Within performance, students will create and perform a recital of eleven minutes of music on their chosen instrument(s). The recital will be at the end of the second year with weekly performances and instrumental lessons to help build towards this throughout your time at College. Composition will include two pieces of music that you will write yourself. One of these will be a free composition where you can choose the style and the other is a composition to a brief set by the exam board. Work for this unit is supported by 1:1 tuition and composition master classes. In music analysis, you will be asked to listen to, and analyse, a range of instrumental and vocal music from different genres and traditions. You will need to write stylistic analyses of musical works based on scores you have studied and unseen works.
College entry plus either: GCSE Music (minimum grade 4) Grade 5 in an instrument Grade 5 in music theory Related experience of music inside/outside of school By audition
Performance and composition are both practical assessments. Performance is 35% of your final mark and composition is 25% of your final grade. 40% of your grade is from a two-and-a-half-hour examination at the end of year 2.
About Education Provider
| Region | North West |
| Local Authority | Wigan |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Gathurst Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 0LJ |
Within performance, students will create and perform a recital of eleven minutes of music on their chosen instrument(s). The recital will be at the end of the second year with weekly performances and instrumental lessons to help build towards this throughout your time at College. Composition will include two pieces of music that you will write yourself. One of these will be a free composition where you can choose the style and the other is a composition to a brief set by the exam board. Work for this unit is supported by 1:1 tuition and composition master classes. In music analysis, you will be asked to listen to, and analyse, a range of instrumental and vocal music from different genres and traditions. You will need to write stylistic analyses of musical works based on scores you have studied and unseen works.
College entry plus either: GCSE Music (minimum grade 4) Grade 5 in an instrument Grade 5 in music theory Related experience of music inside/outside of school By audition
Performance and composition are both practical assessments. Performance is 35% of your final mark and composition is 25% of your final grade. 40% of your grade is from a two-and-a-half-hour examination at the end of year 2.