Imagine hearing your music played by the Australian Youth Orchestra and broadcast at partner venues around Australia! If you are a budding composer or musician then the Fanfare Competition is an exciting opportunity for you.
The competition is open to young people aged 12-21 years. To compose a 30 second composition and submit a score and ... Read more »
Tuning in
A tuning in activity helps students to define and focus on the issues they will be dealing with in the unit of work.
About the Fanfare Competition teaching resources- Fanfare Competition: Create a fanfare and enter the competition
Fanfare Competition DIY Student Toolkit
Finding Out
Students will need to obtain more information about the issues they are going to investigate. They can identify questions of interest and research these either in small groups or on their own. Once information is gathered, it can be shared using chosen communication methods e.g. short presentations. Students can continue finding out by completing a range of investigations, including gathering data. They use appropriate methods to present and communicate what they have found out.
- Fanfare Competition: Attention Grabbing Music
- Fanfare Competition: Rhythm Inspired Composition
- Fanfare Competition: Riff Inspired Composition
- Fanfare Competition: Tone Colour Inspired Composition
- Fanfare Competition: Layered Compositions
- Fanfare Competition: Multi-cultural elements in composition
- Fanfare Competition: Orchestrating Your Fanfare Composition – Years 7-10 – Music
Additional Activities for this Unit of Work
These activities are not part of this unit of work, however they may be useful as additions if you have the time.
