Music

Assessment

Exploring music in context – External Assessment 30% at SL • 20% at HL • Students select samples of their work for a portfolio submission. Students submit: A. written work demonstrating engagement with, and understanding of, diverse musical material. B. practical exercises in creating and performing. Experimenting with music – Internal Assessment 30% at SL • 20% at HL • Students submit an experimentation report with evidence of their musical processes in creating and performing in two areas of inquiry in a local and/ or global context. The report provides a rationale and commentary for each process. Students submit: A. a written experimentation report that supports the experimentation. B. practical musical evidence of the experimentation process in creating and performing. Presenting music – External Assessment 40% at SL • 30% at HL • Students submit a collection of works demonstrating engagement with diverse musical material from four areas of inquiry. The submission contains: A. Programme notes B. Presenting as a creator: composition and/or improvisation C. Presenting as a performer: solo and/or ensemble The contemporary music-maker HL only – 30% Students submit a continuous multimedia presentation documenting their real-life project which evidences: A. the project proposal B. the process and evaluation C. the realised project, or curated selections of it