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How to Facilitate Creativity Free
The IBDP Music course cultivates creativity through compositional tasks across its components. Students progress from writing within stylistic conventions (Exploring Music in Context) and experimenting...
Assessment
Experimenting - Sample 5 (Grade 7)
Here is another student sample that was submitted as part of the May 2024 assessment period. The student has used J.S. Bach's Prelude in C minor BWV999 as the musical stimulus for Experimenting as a Creator...
Assessment
Presenting - Sample 3 (Grade 6)
This page offers a complete student portfolio for Presenting Music. It consists of Presenting as a Creator that comprises of two works incorporating music technology: the first is modelled on a standard...
Assessment
Experimenting - Sample 4 (Grade 7)
Here is another student sample that was submitted as part of the May 2024 assessment period. The student has (also) used Alberto Ginestera's "Danza del Viejo Boyero" as the musical stimulus for Experimenting...
Assessment
Exploring - Sample 5 (Grade 7)
Here is an example of a student who has submitted the Exploring Music in Context portfolio covering Areas of Inquiry I, II and IV (with the Experimenting portfolio, collectively all four areas of inquiry...
Assessment
Presenting - Sample 5 (Grade 7)
This page offers a complete portfolio for Presenting Music. It consists of 6 minutes of Presenting as a Creator that encapsulates two pieces: a sacred a capella choral work (AOI1) and an example of musique...
Essentials for Teachers
Student Samples on MyIB (from 2024) Free
On June 24, 2025, the IB have released a range of samples from the 2024 period on MyIB. These cover all four of the components for music - Exploring Music in Context, Experimenting with Music, Presenting...
Essentials for Teachers
Moises - AI for Inspiration
This page provides a focused overview of the AI application Moises, emphasising its practical use for teachers and students in the IBDP Music Course rather than a general feature summary. The application...
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AI Transcription Services - What's Out There? Free
This blog presents an overview of currently available AI transcription services. Such services offer expediency for "in-house" departmental meetings, as well as for engagements involving external participants....
Activities
Begin with Research Free
Often neglected in a project like this, research forms an important component of the journey. Sources from understanding the editing process and recording to utilising structural features and authentic...