Year 12

UNIT 1: Performance (12%)

Perform at least 2 contrasting pieces

One solo and one as part of an ensemble

UNIT 2: Composing (12%)

Two contrasting pieces

One of which must be in response of a brief set by WJEC and the other, a free composition.

UNIT 3: Appraising (16%)
       

Written examination (external assessment)

Choose two areas of study -

Western Classical Tradition

either:

Symphony no.103, Haydn

or

Requiem, Mozart

And either

Rock and Pop

or

Musical Theatre

or

Jazz

Year 13

UNIT 4: Performance 22%/14%

Perform 2/3 contrasting pieces

One solo and one as part of an ensemble

UNIT 5: Composing (22% / 14%)

2/3 contrasting pieces

one of which must be in response of a brief set by WJEC

UNIT 6: Appraising (24%)
       

Written examination

2 Areas of Study

Western Classical Tradition

either:

Symphony no.1, Brahms

or

Requiem, Verdi

Music of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

Choose either –

Impressionism,

or

Chamber Music in Wales

and either

Popular Music in Wales

or

American Musical Theatre

or

Jazz Legends