Music

Course summary

Course Content: Unit 1: Appraising Music There is a wide choice of music for students to study, discover and be inspired by: ● Music for media – music from film and TV covering the evolution of the genre, including computer game music ● Music for theatre – musical theatre ● Western classical tradition – solo baroque concerto, Mozart opera and piano music of Chopin, Brahms and Grieg ● Pop music – pop music includes artists for all musical tastes, from Joni Mitchell to Labrinth ● Jazz, contemporary traditional music and art music since 1910 Unit 2: Performance Consists of one 10–12 minute extended performance. Students offer a programme of music, performing as a soloist and/or as part of an ensemble and/or music production (via technology). Unit 3: Composition ● Composition 1: composing to a brief (25 marks) ● Composition 2: free composition (25 marks)