This course is designed to provide clear progression from the interrelated skills developed at Key Stage 3 and GCSE: performing, composing, listening and appraising. It allows access for all musicians and provides opportunities to study a range of musical styles. Students learn to evaluate and appraise their own and each others’ work in all areas of the course ● Performance lessons are practically-based ● Other aspects of the course are approached through a variety of methods, many of which are practical and include performing, composing, listening, appraising and writing about music
GCSE Music is an important gateway to this course. Students who did not take GCSE Music may be considered in exceptional circumstances.
Examination (2 ½ hours) Component 1: Appraising Music (40%) ● Listening: aural identification of key features based on three areas of study, including excerpts of unfamiliar music ● Analysis: identification and analysis of musical features from set works (Area of Study 1 Western Classical Tradition 1650-1910) ● Essay: one essay from one other Area of Study which includes discussion and analysis of pieces by named composers/ artists Non-Examined Assessment Component 2: Performing Music (35%) ● A 10-12 minute performance on any instrument/voice as soloist and/or as part of an ensemble ● Music can be in any style ● This must be completed between 1-31 March of the year of certification Component 3: Composing (25%) ● Two compositions 4½ – 6 minutes in total ● Composition 1: to a set brief (released September of Year 13) ● Composition 2: free composition
About Education Provider
| Region | East of England |
| Local Authority | Hertfordshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Mixed |
| Address | High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, WD25 0UU |
This course is designed to provide clear progression from the interrelated skills developed at Key Stage 3 and GCSE: performing, composing, listening and appraising. It allows access for all musicians and provides opportunities to study a range of musical styles. Students learn to evaluate and appraise their own and each others’ work in all areas of the course ● Performance lessons are practically-based ● Other aspects of the course are approached through a variety of methods, many of which are practical and include performing, composing, listening, appraising and writing about music
GCSE Music is an important gateway to this course. Students who did not take GCSE Music may be considered in exceptional circumstances.
Examination (2 ½ hours) Component 1: Appraising Music (40%) ● Listening: aural identification of key features based on three areas of study, including excerpts of unfamiliar music ● Analysis: identification and analysis of musical features from set works (Area of Study 1 Western Classical Tradition 1650-1910) ● Essay: one essay from one other Area of Study which includes discussion and analysis of pieces by named composers/ artists Non-Examined Assessment Component 2: Performing Music (35%) ● A 10-12 minute performance on any instrument/voice as soloist and/or as part of an ensemble ● Music can be in any style ● This must be completed between 1-31 March of the year of certification Component 3: Composing (25%) ● Two compositions 4½ – 6 minutes in total ● Composition 1: to a set brief (released September of Year 13) ● Composition 2: free composition
