Music
Apart from getting the chance to learn an instrument through our comprehensive peripatetic programme, pupils will study Music from Year 7 as a curriculum subject. They will then get the chance to take Music on to IGCSE. Pupils will get the chance to use our state of the art facilities for instruction, composing and performing.
IGCSE MUSIC AIMS
The aims of the curriculum are the same for all students. These are set out below and describe the educational purposes of a course in Music for the IGCSE curriculum. They are not listed in order of priority.
The aims are to:
- 1. Enable candidates to acquire and consolidate a range of basic musical skills, knowledge and understanding, through the activities of listening, performing and composing;
- 2. Assist candidates to develop a perceptive, sensitive and critical response to the main historical periods and styles of Western music;
- 3. Help candidates to recognise and understand the music of various non-Western traditions, and thus to form an appreciation of cultural similarities and differences;
- 4. Provide a foundation for the development of an informed appreciation of music;
- 5. Provide a foundation for further study in music for those candidates who wish to pursue their studies at a higher level.
ASSESSMENT
- Candidates must offer four compulsory components:
- Component 1 Unprepared Listening (24%)
- Component 2 Prepared Listening (16%)
- Component 3 Performing* (30%)
- Component 4 Composing* (30%)