NCEA Level 3 Music Project
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Dr H. Renaud.
The 13MUP course allows students to build a music course that meets their individual interests and needs, selecting from all available NCEA Level 3 standards, including those previously offered in the 13CON conducting course. This course can also be taken alongside 13MUO by students wishing to maximise their focus on Music in Year 13, and wishing to accumulate NCEA internal and external credits alongside their Cambridge A Level work. Options include:
Internal:
Solo Performance
Group Performance
Second Instrument Performance
Conducting
Composition
Arrangement
Research
Music Works
External
Context (Study of Music Works)
Aural
Harmony
Recommended Prior Learning
Achievement in 12MUO or 12MUC or 12PMU plus HOD approval
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
$40.00
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
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Making Music 3.1 - Perform two programmes of music as a featured soloist
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Making Music 3.2 - Perform a programme of music as a featured soloist on a second instrument
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Making Music 3.3 - Demonstrate ensemble skills by performing two substantial pieces of music as a member of a group
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Making Music 3.4 - Communicate musical intention by composing three original pieces of music
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Making Music 3.5 - Integrate aural skills into written representation
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Music Studies 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of harmonic and tonal conventions in a range of music scores
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Music Studies 3.7 - Analyse a substantial music work
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Music Studies 3.8 - Examine the influence of context on a substantial music work
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Music Studies 3.9 - Create two arrangements for an ensemble
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Music Studies 3.10 - Research a music topic
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 50
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.