Arts at Hellyer College
Subjects
Contemporary Music provides a vehicle for students to engage with and create music aligned with popular culture. They acquire skills in musical creativity, performance and collaboration as well as develop an understanding of recording processes, workplace safety and marketing.
If you are a student who has a keen interest in Dance and teamwork, then this subject is for you. You will learn about dance making and performance skills as well as reflecting on and responding to, your own and others work. You will study solo and group work within the four compulsory units of work: Dance skills, Dance Making, Preparation and Performance and Reflection and Appreciation.
This course introduces students to the foundations of Drama. Students acquire skills in collaborative processes, imaginative exploration of ideas and beliefs, and the appreciation of Drama as an art form.
This course is one of a pair of courses that offer students experiences in media production and media analysis. It provides both a foundation for further study in media and may serve as an endpoint of learning for those students wishing to gain basic skills and understanding to create their own media products.
The practical component of this course involves media making in one of the formats listed below:
Radio (radio/digital media)
Screen (TV/film/online content)
Print and Digital Media
Convergent media (new and multimedia).
Music Studies provides opportunities for students to gain skills, knowledge and understanding by performing, creating and listening to music. Students gain an understanding of music and musicianship, and develop as musicians through an experience based program that promotes a coherent relationship between performing music, creating music and listening to music.
Music Technology Projects - Foundation is a course which requires students to have an interest in audio design and sound technology. There are 5 compulsory units of study: The Physics of Sound, Microphone Characteristics and Techniques, Signal Flow and System Use, Mix Aesthetics and Professional Practice.
Students must have an interest in dance composition and choreography. Solid English skills (minimum C in Year 10). An appreciation of dance as an art form, and the inter-relationship of performance, composition and appreciation. This subject comprises reflective practice, creating your own expressive movement and developing an appreciation of how other dance artists represent thoughts and intentions. Students will work with other class members to create dance works.
In this subject, students will be provided with practical and creative opportunities to acquire drama skills, knowledge and understanding. Through a practical and theoretical study of Drama, students are exposed to a wide range of experiences and stagecraft. Students develop an understanding of the creative and collaborative processes and skills needed to make Drama works.
This course offer students experiences in media production and media analysis at the highest level of complexity available in senior secondary courses. Students are provided with practical and creative opportunities to acquire media skills, knowledge and understanding through a practical and theoretical study of media. Students develop an understanding of the creative and collaborative processes needed to make media products.
Students study the practical components of this course in the context of ONE of the following specialised areas:
Radio (radio/digital media)
Screen (tv/film/online content)
Print and Digital Media.
Music will enable students to develop as musicians through an experience-based program that provides opportunities to investigate the relationship between creating, listening to and performing music. Students will engage in reflective and critical analysis in order to refine, evaluate and articulate their ideas, and to consolidate their musical practice. Students require a substantial theory background.
Working individually and as a member of a theatrical ensemble, students present polished performances and dramatic monologues to a variety of audiences. Through class and personal research work, students study the contexts of play scripts, as well as their language and theatrical possibilities. Live theatre performances are attended and critically analysed, with emphasis placed on the observation of individual acting performances in theatrical contexts.
This 'Full UTAS Unit' is the first of two aimed at providing an intensive course of study in music performance or composition designed to build skills to allow a successful audition into the Bachelor of Music Degree.
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