Music

Assessment

There are three units at A Level which will be completed across the two years. Performing – 30% Students perform a recital of a minimum of eight minutes as a soloist and/or part of an ensemble in any musical style. This is recorded between March and April of Upper Sixth. Composing – 30% Students submit two compositions. One piece is to a free or free-choice brief (lasting a minimum of four minutes). The second pieces consists of two chorale harmonisations (two minutes). Scores and recordings are submitted. Listening and Appraising – 40% • A two-hour written examination in Upper Sixth in which students refer to audio files of excerpts of music. • Thirteen prescribed works are studied from six Areas of Study. Students will be asked to identify features in the set works as well as in other unfamiliar pieces of music.