This component will allow you to work to your strengths and interests and apply the skills that you have learned throughout your course in a practical way. You will focus on a particular area of the music sector that excites and appeals to you and respond to a music brief as a composer, performer or producer.

You will begin by exploring the brief and investigating possible responses and ideas to meet the demands of the brief. Using relevant resources, skills and techniques you will then develop and refine musical material before presenting your final response. You will develop and present an original creation based on a piece from a given list and a style from a choice of four. You will then present this as a solo or group performance, an audio recording or a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) project. You will also consider

how your skills and interests make you suitable for the specific music sector opportunity.

AO1 Understand how to respond to a music brief

AO2 Select and apply musical skills in response to a music brief

AO3 Present a final musical product in response to a music brief

AO4 Comment on the creative process and outcome in response to a music brief