Music Overview

Music for all levels
Our music programme will nurture the artist in you and also allow you to focus your creativity. We offer a wide variety of performance opportunities, including in-house, public  and international platform.
Both beginners and advanced musicians will learn to play the keyboard, guitar, kit drums and hand percussion. They will also learn to transform their personal computers as tools for music learning, composition and production. The students are also introduced to multidisciplinary works where it examines how Visual and Performing Arts can be richly associated with the other arts forms.

Music as an O-level Subject
The Programme aims to develop pupils' musical perception skills in interpreting and understanding music. This is achieved by providing pupils with the exposure to a range of classical western and traditional non-western music in their diverse historical and social contexts. The pupils will be immersed in a musically enriched environment that provides them with opportunities to compose and perform music.

DRAMA Overview

ELF
Term 1: Voice in Performance, Mime, Tableaux, Laban Technique
Term 2: Poetry Recitation, Acting & Improvisation, Mime & Improvisation
Term 3: Readers’ Theatre, Performing Stories, Viewpoints Technique, Acting Monologues
Term 4: Scene Work, Mask Work, Oral Communication

AUSMAT GRADE 7
Term 1 & 2: Vocal Expression, Alexander Technique, Playmaking & Improvisations, Laban Movement
Term 3 & 4: Wayang Theatre (Asian Theatre), Scriptwriting, Production Work

AUSMAT GRADE 8
Term 1 & 2: Vocal Production, Theatre Exposure, Alexander Technique, Method Acting, Improvisations, Laban Movement
Term 3 & 4: Chinese Opera (Asian Theatre I), Contemporary Theatre, Scriptwriting, Directing for Stage, Australian Drama

SECONDARY 1
Term 1: Oral Communication, Poetry Recitation, Tableaux, Improvisations,
Term 2: Forum Theatre, Laban Technique
Term 3: Mask Work, Readers’ Theatre, Performing Stories, Viewpoints technique
Term 4: Acting Monologues, Script work, Process Drama

SECONDARY 2
Term 1: Acting & Theatre, Voice Production, Poetry Recitation, Image theatre
Term 2: Contemporary, Laban Technique,
Term 3: Mask Work, Readers’ Theatre, Performing Stories, Viewpoints
Term 4: Acting Monologues, Scriptwriting, Process Drama

SECONDARY 3
Term 1: Chinese Opera (Asian Theatre I), Voice Production, Drama & Movement
Term 2: Greek Theatre, Performance Lab (Experimental Greek Theatre), Laban Technique (Physical Theatre I)
Term 3: Readers’ Theatre, Performing Stories, Viewpoints (Physical Theatre II), Theatre & the Community
Term 4: Wayang Kulit (Asian Theatre II), Scriptwriting, Process Drama

PRE-UNIVERSITY 1 (CAMBRIDGE)
Term 3: Street Theatre, Voice Production, Playmaking, Improvisations, Laban Movement,
Term 4: Chinese Opera, Playback Theatre, Viewpoints, Directing for Stage

AUSMAT YEAR 11
Term 3: Street Theatre, Vocal Production, Process Drama, Playmaking, Laban Movement
Term 4: Chinese Opera, Playback Theatre, Viewpoints Technique, Art Installation

LONDON A (PRE-U 1 & 2)
Term 3: Street Theatre, Vocal Production, Playmaking, Improvisations, Laban Movement
Term 4: Chinese Opera, Contemporary Theatre, Playback Theatre, Viewpoints, Directing for Stage

Media Production and Analysis for AUSMAT Year 11 & 12

IMPORTANCE OF MEDIA

• It is a fundamental importance to defining the ways we see ourselves and others
• Provides critical insights into the culture and values of one’s society
• Creates an appreciation in the values of other cultures

WHAT IS MEDIA STUDIES?
Media studies is a central focus of the field of Mass Communications. It addresses three main areas;

• media content & structure
• society & culture
• the audience

The key feature of media is representation. Film and TV programmes are deceptively ‘real’. They appear very believable but it is merely a re-presentation of reality, the end product of a sophisticated mediation process. It is a good foundation for students thinking of taking journalism, business, promotions or film-making in the university.