Music

Course summary

The AQA Music A Level offers pupils an exciting opportunity to develop advanced musical skills. The course is ideally suited to those with excellent performance skills who are passionate about actively listening to a wide range of music, as well as writing their own pieces. Pupils will develop their theoretical understanding of music, study a wide variety of genres including opera, musical theatre, romantic piano music and music in the 20th Century. The interconnected skills of appraising, performing and composing music are all developed during the course and benefit each other. Pupils taking the course are usually studying two instruments and working towards or beyond Grade 8 level.