HSC Music Extension
Music Extension Requirements
The aim of the Music
Extension course is to provide challenging and rigorous opportunities for
musically and academically talented students to assist them in the realisation
of their potential as performers, composers or musicologists.
Students will specialise further in ONE of the learning experiences of performance or composition or musicology. Students have the opportunity to pursue excellence in a particular area of interest and expertise in the contexts of their choosing.
60 indicative hours are required to complete the Extension course.
Students must study Music 2 to gain access to the Music Extension course.
Performance (50 marks)
Maximum performance time: 20 minutes Students will perform THREE contrasting pieces of music on instrument(s) or voice.
One of the pieces must be an ensemble item. (20 marks)
The part played by the candidate in the ensemble must be clearly displayed.
Two solo pieces. (15 marks each piece — total 30 marks)
Students will specialise further in ONE of the learning experiences of performance or composition or musicology. Students have the opportunity to pursue excellence in a particular area of interest and expertise in the contexts of their choosing.
60 indicative hours are required to complete the Extension course.
Students must study Music 2 to gain access to the Music Extension course.
Performance (50 marks)
Maximum performance time: 20 minutes Students will perform THREE contrasting pieces of music on instrument(s) or voice.
One of the pieces must be an ensemble item. (20 marks)
The part played by the candidate in the ensemble must be clearly displayed.
Two solo pieces. (15 marks each piece — total 30 marks)
Geng Raymond Luo trio
Successful performers may demonstrate:
- selecting repertoire that demonstrated an expressive range and technical facility
- conveying and sustaining a stylistic understanding
- exploring the diversity that the mandatory topic offered
- preparing the space to enhance the performance
- displaying secure and consistent intonation
- displaying ensemble cohesion and rapport with accompanists.
Composition (50 marks)
Maximum combined time of the two pieces/movements: 6 minutes
Students will submit TWO original contrasting pieces or movements. (25 marks each composition.)
TWO copies of the written score and recording must be made. ONE copy of the written score and recording is to be submitted to the Board of Studies while the second copy and Composition portfolio should be retained at the school. This copy should be available if necessary during the HSC examination marking operation.
A composition portfolio is to be developed as a record of the compositional process. This portfolio may be requested by the Board of Studies to validate authorship of the composition.
Maximum combined time of the two pieces/movements: 6 minutes
Students will submit TWO original contrasting pieces or movements. (25 marks each composition.)
TWO copies of the written score and recording must be made. ONE copy of the written score and recording is to be submitted to the Board of Studies while the second copy and Composition portfolio should be retained at the school. This copy should be available if necessary during the HSC examination marking operation.
A composition portfolio is to be developed as a record of the compositional process. This portfolio may be requested by the Board of Studies to validate authorship of the composition.
Geng Raymond Luo - A Sketch of Scriabin
Successful compositions may demonstrate:
- composing works that had a strong underlying purpose, focus and direction
- working with musical material within the available time
- logically developing ideas throughout the piece
- using elements such as register, colour, texture, dynamics and articulation to maintain structural cohesion
- working equally with all instruments (ie interplay, voicing, colour combinations)
- maintaining a sense of phrasing and textural space
- using detailed and idiomatic notations on scores
Musicology (50 marks)
Length of essay: 3000 words Students will submit one essay of 3000 words on an aspect or aspects of music that they have studied in depth.
TWO copies of the Musicology essay must be made. ONE copy of the Musicology essay is to be submitted to the Board of Studies while the second copy and portfolio should be retained at the school. This copy should be available if necessary during the HSC examination marking operation.
A Musicology portfolio is to be developed as a record of the musicological process. This portfolio may be requested by the Board of Studies to validate authorship of the essay.
Length of essay: 3000 words Students will submit one essay of 3000 words on an aspect or aspects of music that they have studied in depth.
TWO copies of the Musicology essay must be made. ONE copy of the Musicology essay is to be submitted to the Board of Studies while the second copy and portfolio should be retained at the school. This copy should be available if necessary during the HSC examination marking operation.
A Musicology portfolio is to be developed as a record of the musicological process. This portfolio may be requested by the Board of Studies to validate authorship of the essay.