This is what this presentation is about.

• How do you teach students to describe their responses to music heard and performed?
• What are the characteristics of responses to music listening? The elements of music are terms that describe music that is written and created by composers.
• How does a listener show higher level responses beyond describing how elements of music are used?
• What is the separation of what the creator/composer sets, what liberties the performer takes in interpreting the work, and what life experiences the listener draws on to make a response to the aural experience?
• How is it that academics says that music is “beyond words”, yet we challenge students to write about music listening and discuss performance interpretation?
• What is appropriate vocabulary and content for examination answers. Social media approaches music as showing passion – how do students write about their passion when responding to music listening and interpreting performances?
• How do you teach “expressive outcomes” (VCE Music Study Design Performance Unit 3&4 Key Knowledge Outcome 3)?

The workshop session discussed these challenges to school course design and teaching practice.

Click here to go to the VCE Music Performance Presentation Page.