{"id":3426,"date":"2026-04-12T17:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/academic-guide-years-11-12\/music-2-2-unit\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T16:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:05:37","slug":"music-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/academic-guide-years-11-12\/hsc\/hsc-subjects\/music-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Music 2 (2 unit)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!-- section: section_text --><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Preliminary Course <\/strong>[Board Developed Course] 2 units<br><strong>HSC<\/strong> <strong>Course&nbsp;<\/strong>[Board Developed Course] 2 units<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">Prerequisites: Music Additional Study course (or equivalent)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">Exclusions: Music 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Preliminary and HSC courses, students will study music through learning experiences in performing, listening and creating within the context of a range of styles, periods and genres.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to core studies in performance, aural skills and composition, students nominate one elective study in Performance, Composition or Musicology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main Topics Covered<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The focus areas for study are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preliminary course\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a>Music of Western art traditions 1<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Music for drama, movement and entertainment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Music of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> and 21<sup>st<\/sup> centuries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HSC course\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Music of Western art traditions 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elective project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!-- section: section_text --><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assessment \u2013 HSC Course Only<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>WEIGHTING<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>INTERNAL ASSESSMENT<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>WEIGHTING<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Core <\/strong><br><br>Performance (one piece) <br><br>Aural Skills examination (consisting of written answers to musical stimuli) <br><br>Submitted composition <br><br><strong>Elective project<\/strong><br>One elective \u2013 either Performance, Composition or Musicology<\/td><td>20<br> <br><br><br>40<br><br><br><br> <br>20 \u00a0 <br><br><br>20<\/td><td>Knowledge and understanding of course content <br><br>Skills in performance, composition and musicology<\/td><td>50 \u00a0 <br><br><br>50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>100<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>100<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Description Preliminary Course [Board Developed Course] 2 unitsHSC Course&nbsp;[Board Developed Course] 2 units Prerequisites: Music Additional Study course (or equivalent) Exclusions: Music 1 In the Preliminary and HSC courses, students will study music through learning experiences in performing, listening and creating within the context of a range of styles, periods and genres.\u00a0 In addition 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