The Instrumental Music Program provide students with the opportunity to become musicians by experiencing the expressive qualities of music through learning to play a band or orchestral instrument and participating in concert bands and orchestras as performance ensembles. Instrumentation
The Instrumental Music curriculum includes band and orchestral instruments, organised in families, as follows:
- Strings - violin, viola, bass guitar
- Woodwinds - flute, clarinet, saxophone
- Brass - trumpet, trombone
- Percussion—tuned (mallets) and untuned (drum kit) instruments
Course Components
Students become musicians through participation in the Instrumental Music program which incorporates performance ensembles, small group lessons and home practice. All three course components are required for progress and achievement in the subject.
Performance Ensembles
Ensembles provide the opportunity to demonstrate instrumental music learning in real-life contexts.
Group Lessons
Small group lessons are the avenue through which music literacy, techniques and performance skills, specific to the instrument and level of the student, are explicitly taught.
Home Practice
It is expected that students will complete regular home practice to make musical progress on their instrument.