Music

Course summary

Music in the IB is a non-examined subject, meaning that all assessed work takes the form of three (SL) or four (HL) portfolios. It is an ideal scenario for a school like Wellington for several reasons: It makes the link between curricular and non-curricular music It enables students’ interests to be at the centre of the curriculum It enables the timely completion of the course to allow preparation for examinations in other subjects Music is a Group 6 subject, but for music award holders it can sometimes be part of an unusual subject combination to allow more flexibility. This can be advantageous – particularly, for example, for Medics who can take SL Music and potentially finish the course early. The course takes a bold look at preparing musicians for the future and intends to be inclusive, holistic in its development of the musical mind, and relevant to the 21st century learner by taking students’ personal musical identity as the starting point.