GENERAL INFORMATION

San Clemente HS offers three sections of standard level IB Music Appreciation, and two sections of higher level music.  Students are concurrently enrolled one of two performance classes, Chamber Orchestra or Wind Ensemble.  Placement is these classes is determined by testing.

By taking IB Music Appreciation, band and orchestra students:

• Receive weighted credit (same as AP courses)

• Satisfy their UC subject requirements

• Earn the 6th part of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma

• Participate for four years in the San Clemente HS music program

SUPPLIES NEEDED

Students need the following items to complete their IB Music assignments:

• Computer - Assignments and required reading is accessed from this website.  Students need to check and download information for each assignment.

• Notation Software - This is needed to complete the composition projects.  The IB Organization grades the use of technology as part of the final grade for IB Music candidates. Instructions to download Finale Notepad are below.

• Music Recorder - This can be a simple cassette recorder or some kind of digital recording device.  All recordings submitted to IBO are required to be in cassette format, however, so students need to have the ability to transfer their digital recordings to tape.

FINALE NOTEPAD

Students can download Finale NotePad for free.  Click here to follow the details:

|Finale NotePad Download Instructions|