SENIOR HANDBOOK for 2012
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE - St Margaret Mary's College
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE - St Margaret Mary's College
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MUSIC EXTENSION<br />
(Year 12 Only)<br />
Why study Music Extension?<br />
The Year 12 Music Extension syllabus is designed to cater <strong>for</strong> students with specific abilities in music. It is an<br />
extension of the Senior Music syllabus and can only be undertaken in conjunction with the parent syllabus. The<br />
course is studied <strong>for</strong> two semesters in Year 12.<br />
In the course, a student with identified ability in per<strong>for</strong>mance (instrumental, vocal or conducting), composition<br />
or musicology (an extension of the analysing dimension of the senior syllabus), has the opportunity to develop<br />
personal potential beyond the scope of the parent syllabus.<br />
The syllabus offers specialisation in any one of three areas:<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
composition<br />
musicology<br />
Music Extension challenges students to extend their abilities in music. They need to be motivated and selfdisciplined.<br />
Music extension allows students a great deal of freedom to work in a style or genre or field of<br />
interest best suited to them and may act as a catalyst <strong>for</strong> further involvement with music beyond the school<br />
environment.<br />
Assessment<br />
All specialisations (composing, per<strong>for</strong>mance and musicology) must complete an investigating task that relates to<br />
some aspect of that specialisation. If written, the essay should be 1200-1500 words. If presented as an oral or<br />
multi-media presentation, it should be a minimum of 5 minutes.<br />
As well as the investigating task, each student presents a folder of work at monitoring (June) and verification<br />
(October).<br />
Per<strong>for</strong>mance students must have 3 minutes of per<strong>for</strong>mance at monitoring and 15 minutes at verification.<br />
Composition students must have a recording of their composition at least 1 minute long at monitoring and 3<br />
minutes (minimum) of a different composition at verification.<br />
Musicology – an evidence based critical task at least 10 minutes in length and at least 2500 words at<br />
verification in addition to 5-8 minutes or 1000 words at monitoring.<br />
Homework<br />
All students are expected to practise and prepare <strong>for</strong> their presentation. Each week all students are required to<br />
present a segment of their work <strong>for</strong> the class.<br />
St Margaret Mary’s College Senior Handbook <strong>for</strong> <strong>2012</strong> Page 64
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