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Exploring Music in Context
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Exploring Music in Context

This is one of the four syllabus areas of the curriculum. Exploring Music in Context is concerned with one of the processes of studying and investigating music. It involves aural, kinaesthetic, and scholarly...

27 July 2026
Experimenting with Music
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Experimenting with Music

This is one of the four syllabus areas of the curriculum. Experimenting is connected to the musical processes of exploring and presenting. Here, students connect theoretical studies to practical work...

28 July 2026
Exploring Music in Context - Student Samples
Assessment
Exploring Music in Context - Student Samples

In this section, you will find anonymous samples of student work. We are in the process of building a range of student work for your perusal. Please remember these are for review purposes only and should...

31 May 2025
Exploring Sample 1 - Nov. 2025 (Grade 7)
Assessment
Exploring Sample 1 - Nov. 2025 (Grade 7) Free

The first student exploring sample from the November 2025 marking session includes the use of three AoIs. This sample first explores film music through AoI 3 using Monsters Inc. by Randy Newman. Then,...

02 September 2026
Experimenting with Music - Student Samples
Assessment
Experimenting with Music - Student Samples

In this section will find anonymous samples of student work. We are in the process of building a range of student work for your perusal. Please remember these are for review purposes only and should not...

01 July 2025
Contemporary Music Maker - Student Samples
Assessment
Contemporary Music Maker - Student Samples

In this section, you will find anonymous samples of student work. We are in the process of building a range of student work for your perusal. Please remember these are for review purposes only and should...

31 May 2025
Contemporary Music Maker
Activities
Contemporary Music Maker

This is one of the four syllabus areas of the curriculum, but it is only for higher-level students. The Contemporary Music Maker culminates in a collaborative project that is inspired by real-life practices...

08 August 2026
Exploring Music in Context - Teaching Strategy I
Teaching Strategies and Lesson Ideas
Exploring Music in Context - Teaching Strategy I

This is one of the four syllabus areas of the curriculum. Exploring Music in Context is concerned with one of the processes of studying and investigating music. It involves aural, kinaesthetic, and scholarly...

25 February 2024
Exploring Samples - Nov 2025
Assessment
Exploring Samples - Nov 2025

On these pages, you will find a series of student samples from the November 2025 assessment period. This was the second round of the third year of assessment for the DP Music Subject Guide, adopted in...

25 May 2026
CMM - Sample 2 (Grade 7)
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CMM - Sample 2 (Grade 7)

This student work should be viewed in conjunction with the Music Guide with particular reference to pages 64-70, which deals with the assessment of this component, only for higher-level students. Several...

04 July 2026

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