Grade 10 - Instrumental Music

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 10

Curricular Competency

Content

Big Ideas

Explore and create

Reason and reflect

Communicate and document

Connect and expand

Individual and collective expression is rooted in history, culture, and community.

Growth as a musician requires perseverance, resilience, and reflection.

Music is a process that relies on the interplay of the senses.

Aesthetic experiences have the power to transform the way we think and feel.

Music offers unique ways of exploring our identity and sense of belonging.

Perform in large ensemble,small ensemble, and solo contexts

Express meaning, intent, and emotion through music

Improvise and take creative risks in music

Study and perform a variety of musical styles and genres

Explore a variety of contexts and their influences on musical works, including place and time

Develop and refine technical skills and expressive qualities

Explore music that reflects personal voice, story, and values

Describe and analyze musicians use of technique, technology, and environment in musical composition and performance, using musical language

Reflect on rehearsal and performance experiences and musical growth

Consider the function of their voice within the ensemble

Analyze styles of music to inform musical decisions

Document and share musical works and experiences in a variety of contexts

Receive and apply constructive feedback

Use discipline-specific language to communicate ideas

Contribute personal voice, cultural identity, and perspective in solo or ensemble musical study and performance

Demonstrate respect for self, others, and the audience

Use music to communicate and respond to social and global issues

Demonstrate personal and social responsibility associated with creating, performing, and responding to music

Make connections with others on a local, regional, and global scale through music

Use technical knowledge and contextual observation to make musical decisions

Demonstrate safe care, use, and maintenance of instruments and equipment

Practise appropriate self-care to prevent performance-related injury

elements, principles, vocabulary, symbols, and theory of music

techniques specific to individual or families of instruments, including:

winds

percussion

keyboard

orchestral strings

guitar

technical skills, strategies, and technologies

creative processes

movement, sound, image, and form

role of the performer, audience, and venue

traditional and contemporary First Peoples worldviews and cross-cultural perspectives, as communicated through music

history of a variety of musical genres

ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism