PERFORMING ARTS FACULTY
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.
Psalm 57: 7
Music Investigation 3 & 4
Theatre Studies 1 & 2
Music Investigation
UNIT 3 & 4
In Unit 3 students select a work from a prescribed list as the basis for an investigation of a Focus Area. They explore the Focus Area through three complementary areas of study: Investigation, Composition/arrangement/improvisation and Performance.
In Unit 4 students continue the exploration within the Focus Area they began in Unit 3. In Unit 4 the Investigation involves the preparation of program notes to accompany their end‐of‐year performance program. In Area of Study 2, the Composition/improvisation/arrangement involves creating and performing a composition, improvisation or arrangement that draws on musical characteristics of the Focus Area. This composition, arrangement or improvisation builds on and extends exercises completed in Unit 3. Students rehearse and perform works for inclusion in a performance program of works that relates to the Focus Area. They develop mastery of relevant instrumental techniques and apply advanced performance conventions to realise their intended interpretations of each work. They continue to use skills in aural awareness, transcription, music theory and music analysis to support their work.
Theatre Studies
UNIT 1 & 2
Unit 1 focuses on the application of acting, direction and design in relation to theatre styles from the pre-modern era, that is, works prior to the 1920s. Students creatively and imaginatively work in production roles with scripts from the pre-modern era of theatre, focusing on at least three distinct theatre styles and their conventions. They study innovations in theatre production in the pre-modern era and apply this knowledge to their own works. Students develop knowledge and skills about theatre production processes including dramaturgy, planning, development and performance to an audience and apply this to their work.
Unit 2 focuses on the application of acting, direction and design in relation to theatre styles from the modern era, that is, the 1920s to the present. Students creatively and imaginatively work in production roles with scripts from the modern era of theatre, focusing on at least three distinct theatre styles. They study innovations in theatre production in the modern era and apply this knowledge to their own works. Students develop knowledge and skills about theatre production processes including dramaturgy, planning, development and performance to an audience and apply this to their work. They study safe and ethical working practices in theatre production and develop skills of performance analysis, which they apply to the analysis of a play in performance.