All students in the Sixth Form receive class music tuition as an extension of and support for their instrumental work. This leads to an A Level examination in Music at the end of Year 13. Year 12 Academic Music lessons in Year 12 are designed with three aims: • to enhance and support students’ instrumental study • to lay a foundation for composition coursework undertaken in Year 13 • to cover approximately half of the level Music Areas of Study Classes are normally arranged as follows: • 3 hours per week in a set of 10-12 students, focusing on Listening, History and Analysis • 1 hour per week in a smaller group of 5-6 students focusing on Composing skills • 1 hour per week as the whole Year 12 group focusing on Aural and Choir work Term 1 Compulsory Area of Study 1(a): Baroque Solo Concerto Set works by Purcell, Vivaldi and Bach Terms 2-3 Compulsory Area of Study 1(b): The Operas of Mozart Set work: Le nozze di Figaro, Act I Optional areas of Study (choose one): Pop Music Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Muse, Daft Punk, Beyoncé, Labrinth Music for Media Bernard Hermann, Thomas Newman, Hans Zimmer, Michael Giacchino, Nobuo Uematsu Music for Theatre Kurt Weill, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Jason Robert Brown Jazz Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, Gwilym Simcock Contemporary Traditional Music Astor Piazzolla, Toumani Diabaté, Anoushka Shankar, Mariza, Bellowhead Art Music Post-1910 Shostakovich, Messiaen, Steve Reich, James MacMillan In addition to the regular classes described above, the department offers classes: • for students requiring help in preparing for ABRSM’s Grade 5 Theory • for students with English as an additional language • for students considering applying to study Music at university (Summer term in Y12 and Autumn term in Y13) Year 13 All students proceed to the A-level examination in Music during Year 13, except for those who took this exam in Year 12. The aims and objectives of the course in Year 13 remain consistent with those in Year 12, with a particular focus on support for students during the first term, as they prepare for auditions to enter Conservatoires, or for application to Universities. Lessons are organised as follows: • 3 hours per week in a set of 10-12 students, focusing on Listening, History and Analysis, covering work for Unit 1 of the A-level specification • 1 hour per week in a smaller group of 5-6 students, focusing on Composing skills, both free and stylistic, for Unit 3 of A the A-level • 1 hour per week as the whole U6 group focusing initially on Choir work and including other targeted skills as appropriate later in the course The A-level examination is taken in Year 13 and consists of: • A written examination, testing aural skills, analytical knowledge of set works, contextual and analytical knowledge of Areas of Study (40% of total marks) • Non-Exam Assessment of Performance (35% of total marks, externally marked) A single performance of at least 10 minutes • Non-Exam Assessment of Composition – minimum total 4.5 minutes (25% of total marks, externally marked) One composition to a brief published by the exam board One free composition Terms 1-2 Compulsory Area of Study 1(c): Nineteenth Century Piano Music Set works by Chopin, Brahms and Grieg Optional areas of study (choose one from options as per Y12, Term 3) Term 3 Revision
Unlike most other Sixth Forms, we have no minimum entry requirement at Chetham’s; you are here based on your musical ability. However, if you do not achieve at least a Grade 4 in English Language and Maths in Year 11 then you should re-take the GCSE in Year 12 as these are essential qualifications for future employment. You will be given help to do so.
Students will normally work with the same set of teachers throughout Year 12 for all aspects of the course. The division into teaching groups will be based on students’\ needs in the area of aural training – this setting is reviewed after each significant assessment. In the Spring and Summer terms, the classes may be rearranged to facilitate optional choices of Areas of Study.
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| Region | North West |
| Local Authority | Manchester |
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| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | Unknown |
| Address | Long Millgate, Manchester, M3 1SB |
All students in the Sixth Form receive class music tuition as an extension of and support for their instrumental work. This leads to an A Level examination in Music at the end of Year 13. Year 12 Academic Music lessons in Year 12 are designed with three aims: • to enhance and support students’ instrumental study • to lay a foundation for composition coursework undertaken in Year 13 • to cover approximately half of the level Music Areas of Study Classes are normally arranged as follows: • 3 hours per week in a set of 10-12 students, focusing on Listening, History and Analysis • 1 hour per week in a smaller group of 5-6 students focusing on Composing skills • 1 hour per week as the whole Year 12 group focusing on Aural and Choir work Term 1 Compulsory Area of Study 1(a): Baroque Solo Concerto Set works by Purcell, Vivaldi and Bach Terms 2-3 Compulsory Area of Study 1(b): The Operas of Mozart Set work: Le nozze di Figaro, Act I Optional areas of Study (choose one): Pop Music Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Muse, Daft Punk, Beyoncé, Labrinth Music for Media Bernard Hermann, Thomas Newman, Hans Zimmer, Michael Giacchino, Nobuo Uematsu Music for Theatre Kurt Weill, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Jason Robert Brown Jazz Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, Gwilym Simcock Contemporary Traditional Music Astor Piazzolla, Toumani Diabaté, Anoushka Shankar, Mariza, Bellowhead Art Music Post-1910 Shostakovich, Messiaen, Steve Reich, James MacMillan In addition to the regular classes described above, the department offers classes: • for students requiring help in preparing for ABRSM’s Grade 5 Theory • for students with English as an additional language • for students considering applying to study Music at university (Summer term in Y12 and Autumn term in Y13) Year 13 All students proceed to the A-level examination in Music during Year 13, except for those who took this exam in Year 12. The aims and objectives of the course in Year 13 remain consistent with those in Year 12, with a particular focus on support for students during the first term, as they prepare for auditions to enter Conservatoires, or for application to Universities. Lessons are organised as follows: • 3 hours per week in a set of 10-12 students, focusing on Listening, History and Analysis, covering work for Unit 1 of the A-level specification • 1 hour per week in a smaller group of 5-6 students, focusing on Composing skills, both free and stylistic, for Unit 3 of A the A-level • 1 hour per week as the whole U6 group focusing initially on Choir work and including other targeted skills as appropriate later in the course The A-level examination is taken in Year 13 and consists of: • A written examination, testing aural skills, analytical knowledge of set works, contextual and analytical knowledge of Areas of Study (40% of total marks) • Non-Exam Assessment of Performance (35% of total marks, externally marked) A single performance of at least 10 minutes • Non-Exam Assessment of Composition – minimum total 4.5 minutes (25% of total marks, externally marked) One composition to a brief published by the exam board One free composition Terms 1-2 Compulsory Area of Study 1(c): Nineteenth Century Piano Music Set works by Chopin, Brahms and Grieg Optional areas of study (choose one from options as per Y12, Term 3) Term 3 Revision
Unlike most other Sixth Forms, we have no minimum entry requirement at Chetham’s; you are here based on your musical ability. However, if you do not achieve at least a Grade 4 in English Language and Maths in Year 11 then you should re-take the GCSE in Year 12 as these are essential qualifications for future employment. You will be given help to do so.
Students will normally work with the same set of teachers throughout Year 12 for all aspects of the course. The division into teaching groups will be based on students’\ needs in the area of aural training – this setting is reviewed after each significant assessment. In the Spring and Summer terms, the classes may be rearranged to facilitate optional choices of Areas of Study.