Music A-Level

Assessment

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