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Overview

This course is designed to offer students the exciting opportunity to demonstrate what they know, understand, and what they can do in performing, composing and listening, and appraising. Throughout the course, students cover various areas of sudy including, music from Western Classical traditions, contemporary innovations, as well as music of other cultures.

With this qualification, students may progress either directly to employment, or to study for an Advanced Level qualification.

Specification aims

The aims of this specification are to:

• Give students opportunities to develop their understanding and appreciation of a range of different kinds of music, extend their own interests and increase their ability to make judgements about musical quality.
• Give students opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to:
  • Make music both individually and in groups.
  • Develop a lifelong interest in music, eg. through community music making.
  • Progress to further study, eg. A/AS level and other equivalent qualifications and/or to follow a music-related career, where appropriate.
• Give students opportunities to develop broader life skills and attributes including critical and creative thinking, aesthetic sensitivity and emotional and cultural development.