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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