SOIS Music Overview

Purpose of Study

Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high

quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon.

Aims

The Music curriculum at SOIS aims to ensure that all pupils:

·         perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians

·         learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence

·         understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations

·         Play and perform confidently in a range of solo, ensemble and orchestra/choir contexts using their voice, playing instruments musically, fluently and with accuracy and expression