Music

Course summary

The Music strand for the IB Diploma allows you to study a broad range of musical styles from a variety of musical cultures around the world. This will focus around four main areas of musical enquiry: Stage Music (music for listening and performance); Songs of War, Protest, and Celebration (music of sociocultural and political expression); Music in Entertainment (film, dance, media, advertising); and Music Technology (20th century modern techniques and dance music). It is an academically rigorous course through which you will hone your composition skills through a series of miniatures (achieved through music technology, traditional notation, and improvisation). Much of the course is personalised entirely around your musical interests and skills, building from a personal, local and global knowledge of music, with varying degrees of familiarity. You will develop your performing skills and ability to communicate through musical expression, as well as developing independent research skills through an investigation into musical styles of your own choosing.