Music

Course summary

This A level consists of three units: Appraising Music, Performance and Composition. 1. Appraising music: Area of Study: Western classical tradition 1650–1910 (compulsory) Optional Areas of Study: These include pop music and music for theatre. 2. Performance: Students perform music using one or both of the following ways: instrumental/vocal: as a soloist, and/or as part of an ensemble production: via music technology. 3. Composition Students learn how to develop musical ideas, including extending and manipulating musical ideas, through two compositions. One must be in response to an externally set brief.