Music is an important part of everyone’s life. In Junior Cycle Music, you will sing and possibly learn how to play an instrument. You will listen to many types of music such as pop, classical and traditional Irish music. You will also start composing.
Music has a very important part in many peoples’ lives. Most of us will take pleasure in listening to music and many people will enjoy singing or playing an instrument throughout their lives. Some people may even decide to take up a career in music in areas such as education (teacher, lecturer), business (sound engineer, lyricist, reviewer, therapist) and performance (composer, performer, conductor).
The course consists of three strands:
Procedural Knowledge: To explore fully their musical imagination, creativity, and potential requires students to develop their music literacy and skills in a range of ways. Students learn through engaging in, reflecting upon and evaluating their musical experiences.
Innovate and Ideate: In this strand, students draw on their personal and professional experiences and perspectives to develop, refine, showcase and seek feedback on their musical ideas. They develop and awareness of different sounds and the potential of sound for resourcing and generating ideas, and for commincating feelings.
Culture and Context: The understanding of music in context and its cultural positioning helps to shape our ability to create, perform and appraise the music we engage with. In this strand, students will investigate the contextual and cultural environments that impact on purpose and intent in music.
| Number of hours over 3 years | Final Exam | Classroom-Based Assessments (CBAs) | Assessments Task |
| 200 hrs minimum |
1hour 30min paper Taken at Common level Worth 70% of overall grade
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Two CBAs to be taken over 2nd & 3rd year CBA 1- Composition Portfolio CBA 2- Programme Note |
Students complete a practical examination made up of three solo and /or group songs/pieces. Worth 30% of overall grade
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These subjects involve developing creativity and the appreciation of the work of others. This involves learning the methods and techniques of the subject and producing your own work using these skills.
This subject builds skills and knowledge that are particularly useful for careers in the following Career Sectors: