Music

Course summary

Music is a highly regarded academic subject that helps develop numerous transferable skills, popular with admissions tutors at Oxford, Cambridge and other leading universities across the UK and beyond. Fundamentally, A Level Music affords you the opportunity to develop and apply musical knowledge. The course encourages you to engage critically and creatively with a wide range of music and musical contexts, in turn allowing you to consolidate and expand upon strengths and interests personal to you. Most pupils who choose A Level Music will also have taken GCSE Music, but those whose experience lies elsewhere (e.g. as a performer) will not be disadvantaged. A keen interest in a variety of musical genres, together with a secure knowledge of music theory and notation, is essential to success.