HGS Music

Course Overview

This course prepares you for any career or university course that involves music or performing arts. It gives you experience of performance and allows you to further develop all your musical skills and interests.

Course Content

During the course you will continue the key skills of composing, performing and appraising music that you studied at GCSE and study music from a wide range of styles and periods. You will take part in lots of performances and go to see and work alongside professional musicians. You will learn extended composing skills and analyse a variety of instrumental, vocal, film and fusion music. You will evaluate your own performing abilities and prepare a varied and interesting recital programme, as well as learning about the history and development of music.

• Component 1: Performing

• Component 2: Composing

• Component 3: Appraising Music

Performance will be assessed regularly, giving you opportunities to refine and enhance your skills. You will have practice concerts before your final recital in March/April of Year 13. All units are externally assessed; performance and composition each make up 30% of the final mark and the final examination is worth 40%.

Course Entry Requirements

6 or above at GCSE

Course Specification

Pearson 9MU0

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Music/2016/Specification%20and%20sample%20assessments/Pearson_Edexcel_Level_3_Advanced_GCE_in_Music_9MU0_specification.pdf

Homework

At A Level, students are expected to complete a minimum of  5 hours of study a week on top of their allocated lesson time.