If you enjoy Popular Music and want to learn more about how it has developed technologically, most definitely! Some knowledge of notation will be helpful, but if you play confidently by ear, or you can improvise well, then you will enjoy the course. You will be stretched, and you will learn to do things with sound you never thought possible! The successful Level Music Technologist is enthusiastic has initiative and imagination and enjoys a challenge. However, the most important quality is that he or she loves music and wants to learn more about how it is recorded and produced. A Level of Music Technology can be studied with any other combination of subjects and can be used as a route into a range of Music Technology-based university courses.
Entry into the Sixth Form is conditional upon achievement of a minimum of five passes (grades 9-5) at GCSE, with at least four of these at grade 6 or higher including any subjects studied at GCSE which are to be studied at A level.
Music Technology A-level is an exciting course, that introduces candidates to the world of Sound Recording, Audio Technology and Production. Areas of Study There are three main areas of study which students will learn about throughout the two-year course. Area of Study 1: Recording and production techniques for both corrective and creative purposes • the use of recording and mixing techniques to capture, edit and produce a recording; • The use of sound creation and manipulation techniques to create, edit and structure a technology-based composition; • the capture, arrangement of sounds and mixing and mastering techniques as used on commercially available recordings; • the use of sound creation and processing techniques to correct and mix a recording. Area of Study 2: Principles of sound and audio technology • the knowledge and understanding of the principles of sound and audio technology about commercially available • recordings; • the knowledge and understanding of the principles of sound and audio technology in theoretical and practical contexts. Area of Study 3: The development of recording and production technology • the knowledge and understanding of the history and development of recording and production technology from • current digital technologies back to the mono, analogue recording technologies in the 1950s. There are 4 main assessed components Component 1: Recording (coursework: 20% of A level) Students will use production tools and techniques to capture, edit, process and mix an audio recording. Component 2: Technology-based composition (coursework: 20% of A level) Students will produce a technology-based composition by creating, editing, manipulating and structuring sounds. Component 3: Listening and analysing (exam: 25% of A level) Students will sit a written exam in which their knowledge and understanding of recording and production techniques and principles will be tested. Component 4: Producing and analysing (exam: 35% of A level) Students will apply their knowledge and understanding of editing, mixing and production techniques in a practical exam.
About Education Provider
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Local Authority | Sheffield |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £10,653 - £14,985 |
| Address | Oakholme Road, Sheffield, S10 3DH |
If you enjoy Popular Music and want to learn more about how it has developed technologically, most definitely! Some knowledge of notation will be helpful, but if you play confidently by ear, or you can improvise well, then you will enjoy the course. You will be stretched, and you will learn to do things with sound you never thought possible! The successful Level Music Technologist is enthusiastic has initiative and imagination and enjoys a challenge. However, the most important quality is that he or she loves music and wants to learn more about how it is recorded and produced. A Level of Music Technology can be studied with any other combination of subjects and can be used as a route into a range of Music Technology-based university courses.
Entry into the Sixth Form is conditional upon achievement of a minimum of five passes (grades 9-5) at GCSE, with at least four of these at grade 6 or higher including any subjects studied at GCSE which are to be studied at A level.
Music Technology A-level is an exciting course, that introduces candidates to the world of Sound Recording, Audio Technology and Production. Areas of Study There are three main areas of study which students will learn about throughout the two-year course. Area of Study 1: Recording and production techniques for both corrective and creative purposes • the use of recording and mixing techniques to capture, edit and produce a recording; • The use of sound creation and manipulation techniques to create, edit and structure a technology-based composition; • the capture, arrangement of sounds and mixing and mastering techniques as used on commercially available recordings; • the use of sound creation and processing techniques to correct and mix a recording. Area of Study 2: Principles of sound and audio technology • the knowledge and understanding of the principles of sound and audio technology about commercially available • recordings; • the knowledge and understanding of the principles of sound and audio technology in theoretical and practical contexts. Area of Study 3: The development of recording and production technology • the knowledge and understanding of the history and development of recording and production technology from • current digital technologies back to the mono, analogue recording technologies in the 1950s. There are 4 main assessed components Component 1: Recording (coursework: 20% of A level) Students will use production tools and techniques to capture, edit, process and mix an audio recording. Component 2: Technology-based composition (coursework: 20% of A level) Students will produce a technology-based composition by creating, editing, manipulating and structuring sounds. Component 3: Listening and analysing (exam: 25% of A level) Students will sit a written exam in which their knowledge and understanding of recording and production techniques and principles will be tested. Component 4: Producing and analysing (exam: 35% of A level) Students will apply their knowledge and understanding of editing, mixing and production techniques in a practical exam.