Music

Course summary

Music A Level supports students in forming personal and meaningful relationships with music through the development of musical knowledge, understanding, and skills including performing, composing, and appraising. Students are encouraged to engage critically and creatively with a wide range of music and musical contexts. This qualification also allows students to develop particular strengths and interests and inspires students to look at music holistically. Music at Aquinas has a long tradition of a large percentage of students studying the subject in Higher Education. We currently have students studying at the most prestigious institutions in the UK including Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal Northern College of Music, Leeds College of Music, Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, Universities of Manchester, Bath, Birmingham, Cambridge, Newcastle and Surrey. Students are encouraged to forge their interests and are supported in their decisions post-Aquinas in whichever field they choose. Music A Level not only supports the study of music on practical and academic Music courses but is also a very well-respected academic A Level supporting applications for all manner of courses in Higher Education. Past students have moved into varied music careers including professional musician (performing classical and popular music), composer (specializing in opera), composer for computer games, traveling workshop provider (steel drum), music therapist, sound engineer, teaching, and conducting.