Benefits
Taking Lower Secondary Music online will enable students to:
- Develop musical proficiency: students will develop a strong foundation in music theory, composition, performance, and listening skills
- Develop their ability to listen critically. They learn to analyse musical elements, identify patterns, and appreciate nuances in various compositions
- Improve their cognitive abilities. Musical education has been linked to enhanced memory, problem-solving skills, spatial-temporal skills, and mathematical reasoning
- Cultivate self-directed learning and effective time management skills
Course advice
Our Lower Secondary Music course assumes basic knowledge of Grade 3 Music Theory. Students must be receiving instrumental or singing lessons as an accompaniment to this course and will require 1.5 hours per week of study time to complete each year of the course plus additional time for completing assignments.
This course follows the Lower Secondary Music Curriculum Framework.