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.