Music
Musicians are exciting people: performing, crafting new music, building on hundreds of years of creativity and using a global musical language. This course is designed to develop your performing and composing skills by studying instrumental and vocal techniques and by investigating how musicians express their ideas through sound and on paper.
Course content
AS: You will gain an understanding of harmony, texture, and rhythm, how instruments and voices can be used and ways this can all be written down. There are three units: Performing; Composition and Developing Musical Understanding that run simultaneously through the year.
A2: You will learn how to identify musical features and relate these to the music's context and how it is special. You will also develop performing and composition skills and investigate different styles of writing music. The three units in Extended Performance, Composition & Technical Study and Further Musical understanding build upon those at AS and are assessed in greater depth.
Entry requirements
Instrumental/vocal skills will need to be assessed at Grade 5 level. GCSE music will benefit students as it is presumed they will have composed and practised listening skills.
Method of assessment
Assessed performance (AS-5 mins / A2-12 mins), short composition, exam based on listening and writing and pieces you have studied and harmony.
Progression
Our students go on to complete qualifications in popular music and technology, classical/ performance music degrees, composition courses, teaching courses, media and journalism courses, event and music management and more. Computer game composers, session players, instrumental teachers, running school music departments, leading community projects, managing orchestras, recording and editing.
Awarding Body: Edexcel
AS: 1 year – A Level: 2 years
How to Apply?
You can apply online using our Online Application Form.
Alternatively, you can call 01642 373 250 for all enquiries.
Please note that the contents published in this course guide are correct at the time of publication.
The college reserves the right to make changes or withdraw courses.