A Level in Music

UPDATED 20151012 09:19:37

The aims of the A2 Level specification in Music encourages students to: •extend the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to communicate through music and to take part in making music; •engage in, and extend their appreciation of, the diverse and dynamic heritage of music, promoting spiritual and cultural development; •develop particular strengths and interests encouraging life-long learning and providing access to music-related and other careers; and •Recognise the interdependence of musical skills, knowledge and understanding and the links between the activities of performing/realising, composing and appraising. They also encourage students to broaden experience, develop imagination, foster creativity and promote personal and social development. Students extend their performance skills, leading to a 12-15 minute recital. They develop their composition skills and build on their knowledge of harmony, culminating in a three-minute composition and a technical study. Set works focus on a knowledge and understanding of musical features, context and elements of continuity and change. Students learn how to compare and contrast music, contextualise music and identify harmonic and tonal features.

Course information

Name: A Level in Music Qualification title: GCE A Level in Music Qualification type: Assessment Exam Awarding Pearson Education Ltd (Formerly EDEXCEL) Created 20151009 10:50:34 Updated 20151012 09:19:37

Entry requirements

None

Provider

William Farr CofE Comprehensive School
Academy Converter
wfarr@williamfarr.lincs.sch.uk
01673866900
http://www.williamfarr.lincs.sch.uk/

Address

LINCOLN ROAD
WELTON Town: LINCOLN County:LINCOLNSHIRE

Learning aims

Title: GCE A Level in Music Qualification: GCE A Level in Music Classification: Arts, Media and Publishing

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