This course is designed for students who want to learn music on their own terms. If your school does not offer the style, instrument, or approach you are interested in, this course allows you to earn an Ontario high school music credit by documenting real musical practice.
Students choose the instrument, genre, and learning resources that match their goals. This might include working through a method book, following online courses or tutorials, composing or producing music in a DAW, writing lyrics, or preparing repertoire for performance. All musical styles and approaches are welcome.
Students earn credit by recording their practice, submitting short videos, and reflecting on their progress. The focus is on consistent effort, skill development, and thoughtful goal setting rather than one-time performances.
Courses by Grade
Music, Grade 9 (Open)
Turn your beginner to intermediate musical practice into academic credit. Track your progress, document your repertoire, and build foundational performance skills.
Course Outline (5 Units)
Formulate your personal practice plan, establish technical repertoire goals, and engage in critical listening discussions.
Document daily deliberate practice sessions and produce your initial recorded repertoire performance video.
Explore the physics of sound, rhythmic subdivisions, scale theory, and envelope sculpting using our Chiptune Synth sandbox.
Deepen musical expressiveness, track technical tempo improvements, and document an advanced performance piece.
Demonstrate accumulated musical progress through a final performance evaluation and a written reflective exam.
Music, Grade 10 (Open)
Continue developing your musical craft by documenting ongoing private lessons or personal practice. Analyze your technical growth and start refining your unique style.
Course Outline (5 Units)
Design structured practice routines, analyze performance nuances, and establish technical milestones.
Maintain verified practice logs and submit recorded repertoire demonstrating expressive dynamics and phrasing.
Explore resonant low-pass filter sweeps, pentatonic scales, syncopated offbeat grooves, and dynamic arrangement automation.
Record and evaluate an ambitious musical selection focusing on tone production, articulation, and personal interpretation.
Showcase technical mastery in a final performance assessment and complete the written musical reflection exam.
Music, Grade 11 (Open)
Push your musical abilities further by maintaining a detailed, professional-level practice log. Reflect critically on your technique, repertoire choices, and performance readiness.
Course Outline (5 Units)
Formulate a professional-grade practice framework, establish repertoire difficulty standards, and analyze master performances.
Document daily practice volume and record a polished performance demonstrating advanced technical fluency.
Analyze Roman numeral chord progressions, subtractive synth signal flow, 3:4 polymetric timing, and final loop composition.
Execute a complex musical selection and conduct an in-depth analytical interview evaluating performance readiness.
Deliver a final recital performance demonstrating mature artistry, accompanied by a comprehensive written exam.
Custom Courseware & Included Software
At Async Academy, we equip students with a professional-grade software suite to help them learn to use tools actually used in the real world. Through every course, students develop their skills using:
Full Canva Subscription
Unleash creativity with a fully-unlocked Canva subscription containing all features. Students get a full year of access to premium design tools, templates, fonts, and assets to build beautiful visual presentations, reports, and digital portfolios for their courses.
Google Workspace
Every student receives a dedicated school Google Workspace account. It includes 5 GB of secure Drive storage, Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, providing the perfect toolkit for organizing files and collaborating.
Adaptive Courseware
We develop our own educational apps in-house, designed to adapt directly to your student. By utilizing advanced, secure AI, our coursework customizes its projects and readings to match your student's unique interests and learning style. It's an engaging, modern approach that goes beyond the textbook.
Student-Friendly Gemini AI
Access the power of Google's Gemini assistant in a safe, education-focused environment. Our courses use AI in a way that lets students use modern tools to learn more and faster. The world is changing more quickly than ever, and we believe it's imperative to help our students stay ahead of the curve.
Try the App
We've created a custom app to guide you through the course. You can try out up to three submissions of any of our apps by creating a free account, and you can unlock all of the apps (up until the end of the first unit) by registering. There's no commitment or schedule.
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| Item | Course Units | Exam | Unit Assessments | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 4 units | 1 exam | 5 assessments | $300.00 |
*Includes $50 annual registration + $50 per unit/exam assessment. Pay only when submitting work. No additional exam fees.
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