A Level Music

Course summary

Music is a subject with numerous transferable skills, popular with universities and employers alike. On this course, you will compose, perform and analyse music to broaden your understanding of how music works. All students are expected to engage fully with performance opportunities in the department. Students may also apply for our Music Academy and follow a special programme alongside their normal studies; a weekly timetabled Academy session covers all instruments and voices in classical and other idioms. Course Content: Eduqas Music covers a wide variety of styles. Year 12 In Year 12 we will build on our composing and performing skills from GCSE and start learning about the development of the symphony through the study of two set works. We will learn about the compositional devices of the Western Classical Tradition and how to integrate these into our own compositions in increasingly creative and sophisticated ways. We will also be studying the development of Jazz music from early Ragtime and Dixieland through to Bebop and Cool Jazz. Year 13 In Year 13 we will study two set twentieth-century set works and explore a wide variety of modern and contemporary music through analysis and practical workshops.