13MUS

Year 13 Music (Level 3)

Subject Description

Head of Faculty: Mrs N. Eichstaedt McComb.

The course will be a combination of NCEA Level 3 Making Music and NCEA Level 3 Music Studies.  

Students will focus on developing their skill in performance or composition alongside research in an area of music that interests them. 

The course will provide students with skills in: 

  • performance
  • composition 
  • arrangement 
  • score reading
  • research and analysis

Students are expected to be involved in a music group in the school.  

 

Prerequisites

It is advisable that students should have completed NCEA Level 2 Music with minimum of 18 credits. 

Students need to have been learning an instrument for the last 4 years and still be having music lessons from an experienced music teacher. An appropriate theory knowledge up to Grade 4/5 is advised. 

Discretionary entry will be offered by Head of Faculty.