This course will fulfill the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum requirements for Group 6 Arts/Electives when taken in conjunction with Band, Choir, or Orchestra. Students’ will explore a variety of music from different parts of the world and across time periods, while acquiring technical proficiency in theory through the study of musical elements. This course emphasizes working individually and collaboratively to become practitioners of music through creating, group and solo performance, and reflective practice. Students will study music theory, composition, and obtain general knowledge of music from different periods of both Western and non-Western cultures. This course will emphasize a performance component as well as written work. This course will fulfill the Texas graduation requirement for Fine Arts. This course may be taken as one-year SL, or as the first year of HL two year.