Music AS and A2

Course summary

The A level in music is designed to give pupils an advanced understanding of music history, music analysis, performance and composition across a wide range of genres and styles. The transferrable skills developed in this course are highly relevant to a career in the creative industries, but have also been shown to enhance learning in a diverse range of disciplines such as medicine, law, financial services, marketing, anthropology and sociology. In A level music you will be challenged to integrate practical musical skills with a solid academic understanding. The course for both AS and A2 level is structured around the study of a selection of set works which change each year. These set works will come from a range of genres and allow you to gain a detailed understanding of each style of music through performing, composing and listening. Through the study of these pieces as well as your own instrumental or vocal pieces, you will develop an advanced understanding of music which will enable you to perform and compose at an advanced level.