6 - Music SL

Course summary

Why study Music? The DP music course, as with all IB courses, aims to develop students who are holistic and well-rounded learners who actively strive to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills, and consider a broad range of perspectives in the subject area. In this sense, this document is not to be understood as a list of knowledge to be accumulated or a set of skills applied on one specific instrument, but rather as a list of prompts that indicate the level of expectation in terms of knowledge, understanding and skills, as well as potential teaching and learning tasks that may facilitate learning in different contexts. There is a large variety of work associated with music with the UK music industry currently valued at 5.2 billion pounds and growing. As well as many different music courses in higher education (ranging from Music Performance, Music History and Analysis, Composition and Music Technology etc.) there are many jobs that it would be beneficial to have studied music. These range from Recording Artist, Broadcaster, Composer, Engineer, Journalist, Manager, Publisher, Teacher and many more. There are NO examinations in the Music course, it is entirely assessed through written and practical assessments.