by Kirsten LLOYD | Jan 25, 2024 | Community and Service, Grade 9, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
In a PBL (Project Based Learning), the Grade 9 practiced their fledgling composition skills through the lens of Advocacy Music. Each student selected a Sustainable Development Goal to use as stimuli for their compositions. As a class, we focused on how to use timbre,...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Jan 25, 2024 | Grade 8, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
The grade 8 students have been wrapping up a long unit looking at the musical styles and genres of the Americans. Starting with understanding the historical impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on the Northern and Southern American continents, the students looked...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Nov 30, 2023 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
As part of the Year Five assessments, the grade 10s will be completing the E.Portfolio. This culminating project of their MYP learning is an opportunity for the students to share what they have learned over the past five years. Each year, the IB sends out a new unit...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Sep 14, 2023 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Music, Secondary Music
For AOI 3 (Absolute Music), the Grade 12 DP Music students are learning about experimental and avant garde composition techniques popularized during the 20th century. Instead of focusing on the traditional ideas of tonality and melody, many composers began to look...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Jun 15, 2023 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Music, Secondary Music
In the DP SL Music course, there are three main assessments that are submitted to the IB over the course of the two years; the External Assessment, the Presenting Performance recordings, and the Internal Assessment. Each of these major benchmarks account for 1/3 of...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Jun 15, 2023 | Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
Congratulations to all the students who performed yesterday! Your hard work, dedication, and focus was incredible to see on stage last night. From the littlest students to the oldest, you all have reasons to be proud of what you have accomplished this semester. You...
