This unit plan focuses on musical innovations from before 1950, with a particular emphasis on early jazz styles and trends in modernism. Students will study important innovations in genres like blues, ragtime, dixieland, swing, and gypsy jazz. They will also examine modernist trends such as impressionism, primitivism, expressionism, serialism, and neoclassicism. The unit aims to develop students' skills in composition, performance, listening, and analysis of innovative works. Formative and summative assessments include two listening tests, formative composition tasks, and a final individual composition applying an innovation studied. Key learning activities involve exploring repertoire, developing compositional techniques, and a field trip to a symph

1. SENIOR MUSIC UNIT PLAN
UNIT 3 - INNOVATIONS
GERARD CLARK AND OLIVIA WILLIAMS
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2. RATIONALE
This unit of study has been created within the guidelines of the Music Senior Syllabus Draft 2 2016 and has
been created in relation to the third unit on Innovations. In this unit, students make and respond to music that
demonstrates innovative use of music elements and concepts, and the manner in which these ideas are used
to communicate new meanings. Students will study how to incorporate innovative music practices to
communicate meaning when performing and composing. They will study the ways in which music traditions
have been challenged, further developed, or even conceptualized to represent, reflect and shape cultural,
societal and technological change. Such innovations in musical language and expression have often been
prompted by the ways in which music reflects and comments on culture and society. Students examine how
music elements and concepts have been used, manipulated and adapted in the promotion of these new ideas
and representations, and the main philosophical ideas that have promoted these changes. The musical styles
and genres that reflect innovations extended from Western art music through to jazz, contemporary and
emerging styles promoted by technological developments.1
The study of music combines the development of cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains through music
making . ​Through study in junior high school and the first two units of year 11, students should have continued2
their development of musicianship both theoretical and practical through making and responding as it is at the
centre of the study of music and a key aspect of this unit. This unit will utilise, but does not require students to
have, background knowledge of musical styles such as jazz, as well as team-work and cooperation skills for
pair or group tasks. Through ‘Making’ (Composition), students experiment with music elements and concepts
and demonstrate their skills and understanding to create new music works. Students resolve music ideas3
through the manipulation of music elements to convey meaning and/or emotion to an audience. Through
‘Making’ (Performance), students sing and play music and demonstrate their practical music skills through
refining solo and/or ensemble performances. Students realise music ideas through the demonstration and
interpretation of music elements and concepts to convey meaning and/or emotion to an audience. Through
Responding (Musicology), students identify and explain the use of music elements and concepts in a variety of
contexts, styles and genres. They appraise music works through the synthesis of analytical information to
present a music viewpoint.4
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​Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority. (2016). Music Senior Syllabus 2016 Draft 2. Retrieved October 19, 2016,
from QCAA, https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/senior/snr_stage1_draft2_music_16.pdf​: 26
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​Adams, N. E. (2015). Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive learning objectives. ​Journal of the Medical Library Association :
JMLA, ​103(3), 152–153. doi:10.3163/1536-5050.103.3.010
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​Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2011). ​Shape of the Australian curriculum: The arts​ .
Retrieved from ​http://www.acara.edu.au/_resources/Shape_of_the_Australian_Curriculum_The_Arts_-_Compressed.pdf​: 15.
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​Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority. (2016). Music Senior Syllabus 2016 Draft 2. Retrieved October 19, 2016,
from QCAA, https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/senior/snr_stage1_draft2_music_16.pdf:​ 8
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3. The Context for which the design of the unit plan has been based around is a year 12 classroom in an inner
city Brisbane Secondary school. There is a class size of approximately 25 students all who have an average to
above average level of musical knowledge, understanding and musicianship. By the end of this unit, students
should be able demonstrate technical skills in performance of music; recognise and select music elements and
concepts in composition; apply knowledge and understanding of music elements, concepts and techniques in
composition; interpret music elements and concepts in performance of music; resolve music ideas in
composition; and realise music works in performance. During this Unit year 12 students will look at two5
overarching periods of innovation within music. Firstly students will study 5 innovative trends in early jazz
before moving into 5 innovative trends in modernism. Both formative and summative styles of assessment
tasks will be used in this unit.
The Summative assessment is in the form of a composition in which the students will focus on the creation of a
musical work which resolves musical ideas through the manipulation of music elements and concepts to
communicate style and intent appropriate to the context of the unit. There will also be two formative pieces of
assessment in the form of studied repertoire listening test to help prepare students for external assessment as
well to help them engage with, identify and study a wide range of innovative repertoire. The pieces chosen for
this listening test are taken from the suggested repertoire list in the draft curriculum and are also included6
further on in the unit plan. Within this unit there will also be an excursion to a Queensland Symphony Orchestra
“World Beat” Concert, America. This concert will tie into the topics on early jazz innovations and in particular to
the use of jazz in an orchestral setting. Throughout the unit there will revision and quiz lesson and the aim of7
these is to refresh and reinforce students knowledge and understanding of key topics, histories, pieces,
composers and styles in a fun and informative manner. Students will be put into 4 teams at the start of the unit
and these teams will continue throughout the unit and points from each quiz will accumulate. At the end of the
Unit the team that wins will be awarded a prize.
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​Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority. (2016). Music Senior Syllabus 2016 Draft 2. Retrieved October 19, 2016,
from QCAA, https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/senior/snr_stage1_draft2_music_16.pdf:​ 25
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​Queensland Symphony Orchestra. (2017, April 27). America. Retrieved October 19, 2016, from QSO 2017 season,
https://qso.com.au/events/world-beat/america
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4. 2017 – Year 12 Music - Brisbane Secondary School
Semester 1, term 1 – Innovations in Art music from the first half of the 20th
CE:​ ​Monday 23 January - Friday 31 March
● Innovative trends in early jazz
● Trends in modernism
Semester 1 ​ ​ Desired Results
UNIT OBJECTIVES
1. Demonstrate technical skills in
performance of music
2. Recognise and select music elements
and concepts in composition
5. Apply knowledge and understanding of
music elements, concepts and
techniques in composition
6. Interpret music elements and concepts
in performance of music
8. Resolve music ideas in composition
9. Realise music works in performance
CORE LEARNING GOALS
In this unit of Music, students will be able to:
● Identify and explain the use of music
elements and concepts, including
duration, expressive devices, melody,
tonality, texture and timbre.
● Analyse repertoire to discern
innovations in music according to
common musical elements:
● adopt innovative practices of other
composers in their own composition
● demonstrate innovative composition
techniques when experimenting with,
developing and refining music ideas
● manipulate music elements and
innovative concepts to communicate
music ideas
● resolve their own music works using
imagination and musical understanding
of innovative music concepts and
practices
● explain their innovative use of music
elements in shaping their compositional
ideas
Transfer
Students will be able to independently use their learning to...
1. Develop creative works that compositionally focus on pre 1950s
musical innovations
2. Recognise and identify music elements and concepts typical of pre
1950’s innovations in music
2. Apply knowledge and understanding of music elements, concepts
and techniques from analysis and adopt innovative practices of
other composers in their own composition.
3. Possible extensions compositions
● extension activity of arranging a classical piece of music
for jazz.
Meaning
UNDERSTANDING
1. Students will understand
that musical compositions
are constructed through
manipulation of interacting
musical elements and
compositional devices used
intentionally (and in this
case, innovatively) to
communicate meaning.
2. The appearance of a final
composition may come
together through
experimenting with
innovative compositional
elements, devices and
methods.
3. Students will understand
that the development of
technology has had an
important role in extending
musical possibilities and this
will be explored through the
the stimulus compositions of
… (need to decide)
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
1. How do musicians
incorporate innovative music
practices to communicate
meaning when composing?
2. How are the elements of
music and compositional
devices used in early jazz
music?
3. What is the role of
technology in extending
musical possibilities and
concepts used to
communicate meaning?
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5. ● d​emonstrate performance techniques
and skills when singing and playing
repertoire that reflects innovative music
● interpret music elements to convey
meaning in stylistically appropriate ways
Acquisition
1.​ ​Students will know how to
select suitable repertoire,
from the context of the unit
for their performance that
will enable, and support, a
discerning understanding of
musical styles and reflect a
personal aesthetic.
2.​ ​Students will know how
compositional techniques
from repertoire can be
creatively used or extended
with compositional devices
and technology.
1. Students will develop their
composing skills through a pair
formative composition task
and an individual formative
task
2. ​Students will extend their
compositions through the use
digital notetaking software
such as Mixcraft and Sibelius.
3. Students will extend their
musical understanding through
teacher and student-led
research and analysis of
pre-1950 innovative works,
aurally and with score.
Unit 3 Evidence
Evaluative Criteria Assessment Evidence
1. ​The composition show student’s
discernment in his / her choice of
innovative musical elements and
compositional devices within the
context of innovative pre-1950’s music.
2. Student has communicated an
understanding of the different styles of
innovative music and can identify
stylistic characteristics.
COMPOSITION TASK(S):
Individually Students will create a composition that specifically uses at
least one innovation studied in the unit. 20% of final grade
MUSICOLOGY:
Students will individually complete two short listening tests throughout
the unit that reflect the topics and repertoire studied throughout the
unit. Total of 10% of final grade
Unit 3 Repertoire
Selected repertoire styles Selected pieces for Study
trends in early jazz, such as: These pieces have been chosen as they are key composers or pieces of the
styles studied.
- Blues Robert Johnston: Sweet Home Chicago; Blues brothers: Sweet Home Chicago
- Ragtime ​Scott Joplin​: The entertainer; maple leaf rag
- Dixieland Louis Armstrong: When the saints go marching in; The Original Dixieland Jazz
band; Tiger rag.
- Swing Benny Goodman: Sing, Sing, Sing
- Gypsy Django Reinhardt: Djangology
Trends in modernism, such as: These pieces have been chosen as they are the suggested repertoire for the
styles studied in the unit.
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6. - Impressionism Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.
- Primitivism Stravinsky: Introduction; Dance of the Adolescents (The Rite of Spring)
- Expressionism Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Pierrot Lunaire
- Serialism Berg: Violin Concerto
- Neoclassicism Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress
Semester 2 Learning Plan
Summary of Key Learning Events and Instruction
1. Elements and Principles of Music with focus on;
● Trends in Early Jazz
● Trends in Modernism
● Innovative compositions
2. Extension elements include;
● extension activity of arranging a classical piece of music for jazz.
3. Introduction and discussion of different trends in early Jazz as innovative compositional styles.
4. Introduction and discussion of different trends in Modernism as innovative compositional styles.
5. ​ ​Idea of artistic intention explored and discussed throughout the unit.
6. Through the exploration of innovative music students will make and respond to music that demonstrates innovative
use of music elements and concepts, and the manner in which these ideas are used to communicate new meanings.
7. Through the Repertoire study in this unit students will develop skills in Listening, rhythmic Dictation, composing, and
score/ aural analysis.
7. Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of innovations studied
through two Repertoire listening tests.
8. Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of innovations through
formative compositional tasks.
9. Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of innovations through the
creation of an original composition highlighting the use of one of the innovations studied.
10. ​ ​Musicianship will be developed through aural skills and regular theory covered in lessons.
​Extension activities will include the opportunity to compose small portfolio compositions such as arranging an
orchestral work into a jazz style and these formative compositions could then be extended in future or used in music
extension if applicable. Students in exceptional circumstances will be extended with in-depth research on a particular
style or composer of an innovation studied.
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7. Semester module summary – based on 30 hours
Topic Assessment
Module 1
10hours
Innovative trends in early Jazz
- QSO excursion
- Jazz Club Friday night meet up for any students
interested.
7-9 Lesson on trends and styles of early innovations in
Jazz.
Short answer Listening
exam on studied
repertoire, with students
identifying piece and
stylistic/innovative
traits.
Module 2
10 hours
Trends in Modernism
8-10 lessons on innovative trends and styles in
Modernism.
- activities and analysis leading towards
development of composition.
Short answer Listening
exam on studied
repertoire, with students
identifying piece and
stylistic/innovative
traits.
Module 3
10 hours
developing and creating an innovative composition
7-9 lessons on developing and finalising composition
- teacher check in’s
- Peer evaluation
Independant
composition that
explicitly demonstrates
the use of one or more
innovations studied in
the unit
Module Week Class Topic Content Sample Resources
Module 1:
Early Jazz
(Integrate
with
Module
3)
1 Mon Intro to musical
innovations and
early jazz
-​ ​Introduce topic
- ​Focus on pre-1950s innovations, primarily
early jazz
- Carnegie Hall ​history of African American
Music​. Includes an interactive timeline with
historical information and listening
examples. to go through this as a class and
get an overview of where the styles fit into
place.
- List and explain assessment
- ​Hand out composition task sheet
http://honor.carne
giehall.org/honor/h
istory/index.aspx
Thur
s
Blues - ​Introduction
- ​Examples: _______
​Score example
- - 12 bar blues (performance activity)
(improvising)
Fri Ragtime - keyboard lesson on playing the
entertainer and through playing
discover what was innovative about
http://makingmusic
fun.net/htm/f_mmf
_music_library/ho
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8. the style and develop a
compositional technique to use in
own composition.
meschool-music-les
sons-for-scott-jopli
n.htm
2 Mon Dixieland - explain how different areas of
america produced different jazz
styles, such as dixieland
- collective improvisation activity.
- (​https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=EadpcjMB_2s​) - Collective
improvisation
http://www.jazzina
merica.org/LessonP
lan/8/5/207
https://www.youtu
be.com/watch?v=5
SS9EnD_-_Y
Thur
s
Swing
(includes an
element of
numeracy in
music - ted. ed
video)
- Jazz Fundamentals: What Is Swing?
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=31JgwfP15kw)
- Rhythm activity showing the
difference of swing vs straight. (ted
Ed. ​A-rhythm-etic. The math behind
the beats - Clayton Cameron
- How to write swing music
- Compare and contrast a piece with
swing and a piece without swing.
- http://ed.ted.co
m/lessons/a-rh
ythm-etic-the-
math-behind-th
e-beats-clayton
-cameron
- http://d16outft
0soac8.cloudfro
nt.net/uploade
dFiles/Swing%2
0Baby%20Swin
g%20Teachers%
20Resource%20
Notes.pdf
Fri Gypsy - theory of style
- playing examples on guitar or
ukulele
3 Mon Recap and Quiz - 4 team buzzer quiz on key aspects
of the module.
- buzzers
Thur
s
Jazz in the
orchestra or
extra lesson
Background on excursion and how
composers began to use jazz in the
orchestra (an american in Paris). How the
excursion ties into the unit.
- extension activity of arranging a
classical piece of music for jazz
https://www.youtu
be.com/watch?v=E
Gt000iascg
Fri QSO World
Beat (America)
or
Documentary
Class excursion to see the QSO Perform
their world beat concert ​America. ​In this
concert we student's will get to hear some
of the most celebrated American
composers of the twentieth century
https://qso.com.au
/events/world-beat
/america
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9. including Gershwin and Bernstein. This ties
into the current module on Jazz
innovations, Looking at the use of Jazz in
the orchestra.
Module 1:
Bridging
week
between
modules
1 and 2
4 Mon Listening Test
an
Decide pairs or
small groups
for
non-assessed
practice jazz
composition,
start planning.
- first listening test
- small group formative composition
on a jazz innovation.
Thur
s
Listening test
marks and pair
practice
composition
Fri Swimming
Carnival
Module 2:
Trends in
Modernis
m
5 Mon Modernism
Introduction
- GENERAL BACKGROUND ON THE
MODERN ERA
- Important Musical Considerations in
the Modern Art Music Era
- Important Developments in
Modern Art Music
- Experimentation with NEW
SOUNDS
- The Influence of
MULTI-NATIONAL STYLES
- Early-20th century Composers
(active before 1950)
Thur
s
Impressionism
and
compositions
Background on Impressionism and ​Prelude
to the Afternoon of a Faun and ​Bolero.
Example lesson
plan attached
below which
includes resources
https://drive.googl
e.com/drive/u/0/fo
lders/0Bw1G_KkJ-i
U7RWk3MjlWTHVG
M0E
Fri Primitivism Background on Primitivism and The Rite of
Spring
- Aural analysis
Example lesson
plan attached
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10. - Melodic dictation activity below which
includes resources
6 Mon Primitivism
cont.
● The Rite of Spring Composition activity
● Possible extension activity to explore the
keeping score website and have a
webquest
http://www.keepi
ngscore.org/sites/d
efault/files/swf/str
avinsky/full
Thur
s
Expressionism - background on expressionism and
free/atonality,
- score analysis → how to convert
into your own composition.
https://www.youtu
be.com/watch?v=ol
wVvbWd-tg
Fri Expressionism
cont.
- comparing expressionism and
impressionism
https://msu.edu/~k
ubotaer/portfolio/do
cuments/cep810pp
t.ppt
​“Bernstein on
Schoenberg”​https:/
/www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=olwVvb
Wd-tg
7 Mon Serialism - Intro on How to compose in 12
tone
- Ground bass/12 tone composition
activity
https://www.youtu
be.com/watch?v=c
6fw_JEKT6Q
Thur
s
Neo-Classicism - historical background (interwar
years wanted to return to how it
was before)
- ask students what types of sounds
do you think these might have been
- score / aural analysis (the rake's
progress stravinsky)
Music of the 20th
Century - Neo
classicism -
http://www.slidesh
are.net/CarmenNhs
/music-of-the-20th-
century-neo-classici
sm
Fri Recap or extra
lesson.
- Recap of all innovations studied and
how they could be used in a
composition.
- Individual composition time
Module 3:
Compositi
on
8 Mon Listening test
and
composition
work
- Listening test
- Individual composition time
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11. Thur
s
Recap and class
quiz
4 team buzzer quiz on key aspects of the
module.
buzzers and
teacher made quiz
Fri Composition
work
Teacher 5-10 min check ins with students
9 Mon Composition
work
Teacher 5-10 min check ins with students
Thur
s
Composition
work
​Peer evaluation and feedback - Students to
peer review
using a copy of
the task sheet
and marking
rubric
Fri Composition
work
​200-word justification
- For authentication purposes, include an
artist’s statement explaining of the use of
music elements in shaping the purpose and
execution of the composition
(approximately 200 words or spoken
equivalent).
10 Mon Composition
work
​Editing and extension applications
Thur
s
Finish
compositions
Finalising of compositions and handing in
of work.
Fri Submit
composition
and movie
​Whiplash
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12. References
Reference
Clark, G. (2016). Primitivism in the Rite of Spring. Retrieved October 19, 2016, from Prezi.com,
https://www.google.com.au/#q=the+rite+of+spring
Fatova Mingus (2010, January 30). ​Joffrey ballet 1987 rite of spring (1 of 3) Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF1OQkHybEQ
Google Classical (2015, May 16). ​An American in Paris ~ Gershwin ~ Dudamel and the LA
philharmonicRetrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGt000iascg
HOUSE :ED. (2013). ​Swing baby swing! Teachers resource notes. Retrieved from
http://d16outft0soac8.cloudfront.net/uploadedFiles/Swing%20Baby%20Swing%20Teachers%20Resource%20
Notes.pdf
Indie, E. Music of the 20th Century - Neo classicism. Retrieved October 19, 2016, from Slide share,
http://www.slideshare.net/CarmenNhs/music-of-the-20th-century-neo-classicism
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s JAZZ ACADEMY (2015a, January 11). ​Collective improvisation in New Orleans
jazzRetrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EadpcjMB_2s
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s JAZZ ACADEMY (2015b, October 12). ​Exploring New Orleans jazz Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SS9EnD_-_Y
jazzinamerica.org. Dixieland and the swing era. Retrieved October 19, 2016, from
http://www.jazzinamerica.org/LessonPlan/8/5/207
K, P. (1992). Carnegie hall presents honor! A celebration of the African American cultural legacy - A history.
Retrieved October 19, 2016, from http://honor.carnegiehall.org/honor/history/index.aspx
Michigan State University education dept. (2016). Impressionism vs Expressionsim. Retrieved October 19,
2016, from PPT., https://msu.edu/~kubotaer/portfolio/documents/cep810ppt.ppt
naviglec (2009, November 25). ​12 tone Serialism Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6fw_JEKT6Q
paxwallacejazz (2013a, October 18). ​Bernstein on Schoenberg Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olwVvbWd-tg
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13. paxwallacejazz (2013b, October 18). ​Bernstein on Schoenberg Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olwVvbWd-tg
Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority. (2016). Music Senior Syllabus 2016 Draft 2. Retrieved
October 19, 2016, from QCAA,
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http://www.keepingscore.org/sites/default/files/swf/stravinsky/full
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October 19, 2016, from Ted. Ed.,
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-rhythm-etic-the-math-behind-the-beats-clayton-cameron
A Wave Music Studio Company. Homeschool music lesson plans. Retrieved October 19, 2016, from Scott
Joplin | Homeschool Music Lesson Plans,
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14. Brisbane Secondary School
Year 12 Music
Semester 1: ​ ​Innovations in music
from the first half of the 20th CE:
Assessment Item Number:
Item 1
Task Description/ Assessment technique:
Listening Exams
Unit Assessed/Work Program Reference:
R​epoirte is selected from the recommended list
included in Unit 3 of the QCAA Draft 2 Senior
Secondary Music Curriculum
Conditions:
● Students will be asked to identify the composer and
title of the set listening works, and to comment on the
music in the test.
● Listening test questions The Two listening tests (each
5%) will each have 5 questions, worth one mark.
● The test is is based on 5 audio excerpts which will
each be played 3 times during the test. Students will
have 3 minutes of silent writing time following the
playback of each 1-minute excerpt. Each question is
worth 1% of the final percentage mark. At the end of
the test, the teacher will repeat the playback of the
five excerpts
Length: ​Two listening tests will be held during the first
20 minutes of three separate Lessons. The tests are
scheduled for Week 4 (13 Feb), Week 8 (13 March).
Common Curriculum Elements:
3. ​identify and explain the use of music elements and concepts
When students identify the use of music elements and
concepts they locate, recognise and name distinguishing
features within music. When explaining, students give an
account of how music elements and concepts have been used
to create music.
10.​ evaluate music and justify a viewpoint When students
evaluate, they make judgments about the ideas and concepts
evident in music works in relation to purpose and context,
examining and determining the value or significance of music
from various perspectives. When students justify viewpoints,
they give valid reasons or evidence to support an answer,
response or conclusion. They synthesise their knowledge and
understanding of the elements of music into a coherent and
complex response to express opinions, ideas and arguments.
Student Name and Class:
Teacher: Mr. Gerard Clark / Ms Olivia Williams
Due Dates:
The tests are scheduled for Week 4 (13
Feb), Week 8 (13 March).
Weighting: This instrument has a weighting of 10% in
total (5% per exam)
Other:
Students can access a repertoire playlist from the
class portal page under assessment resources.
In most cases it will only be specific sections or
movement of the works that have been studied in
class
Assessment Criteria:
Questions 1-4
1. Name the composer and title of this excerpt
2. Identify one of the most prominent stylistic
features of this excerpt (10-30 words)
Question 5
1. This excerpt is not from the listening list. It
was composed by the same person as one of
the works on the listening list, and shares
prominent stylistic features. Who do you
think is the composer of this excerpt?
2. What aspects of the music led you to your
answer for question 5 (10-30 words)?
Overall Grade Awarded
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15. Assessment Item: Internal assessment 1: Listening Exams
Task:
Throughout this unit students have studied composer’s innovative use of music elements and concepts, and
the manner in which these ideas are used to communicate new meanings in the first half of the twentieth
Century. Drawing from this study Individually, students will complete two listening tests on repertoire studied
in the unit. The first exam will be based around music from the trends in early jazz module and the second on
trends in modernism. Students will will hear 5, 1 minute excerpts and have to identify who the composer is
and ​Identify one of the most prominent stylistic features of this excerpt. Each test will contain one mystery
piece which is by a composer studied and have similar stylistic characteristics.
Jazz Listening Test listening list Modernism listening list
- Robert Johnston: Sweet Home Chicago
- Scott Joplin​: The entertainer
- The Original Dixieland Jazz band; Tiger rag.
- Benny Goodman: Sing, Sing, Sing
- Django Reinhardt: Djangology
- Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.
- Stravinsky: Introduction; Dance of the Adolescents
(The Rite of Spring)
- Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Pierrot
Lunaire
- Berg: Violin Concerto
- Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress
Preparation for the task:
For this task it is key that students regularly listen to the set listening list for each lesson as the pieces that will
be assessed will be talked about and discussed in class. Often students won’t have to listen to the whole piece
but rather a movement or section of a work. Students can access a repertoire playlist from the class portal
page under assessment resources. In most cases it will only be specific sections or movement of the works
that have been studied in class. Student’s need to make sure they are able to identify the use of music
elements and concepts they locate, and be able to recognise and name distinguishing features within music so
that they can give a valid reasons or evidence to support why they chose that composer and piece.
Conditions:
● Each Question will be worth one mark​.
● Students will be asked to identify the composer and title of the set listening works, and to comment on
the music in the test.
● The test is is based on 5 audio excerpts which will each be played 3 times during the test. Students will
have 3 minutes of silent writing time following the playback of each 1-minute excerpt. They will all be
played one last time at the end.
● for ​Questions 1-4 students need to, name the composer and title of this excerpt and Identify one of the
most prominent stylistic features of this excerpt (10-30 words)
● for ​Question 5 the excerpt will not be from the listening list. It was composed by the same person as
one of the works on the listening list, and shares prominent stylistic features. Students will need to
answer who they think is the composer of this excerpt, and what aspects of the music led you to your
answer for question 5 (10-30 words).
● Students can access a repertoire playlist from the class portal page under assessment resources.
● In most cases it will only be specific sections or movement of the works that have been studied in class
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16. Listening test: 10 marks
Assessment objectives:
3. ​identify and explain the use of music elements and concepts When students identify the use of music elements
and concepts they locate, recognise and name distinguishing features within music. When explaining, students give
an account of how music elements and concepts have been used to create music.
10. evaluate music and justify a viewpoint When students evaluate, they make judgments about the ideas and
concepts evident in music works in relation to purpose and context, examining and determining the value or
significance of music from various perspectives. When students justify viewpoints, they give valid reasons or
evidence to support an answer, response or conclusion. They synthesise their knowledge and understanding of the
elements of music into a coherent and complex response to express opinions, ideas and arguments.
Marks The student work has the following characteristics:
0-5 Students Correctly identified composer of each work.
0-5 Students correctly identified ​most prominent stylistic features of the excerpt
Grade Awarded
Comments:
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17. Brisbane Secondary School
Year 12 Music
Semester 1: ​ ​Innovations in music
from the first half of the 20th CE:
Assessment Item Number:
Item 2
Task Description/ Assessment technique:
Independent composition which explicitly uses
one or more of the innovations studied in the
Unit.
Unit Assessed/Work Program Reference:
6.4.2 Internal assessment 2: Composition 2 from
the 2016 Draft 2 of the QCAA Senior Secondary
Music Curriculum.
Conditions:
● Students will be given adequate continuous
class time to develop the composition
throughout the unit.
● However Students will complete the
majority of the task in their own time.
● Minimum one minute in length.
● The composition must demonstrate the use
of an innovation studied in the unit.
Length: ​10 weeks to complete
Common Curriculum Elements:
This assessment technique is used to determine
student achievement in the following objectives:
2​. recognise and select music elements and concepts in
composition that demonstrate innovation
5​. apply knowledge and understanding of music
elements, concepts and composition techniques
composition that demonstrate innovation
8.​ resolve music ideas to consolidate and communicate
style and intent in composition demonstrating
innovation.
Overall Grade
Awarded
Student Name and Class:
Teacher: Mr. Gerard Clark / Ms Olivia
Williams
Due Dates: 30/03/2017
Weighting: This instrument has a weighting of
20%
Other:
Students can present their compositions as a sound
recording and/or a score (traditional, graphic or
contemporary)
Supporting evidence
For authentication purposes, include an artist’s
statement explaining of the use of music elements in
shaping the purpose and execution of the
composition (approximately 200 words or spoken
equivalent).
Assessment Criteria:
Composing:
● The composition show student’s ​discernment
in his / her choice of​ innovative musical
elements ​and compositional devices within
the context of innovative pre-1950’s music.
● Consistent and proficient ​selection and
application​ of music elements and concepts
relevant to the creation of their own
innovative composition
● Skilful ​manipulation and application​ of
compositional techniques​ in the creation of
cohesive and well-structured music.
● Discerning ​synthesis and convincing
expression​ of music ideas and stylistic
characteristics integral to the creation of an
innovative composition.
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18. Assessment Item: Internal assessment 2: Composition 1
Task: ​The Composition task assesses the creation of a musical work. Students resolve music ideas through the
manipulation of music elements and concepts to communicate style and intent.
Throughout this unit students have studied composer’s innovative use of music elements and concepts, and
the manner in which these ideas are used to communicate new meanings in the first half of the twentieth
Century. Drawing from this study Individually, students will draw upon and apply the knowledge and
understanding of genre, forms, historical contexts and styles to create an original composition which explicitly
uses one or more of the innovations studied. As part of this composition, supporting evidence will be
considered in the understanding of student intentions but will not be assessed and must explain the use of
music elements in shaping the purpose and execution of the innovative composition.
Preparation for the task:
For this composition it is key that you recognise and select music elements and concepts in composition that
demonstrates an innovation studied from that unit. This can be any innovation from trends in early Jazz or in
Modernism. Once an innovation or innovative style has been selected you need to apply your knowledge and
understanding of music elements, concepts and composition techniques to create an original composition that
appropriately reflects the innovation chosen. It is important to resolve music ideas to consolidate and
communicate the chosen style and intent in your composition, therefore explicitly demonstrating innovation.
The Innovations Studied in this unit are:
trends in early jazz, such as:
− blues
− ragtime
− dixieland
− swing
− gypsy
trends in modernism, such as:
− impressionism
− primitivism
− expressionism
− serialism
− neoclassicism
Conditions:
● duration: 10 weeks.
● students will be given continuous class time to develop the composition.
● minimum one minute in length.
● the composition must demonstrate the use of an innovation studied in the unit.
● Your composition must recognise and select music elements and concepts in composition that
demonstrate innovation
● Your composition must apply knowledge and understanding of music elements, concepts and
composition techniques that demonstrate innovation
● Your composition must resolve music ideas to consolidate and communicate style and intent in
composition demonstrating innovation.
● students can present their compositions as a sound recording and/or a score (traditional, graphic or
contemporary).
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19. Composition (20 marks)
Assessment objectives:
2.​ recognise and select music elements and concepts in composition that demonstrate innovation
5​. apply knowledge and understanding of music elements, concepts and composition techniques
composition that demonstrate innovation
8.​ resolve music ideas to consolidate and communicate style and intent in composition demonstrating
innovation
Marks The student work has the following characteristics:
0 The work does not reach a standard described by the descriptors above.
1-2 recognises music elements to convey a basic music idea.
3-4 development of composing techniques to explore the potential of composition.
5-6 use of selected music elements shows some understanding of style.
7-8 combination of music elements creates some structure.
9-10 application of music elements, concepts and composition techniques to express style and intent.
11-12 demonstration of style specific composition techniques.
13-14 application of stylistic features specific to style support the style and intent.
15-16 integration of music elements, concepts and composition techniques specific to style creates a
cohesive and well-structured work.
17-18 deliberate and considered use of idiomatic writing and nuances specific to style to communicate
meaning.
19-20 resolution of meaning is supported by complex interconnections between stylistic features and
music elements that create a cohesive work.
Grade Awarded
Comments:
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20. BRISBANE SECONDARY SCHOOL
Excursion Consent Form – (Year 12 music QSO Concert)
23/01/2017
Dear Parent/Carer
On 03/02/2017, we will be attending a Queensland Symphony Orchestra Performance as part of our Unit on
Innovations in Art music from the first half of the 20th CE:.
The aims of the Excursion are for students to gain a heightened appreciation and understanding of the distinctively
innovative orchestral style early American art music gave to the world.
Activity details​:
QSO salutes the USA in its second WorldBeat event for 2017.
In this concert we honour the most celebrated American composers of the twentieth century including Gershwin and
Bernstein (Koussevitzky was Russian-born, but a long time director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra).
QSO Music Director Alondra de la Parra will conduct a succession of beloved works, and together we will gain a
heightened appreciation of the distinctive orchestral style this great nation has gifted to the world of music.
Grofé Sunrise and Cloudburst from Grand Canyon
Suite
Koussevitzky​ Double Bass Concerto
Gershwin​ ​An American in Paris
Bernstein​ ​On the Waterfront
● Students will catch the train to QPAC with Supervising teachers, please make sure studetn’s are at School by
9am
● This is a low risk Excursion
● Students will be confined to Southbank parklands and the QPAC Surrounds with constant teacher supervision.
● Incase of and concerns see Mr Clark who will be leading the excursion.
● Students are to wear their formal uniforms (blazers, stockings and ties) however will continue without hats
● Students are able to purchase food or bring their own to eat for morning tea before the concert however will
not be able to bring food into the venue so all packaging will have to be disposable
● Students can bring a small bag into qpac or share a bag between 3 or 4 and store it in the cloak room.
● Students will return to school in time for lunch break
Activity Costs:
The cost of the excursion will be covered by the Music Department's annual budget, however students will have the
option to purchase their own lunch at Southbank or bring their own.
If you wish for your child to participate in the activity, please complete this consent form and return all pages
(including this page) to:
Brisbane Secondary School - Music Department - Mr Gerard Clark / Miss Olivia Williams, 0733963512.
For further information about the activity, please contact Mr Gerard Clark / Miss Olivia Williams, on 0733963512
Yours sincerely
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
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21. Mr John Smith Mr Gerard Clark / Miss Olivia Williams
Principal Department Heads
Brisbane Secondary School Brisbane Secondary School.
Privacy Notice
The Department of Education and Training (DET) is collecting the personal information requested in this form in order to:
- obtain lawful consent for your child to participate in the activity;
- help coordinate the activity;
- respond to any injury or medical condition that may arise during, or as a result of the activity; and
- update school records where necessary.
The information will only be accessed by authorised school staff and will be dealt with in accordance with the confidentiality requirements of s.426
of the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (Qld) and the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld).
The information will not be disclosed to any other person or agency unless it is for a purpose stated above, the disclosure is authorised or required
by law, or you have given DET permission for the information to be disclosed.
Activity Risks & Insurance
Please note that the Department of Education and Training does not have personal accident insurance cover for students. If your child
is injured as a result of an accident or incident while participating in the activity, all costs associated with the injury, including medical
costs are the responsibility of the parent/carer. Some incidental medical costs may be covered by Medicare. If you have private health
insurance, some costs may be also be covered by your provider. Any other costs must be covered by parents/carers. It is up to all
parents/carers to decide what types and what level of private insurance they wish to arrange to cover their child. Please take this into
consideration in deciding whether or not to allow your child to participate in this activity.
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By signing this form (below) I agree that:
● I have read all of the information contained in this form in relation to the activity (including any attached material) ​and I am
aware that the Department of​ ​Education and Training does not have personal accident insurance cover for students.
● I give consent for my child, _______________________________________________in class ________ , to participate in the
Q.S.O. Excursion on 03/02/2017.
● I will pay to the school the costs detailed above for my child’s participation in the activity.
● In the event of an accident or illness, school staff may obtain or administer any medical assistance or treatment my child may
reasonably require, including contacting my child’s doctor.
● I accept liability for all reasonable costs incurred by the Department of Education and Training in obtaining such medical
assistance or treatment (including any transportation costs) and undertake to reimburse the Department of Education and
Training the full amount of those costs.
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