Students must also be willing to be actively involved in a range of extracurricular in and out of school activities and attend a variety of concerts. Above all, they should demonstrate a passion for music and a commitment to hard work. A willingness to undertake Grade 5 theory is essential. Component 1: Appraising Music (40%) The areas of study provide an appropriate focus for students to appraise, develop, and demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and understanding of musical elements, musical contexts, and musical language. These areas of study can also provide a rich source of material for students to work with when developing performance and composition skills. There are six areas of study: 1. Western classical tradition 1650–1910 (compulsory), 2. Pop music, 3. Music for media, 4. Music for theatre, 5. Jazz, 6. Contemporary traditional music, 7. Art music since 1910. Students must study Area of Study 1: Western Classical Tradition 1650–1910 and choose two from Areas of Study 2–7. Area of study 1: Western classical tradition 1650–1910 (compulsory). For this specification, western classical tradition is defined as art music of (or growing out of) the European tradition, normally notated, and normally intended for public performance. There are three strands of music represented which cover three key genres: Baroque: the solo concerto, Classical; the operas of Mozart, Romantic; the piano music of Chopin, Brahms, and Grieg. Component 2: Performance (30%) Students must be able to perform music using one or both of the following ways: instrumental/vocal: as a soloist, and/or as part of an ensemble, production via technology. Students must perform for a minimum of ten minutes. Care should be taken when selecting repertoire for ensemble performance; the level of demand refers to the individual part performed by the student and not to the overall level of demand of the selected piece. Component 3: Composition (30%) Students must learn how to develop musical ideas, including extending and manipulating musical ideas, and compose music that is musically convincing through two compositions. One must be in response to an externally set brief (Composition 1) and the other a free composition (Composition 2). The combined duration of the compositions must be a minimum of four and a half minutes. Compositions must demonstrate technical control in the use of appropriate musical elements and how they are combined to make sense as a whole. Please refer to the tables of musical elements in Subject content. Students must be able to compose music in one or both of the following formats: instrumental/vocal: produce a notated score, written accounts and/or lead sheet by traditional means or by using music software as appropriate. Production: generated entirely digitally, by using music software, without notated score but with accompanying annotation. Students must be able to make creative use of the musical elements appropriate to their chosen style or genre of music.