1 / 7

Welcome to Music A Level

Welcome to the Music A Level course! Develop your skills to perform an 8-minute recital, create a 4-minute composition, harmonize Bach chorales, and more. Get insights into assessments, requirements, and student achievements. Contact Ms. B. Prior for further information.

edwardj
Download Presentation

Welcome to Music A Level

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Welcome to Music A Level By the end of this course you will: • Perform an 8 minute recital at approximately a grade 7 standard • Create and notate a 4 minute composition • Harmonise a Bach chorale melody in 4 parts • Write a 2 hour exam paper on 18 set works, including: pop; jazz; ‘classical’; film music; avantgarde; fusion.

  2. MusicA Level: Course content

  3. Music A Level: Assessment

  4. Music A Level Requirements • Course requirements • General College entry requirements

  5. Music A Level Further information Department contact details • Ms B. Prior • bprior@toothillschool.co.uk • 01949 863 072 • 2015/6 Course Performance • 100% of students achieved an A*-C grade by the end of Year 13 • Course enrichment: • Numerous extra curricular activities available. • 2015/6 Example student destination(s) • Leeds College or University; Nottingham University

  6. Why GCE Music? Ben Lee Toot Hill Brass teacher and former student TashakaBaumber Toot Hill Singing teacher I have had the pleasure of touring most of the world as a backing vocalist for various pop artists, such as Westlife, Misteeq and The Lighthouse Family to name a few. The most famous person I’ve been asked to play for is the Queen. Celebrities include Ant and Dec, Peter Kay, Bradley Walsh, Tony Blackburn, John Cleese, Tony Blair, Jeremy Kyle, Anton Du Beke, Eamonn Holmes and Alan Shearer. Ready to perform in The Lion King.

  7. Eddie Taylor Toot Hill Grandparent / Drummer Mike Benson Toot Hill Parent / Sound technician The mixing desk on the main stage at a ‘Florence and the Machine’ gig in Poland. I have “jammed” with Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong, and more recently Jools Holland. I once lost a cymbal to Charlie Watts; the drummer with the Rolling Stones.

More Related