ATAR Music Resources

Supporting music teachers and students across WA

The UWA Conservatorium of Music have developed a range of online resources to support music teachers and students across WA.

This suite of resources has been carefully designed around the new ATAR Music Syllabus, and includes a wide range of topics that will support student learning across a broad array of contexts.

Our bite-size videos will cover elements of Analysis, Performance and Musical Literacy and are accompanied by written documents, quizzes and further study links that will help support student learning beyond the classroom.

The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

Louis Armstrong - West End Blues

Unit 2: Narratives

ATAR Music Workbook | Unit 2: Narratives

In Unit Two, we will discuss Narrative. All music tells a story. Some of these stories are explicit—an obvious story that is probably linear in nature. Some of these stories are less obvious, a feeling or sense of emotion. How we do this in music—western art music, jazz or commercial music—is the subject of this unit. 

UWA ATAR Music Workbook_ UNIT TWO

The Beatles - A Day In the Life

Duke Ellington/Ella Fitzgerald: Take the A Train

Smetana - The Moldau

Unit 3: Identities

ATAR Music Workbook | Unit 3: Identities 

In Unit Three, we will discuss identities. The issues of identity permeate through music in very strong and often specific ways. Not only do some of us define ourselves by the music we perform, but many people define themselves by the music to which they listen. How does that work, and how do the creators of music use sound to help us to discover, uncover or define our identity?

UWA ATAR Music Workbook_UNIT THREE

Baker Boy - Marryuna

Nina Simone - To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Amy Beach - Gaelic Symphony, first movement

Unit 4: Innovations

ATAR Music Workbook | Unit 4: Innovations 

In Unit Four, we will discuss Innovations. Since the first music emerged in early humans, people have innovated to produce new music, to find new ways of communication. Some of these innovations have been great leaps forward; others incremental changes to ways of making or creating music. What lessons can we learn from these innovations as we strive to think about new music?

UWA ATAR Music Workbook_UNIT FOUR

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Performance

Top tips for performance

Expert performers and teachers from the UWA Conservatorium of Music, share their top five tips for students heading into exams and auditions.

General topics

The development of the Symphony Part 1 & Part 2

The development of the Concerto Part 1 & Part 2

UWA performances