OLDYear 8 Curriculum Information Booklet 2017-2018

Music
Music is taught to all students at Stretford Grammar School and the aim is to ensure all
students can read Musical notation of various forms, compose and perform in different
styles and be able to identify key features of different Musical Genres by the end of Year 9
in order to prepare them for Key Stage 4. Lessons are mainly practical with an opportunity
to work alone, in pairs and in larger groups for half termly assessments. Some lessons will
include some written, listening and brief analysis and written work. There is always a wide
variety of extension tasks for those students who arrive at School and can already play an
instrument and read Music so they have the same level of challenge as someone in the class
who is new to the subject.
Unit 1 -Structure in Music
Students will study the following:
Baseline assessment to find out
prior knowledge which includes
written, listening and practical
activities.
Different musical structures and
how ideas can be re-used.
How contrast is used to create
variety.
Listening tasks to identify changes /
contrasts in Music
Performance and composition work
using given Musical structures.
Assessment and evaluation of the
work completed
Unit 2 – Ostinato, Canon and
Sequence
Students will study the following:
Different compositional devices to
help with composition work.
Melodic and rhythmic ostinato
patterns.
Listening to and understanding how
Leitmotifs are constructed.
Composing leitmotifs for Good and
Evil characters and performing them
to the class.
Understanding how sequences work
and a brief insight into Baroque
Music