ART07M: Music
This course gives students the opportunity to explore their technical and compositional skills on the creative process to create and perform music for a variety of purposes. Students apply the creative process to create and perform music for a variety of purposes, using the elements and techniques of music; apply the critical analysis process to communicate their feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of music and musical experiences; demonstrate an understanding of a variety of musical genres and styles from the past and present, and their sociocultural and historical contexts.
In Grade 7, students will build on their knowledge of the elements of music and related musical concepts
that were introduced in Grades 1 to 6. Students will develop understanding of musical concepts through
participation in musical experiences that involve listening, moving, creating, and performing (vocal and/or instrumental music). The elements of music are: (i) duration: tempo markings (e.g., allegro, vivace, largo), rhythms in the repertoire they play and/or sing; (ii) pitch: blues scale, grand staff, keys encountered in the repertoire they perform; (iii) dynamics and other expressive controls: articulation and expression marks encountered in the repertoire they perform (e.g., marcato, maestoso); (iv) timbre: tone colour of complex ensembles (e.g., jazz, gamelan, choral, orchestral), (v) texture/harmony: major and minor triads; and (vi) form: 12-bar blues.
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Course Regular Price: US$600 – Full-time.
Reduced price: US$420 (Save US$180) – Full-time.
Regular Price: US$700 per course [Part-time]
Reduced Price: US$650 per course (Save US$50) [Part-time]
ART07V: Visual Arts
This course gives students the opportunity to explore their ability in applying the creative process to produce art works in a variety of traditional two- and three-dimensional forms. Students apply multimedia art works, that communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings, using elements, principles, and techniques of visual arts as well as current media technologies; apply the critical analysis process to communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of art works and art experiences; demonstrate an understanding of a variety of art forms, styles, and techniques from the past and present, and their sociocultural and historical contexts.
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Course Regular Price: US$600 – Full-time.
Reduced price: US$420 (Save US$180) – Full-time.
Regular Price: US$700 per course [Part-time]
Reduced Price: US$650 per course (Save US$50) [Part-time]
ART07D: Dance or Drama
Students in Grade 7 will develop or extend understanding of the following concepts through participation
in various dance experiences (e.g., using elements and choreographic forms to communicate themes and moods). The elements of dance are (i) body: body awareness, use of body parts, body shapes, locomotor and non-locomotor movements, body bases, symmetry versus asymmetry, geometric versus organic shape, angular versus curved shape, isolation of body parts (e.g., moving just the shoulder when the rest of the body is still), weight transfer (e.g., lunge, leap, roll); (ii) space: levels, pathways, directions, positive versus negative space, proximity of dancers to one another, various group formations, performance space (e.g., confined, large); (iii) time: pause, freeze, with music, without music, duration, rhythm, tempo, acceleration/deceleration; (iv) energy: effort, force, quality, inaction versus action, percussion, fluidity (e.g., wring, dab, mould, flow, bind) and (v) relationship: dancers to objects, opposition, groupings (e.g., large and small groups), meet/part, follow/lead, emotional connections between dancers, groupings.
Students in Grade 7 will develop or extend understanding of the following concepts through participation in various drama experiences. The elements of drama are (i) role/character: considering motivations of historical and fictional characters; considering various facets of multidimensional characters; revealing character through the use of props and movement/blocking; maintaining commitment to role; (ii) relationship: developing and analysing multidimensional relationships in the drama; (iii) time and place: improvising with/adapting available materials to establish setting; using blocking (e.g., when and where to move) and stage areas (e.g., upstage right, downstage centre) in planning and performance; (iv) tension: using sound, lighting, technology, and stage effects to heighten tension; using foreshadowing
to create suspense; (v) focus and emphasis: using a range of devices and effects to highlight specific aspects of the performance for the audience.
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Course Regular Price: US$600 – Full-time.
Reduced price: US$420 (Save US$180) – Full-time.
Regular Price: US$700 per course [Part-time]
Reduced Price: US$650 per course (Save US$50) [Part-time]
