Developing and applying the musical knowledge, understanding and skills in the A-Level Music exam can help you form a personal and meaningful relationship with music. You will be encouraged to engage critically and creatively with a wide range of music and musical contexts, and refelct on how music is used in the expression of personal and collective identities. This provides an appropriate focus for you to appraise, develop and demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and understanding of musical elements, musical contexts and musical language. There is one compulsory area of study: • Western classical tradition 1650–1910 And a choice of two from the following 6 areas: • Pop music • Music for media • Music for theatre Area of Study 2: Performance • Jazz • Contemporary traditional music • Art music since 1910 You must be able to perform music using either or both: • Instrumental/vocal: as a soloist, and/or as part of an ensemble • Production via music technology. Area of Study 3: Composition You must learn how to develop musical ideas, including extending and manipulating musical ideas, and compose music that is musically convincing through two compositions. These must demonstrate technical control in the use of appropriate musical elements and how they are combined to make sense as a whole.
Component 1 : Appraising Music - 40%/120 marks An externally-marked exam, assessing each student on their ability to listen, analyse and evaluate, and write essays. Component 2 Performance - 35%/10 minute performance/50 marks Each student must select the piece or pieces that they will perform during assessment Component 3 Composition - 25%/4.5 minute performance/50 marks One composition must be in response to an externally set brief. The other composition is freely composed Composition
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| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Slough |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Mixed |
| Address | Kings Reach, Slough, SL3 7UX |
Developing and applying the musical knowledge, understanding and skills in the A-Level Music exam can help you form a personal and meaningful relationship with music. You will be encouraged to engage critically and creatively with a wide range of music and musical contexts, and refelct on how music is used in the expression of personal and collective identities. This provides an appropriate focus for you to appraise, develop and demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and understanding of musical elements, musical contexts and musical language. There is one compulsory area of study: • Western classical tradition 1650–1910 And a choice of two from the following 6 areas: • Pop music • Music for media • Music for theatre Area of Study 2: Performance • Jazz • Contemporary traditional music • Art music since 1910 You must be able to perform music using either or both: • Instrumental/vocal: as a soloist, and/or as part of an ensemble • Production via music technology. Area of Study 3: Composition You must learn how to develop musical ideas, including extending and manipulating musical ideas, and compose music that is musically convincing through two compositions. These must demonstrate technical control in the use of appropriate musical elements and how they are combined to make sense as a whole.
Component 1 : Appraising Music - 40%/120 marks An externally-marked exam, assessing each student on their ability to listen, analyse and evaluate, and write essays. Component 2 Performance - 35%/10 minute performance/50 marks Each student must select the piece or pieces that they will perform during assessment Component 3 Composition - 25%/4.5 minute performance/50 marks One composition must be in response to an externally set brief. The other composition is freely composed Composition
