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Transition to A Level Music
Course Overview
Coursework – Either Option A or Option B – no mixing!
Coursework Component 1: Performing
Option A (35% of final grade)
a) Externally assessed performance of 10-12 minutes in duration.
b) Minimum of 3 pieces.
c) Must cover 2 Areas of Study from Western Classical/Rock & Pop/Jazz/Musical Theatre 20th Century and 21st Century.
Option B (25% of final grade)
a) Externally assessed performance of 6-8 minutes in duration.
b) Minimum of 2 pieces.
c) Must cover 1 Area of Study from Western Classical/Rock & Pop/Jazz/Musical Theatre 20th Century and 21st Century.
Coursework Component 2: Composing
Option A (25% of final grade)
a) Externally assessed portfolio of 4-6 minutes.
b) Minimum of 2 pieces.
c) One composition in the Western Classical Tradition to a brief set by Eduqas.
d) One free composition.
Option B (35% of final grade)
a) Externally assessed portfolio of 8-10 minutes.
b) Minimum of 3 pieces.
c) One composition in the Western Classical Tradition to a brief set by Eduqas.
d) One composition based on the Rock & Pop, Jazz, Musical Theatre, 20th Century or 21st Century Areas of Study.
e) One free composition.
Component 3
Area of Study A: Western Classical Tradition (40% of the exam)
a) Main set work Haydn 104th Symphony and associated set work Mendelssohn 4th symphony
b) Charting the development of the symphony from early Classical to the late Romantic.
Area of Study C: Musical Theatre (30% of the exam)
- No set works but set composers that will be studied include Richard Rogers, Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Claude-Michel Schonberg and Stephen Schwartz
Area of Study E: Into the Twentieth Century (30% of the exam)
a) 2 set works by Debussy and Poulenc.
b) Wider consideration of the musical developments in the 20th century
In the exam you will:
- Answer a range of questions on the set works, for which we will have prepared in advance – you will have blank scores available to you in the exam room.
- Answer listening questions on works that have not been prepared in advance (we will develop general listening skills in order to complete these questions).
- Comment on the general context of unprepared extracts and relate or compare them to pieces we will have studied during the course.
- Write an essay for Area of Study A which demonstrates knowledge of the symphony in relation both to the two set works studied and their wider social, cultural and historical context.
Summer To Do List
Basic Music Theory ( www.musictheory.net ) |
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Intervals Listening and Describing |
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Music History Tasks |
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*Which is your most favourite piece – why? * Which is your least favourite piece – why? * Choose a musical element to focus on when listening to all 3 pieces make comments
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Performance |
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Musical Theatre |
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YouTube Viewing
Basic music theory building blocks – Click here to view
Introduction to the symphony - The Rise of the Symphony
Symphonic Development - BBC Symphony Series
The Music of Debussy - Debussy
If you have any questions, please email me: d.pugh@kssf.kmat.uk
Mr Dave Pugh – Head of Music, Kenilworth School and Sixth Form