Music

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Year 12	The Western Classical Tradition (1750-1910) Set works: Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D Major, ‘London’ Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 in A Major, ‘Italian’	Into the Twentieth Century Set works: Poulenc – Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, Movement II Debussy – Three Nocturnes, Number 1, Nuages	Rock and Pop or Jazz
Skills	Appraisal - 40% Option A: 2 Compositions 25% (4-6 minutes) Performance 35% (10-12 minutes) Option B: 3 Compositions 35% (8-10 minutes) Performance 25% (6-8 minutes)	Appraisal Composition – free composition Performance	Appraisal Composition – free composition Performance
Assessment	Routine listening tests Composition feedback Performance classes	Routine listening tests Composition feedback Performance classes	Summer Exam Composition submission Recital: 6-8 or 10-12 minutes

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Year 13	Wider listening Composition briefs released by exam board	Wider listening
Skills	Appraisal Composition – free composition Performance	Appraisal Composition – free composition Performance	Appraisal Composition – free composition Performance
Assessment	Routine listening tests Composition feedback Performance classes	Routine listening tests Composition feedback Performance classes	Summer Exam: 2 hours 15 minutes Composition submission Recital: 6-8 or 10-12 minutes

Entry Requirements

5 in GCSE Music.

Exam Board

EDUQAS A LEVEL MUSIC

What three things should I do to further my independent learning of this subject?

1. Continue practising your instrument. Grade 6 is the board’s ‘Standard’ difficulty. Grade 7 and above will be scaled up, Grade 5 and below will be scaled down.

2. Continue to practise music theory – elements of Music; reading treble and bass clef notation; simple and compound time signatures; score reading.

3. Practise ear training and aural skills – keys, chords, cadences and intervals using the websites below to help.