13 Modern Music 3
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Neil Watson.
Study contemporary music with a focus on music technology, techniques and associated equipment relevant to today’s music, entertainment and events industries. Students will look at ways to empower their musical intention in the recording studio and onto the stage while developing skills and knowledge through hands-on experience in audio production, sound design, song writing and performance. The Modern Music course looks at industry skills including but not limited to live sound engineering, music production, contemporary music performance, electronic music and sonic art creation. Learners enrolled in this course will be encouraged to create collaboratively and express imaginative thinking.
Pathways following from 13MM3 include music industry internships, further study in music at Mainz, SAE, NZSM, UoA and music careers as creators.
Prerequisites
Students need to provide evidence of prior musical engagement and a willingness and attitude to explore their self-identity through music. Acceptance into this course may include an interview/audition with the TiC/HoD before the end of Term 3.
OR HoF Approval
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Operate a music sequencing application
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Realise the sound design for a given work in an entertainment and event context
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Making Music 3.1 - Perform two programmes of music as a featured soloist
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Making Music 3.4 - Communicate musical intention by composing three original pieces of music
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Music Studies 3.10 - Research a music topic
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Making Music 3.11 - Compose three original songs that express imaginative thinking
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 30
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
Pathway Tags
Musician, Film and Video Editor, Media Producer, Sound Technician, Radio Presenter, Production Assistant (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Artistic Director, Director (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Lighting Technician, Art Director (Film, Television or Stage), Film/Television Camera Operator, Entertainer, Game Developer, Television Presenter, Diversional Therapist, Early Childhood Teacher, Actor, Trainer, Interpreter, Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Primary School Teacher, Kaiwhakaako Māori, Translator, Tertiary Lecturer, Private Teacher/Tutor, Youth Worker, Secondary School Teacher, Event Manager, Advertising Specialist, Copywriter, Curator, Exhibition and Collections Technician,