Music

Assessment

Performing (30%): Students record practice recitals throughout the course and, at the end, submit an 8 minute recorded recital of approximately Grade 8 standard (a 6 minute, Grade 7 standard recital is required at AS level). Composing (30%): Students develop their ideas through draft compositions, one of which is extended into a final composition of 5 minutes in length. In this unit, pupils also use the compositional techniques of J.S. Bach to harmonise melodic material, completing and submitting a harmonised chorale melody in April/May of the examination year. Appraising (40%): In a final exam, students listen to, analyse and write about a wide variety of music, focussed on set works from the Edexcel Anthology of Music. Students respond to both shortanswer and long-answer (essay) questions, commenting on features of the music, on its social and historical context and its relationship to other music they have heard, performed, or studied.