Music

The music curriculum at Dyson Perrins CE Academy aims to ensure that all pupils:

At Dyson Perrins the intention is that students:

Gain a firm understanding of what music is through listening, singing, playing, evaluating, analysing, and composing across a wide variety of historical periods, styles, traditions, and musical genres.
Develop a curiosity for the subject, as well as an understanding and acceptance of the validity and importance of all types of music, and an unbiased respect for the role that music may wish to be expressed in any person’s life.
Understand the value and importance of music in the wider community, and are able to use their musical skills, knowledge, and experiences to involve themselves in music, in a variety of different contexts.

	Learning Cycle 1		Learning Cycle 2		Learning Cycle 3
Year 7	Building Bricks Elements of Music	Keyboard Skills – Festive/Christmas Repertoire	Rhythm and Pulse	Form and Structure	Hooks and Riffs/ Investigating MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
	Young Voices Repertoire (to be linked to various aspects of music and PSHE depending on content)
Year 8	African Music	Ensemble Skills – Festive/Christmas Repertoire	Instruments of the Orchestra		Variations on a Ground Bass (Pachelbel’s Canon)
	Young Voices Repertoire (to be linked to various aspects of music and PSHE depending on content)
Year 9	Rock ‘n’ Roll	Popular Song	Soundtracks		FREE CHOICE PATHWAY Performance Skills Composition Skills

	Learning Cycle 1	Learning Cycle 2	Learning Cycle 3
Year 10	AoS 5: Conventions of Pop Music	AoS 1: My Music	AoS 3: Rhythms of the World
Year 11	AoS 4: Film Music	AoS 2: The Concerto Through Time	Revision and Preparation for Exams

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