IB Music seeks to develop your knowledge and potential as a musician both personally and collaboratively. Through the study of music you will enjoy lifelong engagement with the arts, become informed, reflective and critical practitioners of music and strengthen your perceptual and analytical skills. The course will widen your appreciation and awareness of music across cultures and time periods, introducing you to a vast array of music. You will improve your knowledge of musical elements through the study of form and structure, notations, music terminology and context. There is an extensive performance element in the course. • Study of musical perception. • Students choose one of the three options: creating, solo performing or group performing.
The minimum entry requirement for our Sixth Form is five Grades 9 – 6 at GCSE with a minimum of a 6 in the subjects the candidate wishes to study at A Level or IB. All candidates are expected to have achieved a minimum of Grade 4 in Maths and English. For some specific subjects, a minimum of 7 is required at GCSE. Entry to the Sixth Form depends upon a satisfactory report from their present Headteacher, the minimum GCSE requirements and suitable CAT scores. All Sixth Form candidates will also be required to undertake a short writing task.
• Externally marked listening paper (30%). • Externally marked musical investigation, a written paper investigating links between pieces of musical from distinct cultures (20%). • Internally moderated creating (2 pieces between 3-6 minutes) or performing (range of pieces and styles 15 minutes solo or 20-30 minutes group performance) (50%).
About Education Provider
| Region | East of England |
| Local Authority | Bedford |
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| Gender Type | Girls |
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| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £12,192 - £17,133 |
| Address | Cardington Road, Bedford, MK42 0BX |
IB Music seeks to develop your knowledge and potential as a musician both personally and collaboratively. Through the study of music you will enjoy lifelong engagement with the arts, become informed, reflective and critical practitioners of music and strengthen your perceptual and analytical skills. The course will widen your appreciation and awareness of music across cultures and time periods, introducing you to a vast array of music. You will improve your knowledge of musical elements through the study of form and structure, notations, music terminology and context. There is an extensive performance element in the course. • Study of musical perception. • Students choose one of the three options: creating, solo performing or group performing.
The minimum entry requirement for our Sixth Form is five Grades 9 – 6 at GCSE with a minimum of a 6 in the subjects the candidate wishes to study at A Level or IB. All candidates are expected to have achieved a minimum of Grade 4 in Maths and English. For some specific subjects, a minimum of 7 is required at GCSE. Entry to the Sixth Form depends upon a satisfactory report from their present Headteacher, the minimum GCSE requirements and suitable CAT scores. All Sixth Form candidates will also be required to undertake a short writing task.
• Externally marked listening paper (30%). • Externally marked musical investigation, a written paper investigating links between pieces of musical from distinct cultures (20%). • Internally moderated creating (2 pieces between 3-6 minutes) or performing (range of pieces and styles 15 minutes solo or 20-30 minutes group performance) (50%).