Music Creation
Music Composition Course, Assessment & Certification
A flexible pathway for students who love creating music.
Work through a guided assessment pack, create and record your own music, submit online and receive detailed examiner feedback and UME certification.
The UME Music Creation Pathway is a progressive framework designed to develop creativity, musical understanding and confidence in creating original music.
Everything you need to teach creative music with confidence.
The UME Music Creation Pathway makes it easy to introduce composition and creative music-making into lessons, without needing a separate composition program.
Each Guided Assessment Pack includes:
A printable, downloadable workbook with structured creative activities and assessment tasks
Clear instructions, worked examples and supporting resources
Flexibility to create using instruments, voice or digital technology
Six months to complete and submit the assessment
Personalised examiner feedback, a report and UME certification
Suitable for music teachers and independent learners, with no previous composition experience required.
See inside the Assessment Pack! Explore sample pages from our Preliminary, Grade 1 and Grade 2 Music Creation Packs.
Discover how guided activities, creative prompts and audio examples help students develop their own musical ideas.
These samples are for preview purposes only. Complete assessment tasks, submission instructions, examiner feedback and certification are included with pack purchase.
Flexible Ways to Create and Submit
Students can create music using instruments, voice or digital technology, and present their work through video recordings, digital playback or a combination of formats.
Traditional notation is introduced progressively, allowing students to develop their creative skills without needing extensive notation experience.
How the Music Creation Pathway Works
Each level includes four assessment areas:
Rhythm Activities
Melody & Musical Idea Development
Set Music Creation Task
Free Choice Music Creation Task
Students develop original musical ideas through guided activities that encourage experimentation, creativity and an understanding of rhythm, melody, harmony and musical structure.
Assessment & Submission
Completed tasks are submitted by video, using live performance, digital playback or screen recordings. Supporting notation, graphic scores, chord charts or screenshots may also be included.
Each submission is assessed for creativity, musical organisation, understanding and expression, with personalised feedback and UME certification.
At the early levels, creative thinking and musical communication are more important than traditional notation.
Explore the Syllabus
Scroll down to view the free syllabus for each level, explore the assessment requirements and learning outcomes.
When you're ready to begin, purchase the Guided Assessment Pack for step-by-step activities, supporting examples and resources, personalised examiner feedback and UME certification.
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Preliminary A creative beginner pathway introducing pulse, pattern, melody and musical imagination through guided music creation activities.
Grade 1 Developing confidence in creating original music through rhythm, melody, structure and imaginative music-making activities.
Grade 2 Exploring musical development through ostinato, texture, form and creative projects that encourage personal expression
Grade 3 Building creative independence through expanded musical ideas, stylistic awareness and more detailed music creation tasks.
Grade 4 Developing greater control of musical structure, harmony and creative decision-making through a range of original music projects.
Grade 5 Refining creative techniques and musical communication while exploring more sophisticated approaches to original music creation.
