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Music Curriculum Information

The music curriculum at Queensmead School offers students a fantastic introduction to life as a working musician.  It incorporates elements of performance, composition and the development of listening / appraising skills. At Queensmead, we offer a fun, engaging and varied music curriculum.  Students learn traditional music, modern music and world music. We have two outstanding music classrooms which feature a live stage, 15 iMacs, 5 practice rooms and world class instruments

Year 7

• HT1: Elements of Music / Instruments of the Orchestra
• HT2: Rhythm and Notation
• HT3: Keyboard Performance
• HT4: Descriptive Music
• HT5: African Drumming
• HT6: Pop Music / Chord Sequences

Year 8

• HT1: World Music – Chinese, Indian and Jamaican
• HT2: Film Music
• HT3: Hooks and Riffs – Performance
• HT4: Hooks and Riffs – Composition
• HT5: The Blues
• HT6: Leitmotifs / Character Themes

Year 9

• HT1 and 2: Music and the Media
• HT3 and 4: Musical Futures
• HT5: Songwriting
• HT6: Music Theory