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2010-11 Courses

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AS/A Level Music (2012-13)

AS/A Level Music

student taking part in Music

You will develop your performing skills using ensemble and solo work in class and through the varied programme of enrichment music-making on offer in the College. Your individual compositional skills will be developed by using IT and by analysing composers' work.

Qualifications

A grade C in GCSE Music is desirable but not essential. You are recommended to have achieved grade 4 (or equivalent) on at least one instrument and in Music Theory.

Modules

AS Modules & A2 Modules

  • Performing (AS and A2)
  • Composing (AS and A2)
  • Listening and Understanding (AS and A2)

Study Visits / Fieldwork

The department organises regular concert tours abroad. In the past these have included trips to Amsterdam, Paris, Prague, Rome, Toronto and Vienna.

After the Course

A growing number of students are following higher education courses in Music, sometimes combined with other subjects. Students leaving the College with A level Music have followed a variety of careers, becoming teachers, orchestral performers, librarians and soundrecording technicians. Others have taken up non-musical occupations where an academic A level in Music is a valued qualification.