Music

Course summary

If you love music and enjoy performing and composing. A Level Music could be for you. Many students regularly prepare performances for grade exams, and playing the same or other pieces for A Level recording completes about half of the coursework. If you have always wondered how music really works, why musicians find it rewarding and how sound can have a profound effect on people, you will gain a good grounding in the analysis skills which help to explain this. You will study some great music in considerable detail, as well as choosing areas of music to explore in more depth. You will also further develop and refine your composition skills.