Music

Course summary

Music is both varied and enjoyable and offers many opportunities for performers and composers to develop their listening skills and to further their understanding of music in general. You do not need to have taken GCSE Music; as long as you are a strong performer and like a challenge you’ll enjoy this course. You will spend your time on appraising, composing and performing and you can expect lessons to move well beyond the syllabus in their content. The lessons are similar in their approach to university tutorials and all students are encouraged to further their study of Music outside the classroom. During this course, you will study in depth set works from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods, covering the concerto, opera and music for piano. In addition, this specification allows you to specialise in an area of particular interest to you, choices ranging from Musical Theatre to Jazz. You will also have the opportunity to develop and refine your aural and music dictation skills. These aural skills can be extremely beneficial in many ways, particularly for those students interested in music transcription and arranging.