Music
Subject Introduction
Overall Aims of Music Curriculum
- Develop creativity, critical thinking and communication skills, and nurture aesthetic sensitivity and cultural awareness;
- Develop arts skills, construct knowledge, and cultivate positive values and attitudes;
- Gain delight, enjoyment and satisfaction through participating in arts activities; and
- Pursue a lifelong interest in the arts.
Learning Targets
- Developing Creativity and Imagination
-Develop music ideas and acquire creating skills, together with performing and listening, to cultivate creativity and imagination;
- Developing Music Skills and Processes
-Develop performing skills to experience and express music, with emphasis on cultivating music imagination and musicality in practice;
- Cultivating Critical Responses in Music
-Comprehend, respond to and appraise music so as to nurture aesthetic sensitivity and awareness; and
- Understanding Music in Context
-Understand the functions of music and the relationship between music and cultures.
Subject Activities
Composers Program
- Appreciate the music of the great composer and introduce its background to let students know different great composers. For example: Mozart, Beethoven, Saint-Sang, etc.
Internal Music Activities
- Recorder School Team
- Handchime School Team
- School Choir
- Little Music Bean
- African Drum
- Morning Music Appreciation
External Music Activities
- Hong Kong Schools’ Music Festival
Rhythm Program
- In P.1-2, the rhythm program is promoted to enhance students' sense of rhythm.
Composing Program
- In P.3-4, the creative program is promoted to enhance students' creativity.
Music Appreciation Program
- In P.5-6, the appreciation program is promoted to enhance students' ability to enjoy music by themselves.
Performance Program
- In P.4-6, the performance program is promoted to enhance students to perform confidently using traditional musical instruments and electronic devices.