Music A level

A Level Music - Overview

The A level focuses on the fundamentals within Music:

  • Performance
  • Composition
  • Music History and Analysis

AS

Unit 1

Influences on Music

30% of AS, 15% of A Level

1 hour 45 minutes written examination

AS

Unit 2

Composing: Creating Musical Ideas

30% of AS, 15% of A Level

Externally Assessed Coursework

AS

Unit 3

Performing: Interpreting Musical Ideas

40% of AS, 20% of A Level

10–16 minutes Internally Assessed

A2

Unit 4

Music in Context

20% of A Level

2 hours 15 minutes written examination

A2

Unit 5

Composing: Developing Musical Ideas

15% of A Level

Externally Assessed Coursework

A2

Unit 6

Performing: A Musical Performance

15% of A Level

15 minutes Externally Assessed

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.

Thomas Carlyle

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