IB MUSIC
2 year program – taken 11th-12th (in addition to choir or band)
Description:
IB Music class is an overview of Music Theory, Western Music History, World Music, Musical Forms, and Musical Analysis.
Goals:
The students will gain a general grounding in the elements of music, intervals, scales, tonal centers, key signatures, modulations, chords, inversions, chord progressions, non-chord tones, rhythm, meter, ear-training, and form.
The students will acquire the knowledge necessary for a better understanding of their own musical heritage through the study of Western music history. With that understanding, students will gain the ability to appreciate other cultures through their music.
The class will involve extensive writing.
IB Grade
50% - Internal Assessment – Chosen in conjunction with the teacher
Standard Level
50% - External Assessment - SL & HL
Description:
IB Music class is an overview of Music Theory, Western Music History, World Music, Musical Forms, and Musical Analysis.
Goals:
The students will gain a general grounding in the elements of music, intervals, scales, tonal centers, key signatures, modulations, chords, inversions, chord progressions, non-chord tones, rhythm, meter, ear-training, and form.
The students will acquire the knowledge necessary for a better understanding of their own musical heritage through the study of Western music history. With that understanding, students will gain the ability to appreciate other cultures through their music.
The class will involve extensive writing.
IB Grade
50% - Internal Assessment – Chosen in conjunction with the teacher
Standard Level
- Solo Performance - required private lessons
- Group Performance – recommended for most students
- Creation
- Solo Performance & Creation - only for extremely serious future-music major types, private lessons required
50% - External Assessment - SL & HL
- 20% - Musical Links Investigation (media project connecting two genres of music).
- 30% - Listening Paper (Essay exam taken in May of senior year). HL students answer more questions on the exam.