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Stage 1 Music is a 10‑credit subject or a 20‑credit subject.

A diverse range of music programs may be designed to cater for student interests, backgrounds, and possible future studies in Music.

Students are able to enrol in Stage 1 Music Experience and Stage 1 Music Advanced. These programs should be planned to encourage the sequential development of musical knowledge, understanding, and skills.

Music Experience programs are designed for students with emerging musical skills and provide opportunities for students to develop their musical understanding and skills in creating and responding to music. Music Experience programs provide pathways to Stage 2 Music Performance — Ensemble, Music Performance — Solo, and/or Music Explorations.

Music Advanced programs are designed to extend students’ existing musical understanding and skills in creating and responding to music. They provide pathways to Stage 2 Music Studies, Music Performance — Ensemble, Music Performance — Solo, and/or Music Explorations.

Music Experience and Music Advanced programs may be taught concurrently to accommodate the range of musical experience across the student cohort.

The subject consists of the following strands:

• understanding music
• creating music
• responding to music.

The strands are interconnected and are not intended to be taught independently. Students develop an understanding of the elements of music and apply this understanding to create their own music as performances, arrangements, or compositions. They develop their musical literacy through responding to and reflecting on their own and others’ musical works.