Junior Music Specialism in Semester One...

In Semester One, the Year 7 and 8 students in Junior Music specialism focused on developing knowledge on composition/songwriting as well as developing musicianship skills. The theory focus in the class was on how to sing, write and understand key signatures, majors scales and chord progressions. Using our knowledge on chord progressions and major scales, students have used digital programs such as Garageband to experiment, compose and record musical ideas. For Showcase this semester, the class prepared cover songs to perform as a group. In Term 2, we spent time practicing and communicating with each other during rehearsal. Throughout the semester, we conducted performance workshops to adapt students with playing in front of an audience, and we learnt how to provide constructive feedback to our peers and to reflect on our practice. - Wynne Djunaidy, Junior Music specialism teacher