Students will develop knowledge of skills and understanding when performing:

• high level technical and interpretive skill
• solo/group performances and presentations
• ensemble direction
• refinement of the skill of critical appraisal of own performances
• refinement of the skill of critical appraisal of the performance of others
• program development
• an increasing understanding of musical style
• concert practice and management.

Students will develop knowledge of skills and understanding in composition when:

• establishing a convincing personal musical style
• writing sophisticated and constructive critical appraisals of own compositions and the compositions of others
• refining the skill of analysing the works of other composers through the use of musical concepts
• participating in ensemble direction in the performance of own compositions
• discussing ideas that have led to the development of a composition
• compiling a composition portfolio.

Students will develop knowledge of skills and understanding in musicology when:

• refining research skills
• refining transcription and notation skills
• refining the skill of analysing works through the use of musical concepts
• refining the skill of critical appraisal of own writing and the writing of others
• an increasing understanding of style
• an increasing understanding of cultural context
• refining essay writing skills (i.e. stating an hypothesis, development of hypothesis supported by musical evidence, reaching a conclusion)
• refining evaluation skills
• compiling a musicology portfolio.