Music

Course summary

The course involves performing, composing, listening and analyzing. You will improve your skills in performing, and composing in different styles and have access to Sibelius, Reason and Cubase software for composition work. In addition to this, you will analyze and listen to a wide variety of music to develop a more informed appreciation of how and why it was written and performed. You will gain an in-depth understanding of the history of classical and popular music. The course caters for musicians with different musical backgrounds and interests: • For the performance unit you can choose to play either solo or ensemble pieces in any style. • For the composition unit the exam board issues different briefs you can choose from which will be very broad and will allow for both classical and popular style pieces for instruments and/or voices. You also have a free composition choice. • For the listening and analysis unit you also have to study a wide range of music covering both classical and popular.