2018 - Year 9 Assessment Book

IB MYP YEAR 9 – THE ARTS: PERFORMING ARTS – MUSIC

SEMESTER STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

CONCEPTS

GLOBAL CONTEXT

CONTENT

ASSESSMENT

The language of music defies time, place and space

Globalisation and Sustainability

Time, Place and Space

Unit 1: A Cultural Dessert – The Sweeter Things In Life

Performance/Reflection (Criteria B and D)

In this unit you will learn about the traditional music – its features and instruments – of a number of world cultures and how this has been combined with western music to create new musical styles. The world cultures that may be explored are: Niger, West Africa, Mali, West Africa, South Africa, China, Ireland, Australian Aboriginal, Polynesia, the Andes, and the Caribbean.

Connections

Due: Weeks beginning 05.03.18 and 12.04.18

Composition/Reflection (Criteria B, C and D)

Due: Weeks beginning 30.04.18 and 07.05.18

An understanding of the musical concepts of duration, pitch, dynamics and expressive techniques, timbre, texture and structure will be gained.

ONE

Oral Presentation (Criterion A)

Life imitates art

Personal and Cultural Expression

Communication

Unit 2: Exit, Stage Right

In this unit you will learn about the development of the musical from the 1920s to the first decade of the twenty-first century by studying types of musicals and selections from representative musicals. These types are: Broadway musical, rock musical, concept musical, jukebox musical, movie musical. An understanding of the musical concepts of duration, pitch, dynamics and expressive techniques, timbre, texture and structure will be gained.

Perspective

Due: Week beginning 14.05.18

Arts Process Journal (Criteria C and D)

Due: Week beginning 21.05.18

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