Grade 11 - Contemporary Music

Contemporary Music 11

Curricular Competency

Content

Big Ideas

Explore and create

Reason and reflect

Communicate and document

Connect and expand

Music reflects aspects of time, place, and community.

The nuances of musical expression are understood through deeper study and performance.

A musician's interpretation of existing work is an opportunity to represent identity and culture.

Enduring understanding of music is gained through perseverance, resilience, and risk taking.

Contemporary music offers aesthetic experiences that can transform our perspective.

Perform in both solo and ensemble contexts

Explore a composer's musical and expressive intentions

Express meaning, intent, and emotion through music

Improvise and take creative risks in contemporary music

Explore new musical ideas by combining genres or styles

Explore a variety of contexts and their influences on musical works, including place and time

Develop and refine technical and expressive skills

Analyze and interpret musicians use of technique, technology, and environment in musical composition, arranging, and performance, using musical language

Reflect on personal rehearsal and performance experiences and musical growth

Consider the function of their instrument, voice, or role within an ensemble or collaborative effort

Analyze styles of music to inform musical decisions

Document and share musical works and experiences in a variety of contexts

Use musical vocabulary to communicate about contemporary music

Receive and apply constructive feedback

Anticipate individual responses to a piece of music

Express personal voice, cultural identity, perspective, and values in musical study and performance

Demonstrate awareness of self, others, and audience

Demonstrate personal and social responsibility associated with creating, performing, and responding to contemporary music

Develop a diverse repertoire of contemporary music that includes multiple perspectives and contexts

Demonstrate understanding of creative processes

Explore and relate musical selections to personal, social, or cultural issues

Use technical knowledge and contextual observation to make musical decisions

Demonstrate safe care, use, and maintenance of instruments and equipment

Identify and practise appropriate self-care to prevent performance-related injury

musical elements, principles, vocabulary, symbols, and theory

techniques, vocabulary, technologies, and context relevant to a particular idiom or genre

creative processes

movement, sound, image, and form

emerging and evolving trends in music

a variety of musical styles, genres, and traditions

roles of performer and audience

artists from a variety of genres and movements

traditional and contemporary First Peoples worldviews and cross-cultural perspectives, as communicated through music

history of a variety of musical genres

ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism

health and safety issues and procedures