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Y9 Options Assemblies2020-2022
Thu 23 Jan
2020-2022
GCSE MUSIC
What are we going to do?
• music composition skills• instrumental skills• performance skills• listening & appraising skills• analytical skills
You will develop and extend your:
• show creativity• develop confidence• work collaboratively• critically evaluate • work independently• develop ICT skills• develop analytical skills• manage high pressure situations• communicate
You will need to:
The Course Content
60% of the Music GCSE course is practical
40% is listening, appraising and analysis
AQA Exam BoardMusic 8271
Components
GCSE Music has 3 Components:
1. Understanding Music
2. Performing Music
3. Composing Music
40%
30%
30%
1. Understanding MusicIn this component students will study 4 Areas of Study:
Classical Music 1650–1910
Popular music
Traditional music
Classical Music 1910 onwards
The Areas of Study are considerably large. Therefore each one is divided into sub-sections. For example, here are the sub-sections for Popular Music:
Popular music
• Broadway Musicals 1950s to 1990s. • Rock music 1960s/1970s. • Film & computer gaming music 1990s to present. • Pop music 1990s to present.
You will learn to aurally recognise key features of music found in all 4 Areas of Study.
• Melody• Harmony• Tonality• Rhythm• Structure• Timbre• Texture
You will need to identify how the musical elements have been used
in various pieces of music:
For two of the Areas of Study the students will study certain pieces of music (determined by AQA).
Our current Y10 students are studying:
Classical Music 1650–1910
Popular music
An excerpt from a Haydn Symphony
3 songs from the album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by The Beatles
In this component students will be required to submit two performances for assessment:
Solo Performance
Ensemble Performance
2. Performing Music
All GCSE students are expected to take part in the major musical events staged by the department
2. Performing MusicEvents
GCSE groups perform at the two annual Christmas Concerts
GCSE groups perform extended sets at the annual Bradfest music festival in July
GCSE groups also perform at other school events –e.g: Y6 open evening, Christmas Fair, Awards Evenings
Students will compose 3 – 4 original compositions, two of which will be submitted for assessment. They need to submit:
3. Composing Music
Free Composition
Composition to a set brief
Most composition work will be done using the computer software “Cubase”. This is an industry standard multi-track recording studio.
3. Composing Music
Component Assessment %
1Understanding
Music
June Exam paper:Section A: listening exercises with music excerptsSection B: questions on the study pieces
20%
20%
2Performing
1. Solo Performance2. Ensemble Performance
15%15%
3Composition
1. Composition in response to a brief2. Free Composition
15%15%
Modern Foreign Languages
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Assessment Methods - what to consider?
Terminal Exams• All assessment- 100% of marks
counting towards final grade come from final exam papers.
• These qualifications include the core of English (Lan and Lit), maths and science.
Mixed• Some assessment based on
exam papers but other marks available for Non Examined Assessment NEA (previously referred to as coursework).
• These qualifications include BTECs and some of the GCSEs.
Both are equally challenging but in different ways (independent research and meeting deadlines v revising)
All option subjects lead to a Level 2 qualification- they are all worth the same
Science
Combined• The combined science
qualification is worth twoGCSEs.
• It involves the study of units in biology, chemistry and physics.
• You gain two grades for example 5-5 (two grade 5s) or 4-5 (a grade 4 and a grade 5)
Separate/Triple• This is the study of 3 GCSEs.
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• You will be awarded a grade in each subject.
Much of the content is common for both science routes.
Science continued/
• Everyone starts the same units of work (for either route) as these are the same for both.
• Everyone spends the same amount of time studying science in Y10.
• During Y10 teachers will assess which route will be best for each person.
• If you study the combined science in Y11 you will have fewer periods of science. These periods will be used to support your learning in English and/or maths.
• Talk to your science teachers for more details.
Thank you again for listening
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