This course enables students to create media art works by exploring new media, emerging technologies such as digital animation, and a variety of traditional art forms such as film, photography, video, and visual arts. Students will acquire communications skills that are transferable beyond the media arts classroom and develop an understanding of responsible practices related to the creative process. Students will develop the skills necessary to create and interpret media art works.
Curriculum Policy Document:Â The Arts, The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 to 10, 2010
Overrall expectations
By the end of the course you will:
Creating And Presenting
By the end of this course, students will:
The Creative Process: apply the stages of the creative process when performing notated and/or improvised music and composing and/or arranging music;
The Elements of Music: apply elements of music when performing notated and improvised music and composing and/or arranging music;
Techniques and Technologies: use a variety of techniques and technological tools when performing music and composing and/or arranging music.
Reflecting, Responding, And Andanalysing
By the end of this course, students will:
The Critical Analysis Process: use the critical analysis process when responding to, analysing, reflecting on, and interpreting music;
Music and Society: demonstrate an understanding of how traditional, commercial, and art music reflect the society in which they were created and how they have affected communities or cultures;
Skills and Personal Growth: demonstrate an understanding of how performing, creating, and critically analysing music has affected their skills and personal development;
Connections Beyond the Classroom: identify and describe various opportunities for continued engagement in music.
Foundations
By the end of this course, students will:
Theory and Terminology: demonstrate an understanding of music theory with respect to concepts of notation and the elements and other components of music, and use appropriate terminology relating to them;
Characteristics and Development of Music: demonstrate an understanding of the history of some musical forms and of characteristics of types of music from around the world;
Conventions and Responsible Practices: demonstrate an understanding of responsible practices and performance conventions relating to music.