The senior secondary Music curriculum provides students with broad and balanced music learning experiences. In addition to Western classical music, students learn to appreciate a wide range of music genres and styles such as Chinese instrumental music, Cantonese operatic music and popular music, in ways that broaden their music and cultural horizons, strengthen their knowledge and promote their respect for local and other cultures. The curriculum is also designed to cater for students with diverse music backgrounds and strengths. Through active participation in listening, performing and creating, students not only apply music knowledge and skills, but also exercise creativity, imagination, aesthetic sensitivity and critical thinking skills to express the substance, characteristics and feelings of the music.
The aims of the curriculum are to enable students to:
- develop creativity and nurture aesthetic sensitivity;
- further develop their musical competence;
- construct knowledge and understanding of diverse music cultures;
- develop critical responses to music; and communicate effectively through music;
- build a foundation for pursuing further studies in music and preparing for careers in music and related areas; and
- cultivate a lifelong interest in music and develop positive values and attitudes towards music.