 3 Com Topic Solo/Ensemble s Topic 5 Exam preparation Students will choose a brief sent from the exam board and will spend listening to composers, getting ideas and starting their initial ideas of com 1 Students will choose a piece of music of grade 3 standard and perform under exam conditions as part of their formal assessment for component 1 Students will focus on adding the finishing touches to their coms ready for submission at the end of term 3 Students will record their final performances for their solo and ensemble under exam conditions Students will recap course content and look at past papers to develop exam technique in preparation for their final summer exam Composing Composing and Performing Composing Performing and