Unit 1 Warming - up Reading Focus Why Study Music? Extension Music Education in Ancient Times Cultural Perspective Chinese People in Australia Today Unit 2 Warming - up Reading Focus Family Ties Extension Versions, Interpretations and More Cultural Perspective String Quartet No. 13 and the Fate of the Composer Unit 3 Warming - up Reading Focus Book Review A History of Singing by John Porter and Neil Sorrell Extension Peter Grimes Cultural Perspective Britten's introduction to Peter Grimes Unit 4 Warming - up Reading Focus What is Gamelan? Extension Collision of Cultures Cultural Perspective Colin McPhee Unit 5 Warming - up Reading Focus Arts Education in America Extension Music and Well - Being Cultural Perspective What is Language Loss? Unit 6 Warming - up Reading Focus Music - making of Popular Musicians in the West Extension The Way Asian Popular Musicians Learn Cultural Perspective East Meets West Unit 7
Warming - up Reading Focus On Being a Conductor Extension FXR Cultural Perspective Orchestras: A New Model for Effective Management Unit 8 Warming - up Reading Focus Minimalist Music: Where to Start Extension The other Adams Cultural Perspective Modern Film Music: does Minimalism have a part to play? Unit 9 Warming - up Reading Focus The Arts in Education Extension Teaching the "Hard to Reach" Cultural Perspective Language acquisition and the advantages of being a musician Glossary Glossary of Music Terms List of Personalities from the Texts