Music education helps students:
- To develop creativity, the ability to appreciate music and to effectively communicate through music;
- To nurture aesthetic sensitivity and cultural understandings;
- To develop music skills, construct knowledge in music, and cultivate positive values and attitudes;
- To gain enjoyment and satisfaction through participating in music activities; and
- To pursue a life-long interest in and the valuing of music.
The Learning Targets of the Music curriculum are:
- Developing Creativity and Imagination Develop music ideas and acquire creating skills, together with performing and listening, to cultivate creativity and imagination;
- Developing Music Skills and Processes Develop performing skills to experience and express music, with emphasis on cultivating music imagination and musicality in practice;
- Cultivating Critical Responses in Music Comprehend, respond to and appraise music so as to nurture aesthetic sensitivity and awareness; and
- Understanding Music in Context Understand the functions of music and the relationship between music and cultures.
Music Panel Head: Ms Kam Wai Yee Winnie
