Assessment in Practice
External Assessment
The two components that constitute external assessment are Presenting Music and Exploring Music in Context. The IB examiners mark work produced for external assessment. This page offers you important...
Assessment in Practice
Subject Reports - Nov 2023
After each assessment period, the IB produce reports for many of the subjects, including music. These are essential documents in which educators can gain insight into common problems and areas that need...
Assessment in Practice
Subject Reports - May 2023
After each assessment period, the IB produce reports for many of the subjects, including music. These are essential documents in which educators can gain insight into common problems and areas that need...
Review/Revision
Exploring Music in Context
This page contains an important checklist, issued in the form of a series of questions, as students gather and extract information from their journals for assessment. Both the students and I have found...
Review/Revision
Checklists for Submissions
As you and your students move into the final phase of the DP music course, there is a period in which will need to collect all the relevant information and put it in the appropriate forms to have the...
Essentials for Teachers
Relationship to IGSCE & A-Levels
The IB Music DP programme is often compared to various other curricular models. Many of these studies depend on the part of the world or the kind of school in which one may find oneself. In many cases,...
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Using the Journal Effectively
This page covers some ideas regarding effective journalling, specifically in the performing ensemble. The documentation is formatted on a google slide and its' intent is a work in progress. The slide...
Essentials for Teachers
Building Your Programme
Setting up your course can be an overwhelming experience, particularly for those educators who are new to the program or who have experience with other curricula that are vastly different to the IB. ...
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Holst - The First Suite
Gustav Holst is an iconic composer from the late 19th Century. His versatility in writing for both the string orchestra and the wind band is well known. His big breakthrough came with his orchestra work,...
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The Performing Ensemble
This section is dedicated to the student whose primary focus of music instruction in the high school centers around the performing ensemble. In most cases, this would be school ensembles such as the string...