Music

Assessment

Component 1: Appraising Music 40% This component tests listening, musical analysis and essay writing. Candidates will study music from the Western classical tradition 1650–1910 and then two more topics from a broad range including music for media, music for theatre, jazz, pop music, contemporary traditional music and art music since 1910. Component 2: Performance 35% Solo and/or ensemble performing as an instrumentalist, or vocalist and/or music production (via technology). A minimum of ten minutes of music is required. Component 3: Composition 25% Composition 1: Composition to a brief AQA provides an exciting range of musical stimuli to act as a starting point for compositions. Composition 2: Free composition