Course Information

The aims of this qualification are to:

• Understand the place of music technology within the music business

• Understand hardware components and software functions of a digital audio workstation (DAW)

•  Use DAW software to produce musical projects

•  Understand how music is composed through the study and analysis of musical elements

•  Analyse the developments in musical style enabled by technology

•  Select and apply musical elements to create stylistically appropriate musical outcomes

•  Use sound creation in different forms of media

•  Apply sound creation to achieve an outcome

•  Understand planning and undertake multitrack recording and mixing

•  Use recording equipment to capture and store multitrack audio recordings  

In Year 10 you will complete a series of practical projects to build up your skills and knowledge covered in the above key content areas.

In Year 11 you will use the knowledge and skills gained to compete 2 exams, these will determine the grade that you will be awarded at the end of the course.

The written exam:

This exam is like all of your other exams, it’s a written paper testing the knowledge you have gained during the course.

The NEA (non-exam assessment):

The NEA exam is a practical composition exam, which you complete in class, in a series of lessons. The exam board will send a brief for you to work to. Think of this like one of the projects you will do during the course except you will have to complete this in a fixed time period.