Music A-Level

Assessment

This course is assessed through: 1) Written exam (40%) - a 2.5 hour exam assessing students' ability to listen, analyse & evaluate music. 2) Performance (35%) - a 10 minute performance of a piece of pieces chosen by the student. 3) Composition (25%) - a 4.5 minute performance of 2 composition pieces, one of which is freely composed and the other is in response to an externally-set brief.