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AC9AMU10E02: Year 9 The Arts Content Descriptor – Music
AC9AMU10E02 Year 9 The Arts

AC9AMU10E02 – Year 9 The Arts: Music

Strand
Exploring and responding
Substrand
Music

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 The Arts provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

investigate the ways that First Nations Australian performers and/or composers celebrate and challenge multiple perspectives of Australian identity through music

Elaborations

  • • evaluating innovation in the ways that First Nations Australian composers and/or performers are contributing to Australian contemporary music, including inter-cultural collaborations
  • • investigating how First Nations Australian songwriters, performers and/or composers working in genres such as choral, orchestral or chamber music use music to share knowledge, educate, protest, advocate for change or express opinions or beliefs
  • • evaluating intentions/motivations in music composed by and/or performed by First Nations Australians that challenges people to take action on issues such as climate change, environmental protection, social justice, racism or youth homelessness; for example, music presented in a themed performance program
  • • using and annotating a map of First Nations Australian language groups to identify where First Nations Australian composers and/or performers are working and providing short descriptions of their music

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASARTMUSY910
Year 9 The Arts Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 10, students analyse ways composers and/or performers use the elements of music and compositional devices to engage audiences. They evaluate how music and/or performances in a range of styles and/or from across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning. They evaluate how music is used to celebrate and challenge perspectives of Australian identity. Students demonstrate listening and aural skills relevant to the styles and/or contexts in which they are working. Students manipulate elements of music and use compositional devices to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in compositions in selected style/s, form/s and/or using selected instrumentation. They notate, document and/or record their music. They apply knowledge of styles and/or forms when performing their own and/or others’ music. They demonstrate appropriate vocal and/or instrumental techniques and performance skills when performing music for audiences.