Year 13 Summer Homework

Deadline: Monday 12th

September 2016

Music

A2 Music

Edexcel Music

Objectives:

The overall aims and objectives of this qualification are to enable students to:

• actively engage in the process of music study • further develop performing skills • further develop composing skills to demonstrate the manipulation of musical ideas and the use of

musical devices and conventions • broaden musical experience and interests, develop imagination and foster creativity • appraise contrasting genres, styles and traditions of music, and develop understanding of musical

contexts and a coherent awareness of musical chronology

Summer Tasks :

• Aim to listen to all of the 12 Set Works to familiarise yourself with the different genres. You can find the Set Work Titles in the A2 Overview at the end of the accompanying booklet: Assessment Objective 3

• All of the Set Works should be accessible via Youtube or itunes. Spend at least 15 minutes listening to each work to familiarise yourself with the Set Works Assessment Objective 3

• Two of the Set Works will form part of your summer work and the tasks are included in this booklet.

• One of the essays is a comparative essay (18 marks) from the Instrumental Set List and the second essay includes writing about specific musical features from the Applied Set list (13 marks) Assessment Objective 3

• Aim to practice your instrument on a regular basis during the summer, as you will be working towards preparing for a 12 -15 minute recital programme. You should aim to practice for at least half an hour every day. Your first performance will be marked using the Edexcel marking criteria. Your pieces should at the very minimum be equivalent to a Grade 6 level Assessment Objective 1

• Wider listening: to broaden your listening you should keep a listening log and aim to listen in depth to at leas 2 pieces each week during the summer. The pieces should be chosen from each of the main musical periods, for example: 2 pieces from the Renaissance period, two from Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th Century Assessment Objectives 2 and 3

Assessment: Overview:

Component 4: Performing 30% of the overall qualification

Component 5: Composing 30% of the overall qualification – briefs released September 2016

Component 6: Further Musical Understanding - 40% of the overall qualification - Listening paper, testing Set Work knowledge, unfamiliar listening, analysis and theory

The Hazeley Academy A2 MUSIC EDEXCEL 2016- 2017 Course Content

UNIT 4 Extended Performance Unit 4: Extended Performance:: Students

have opportunities to extend their performance skills as soloists and/or as part of an ensemble. Teachers and students can choose music in any style. Any instrument(s) and/or voice(s) are acceptable as part of a 12-15 minute assessed performance of a balanced programme of music. This unit is assessed internally and is worth 30%.

Unit 5 Composition and Technical Study Students complete composition(s) and/or a

technical study. The composition section further develops students’ composition skills in creation of a final three minute piece in response to a chosen brief. The technical study section builds on the knowledge and awareness of harmony gained in Unit 3 section C through the medium of pastiche studies. This is completed as controlled conditions coursework and is worth 30%.

Unit 6 Further Musical Understanding Students focus on listening to music, familiar and

unfamiliar, and understanding how it works. Set works from the anthology provide the focus for much of the unit. They should learn how to compare and contrast pairs of excerpts, contextualise music and identify harmonic and tonal features.

Section A: Aural analysis, Section B: Music in context and Section C: Continuity and change in instrumental music.

Assessment is through a 2-hour examination paper set and marked by Edexcel worth 40%.

Summer tasks TASK 1 UNIT 4 Performance: To select pieces, which will be at minimum

Grade 6 level, the minimum requirement is that the recital (performance time) should be 12 - 15 minutes in duration and must be a balanced and interesting reportoire

Select one of your proposed pieces and be ready to perform this piece during the first fortnight in Yr 13

Summer Task 2 Access the Set Works via You Tube and

listen to each Set Work ( Set Works attached at the end of this document)

Essay 1 : identify features of Post Modernist Music found in “Inspector Morse – Morse on the Case” by Pheloung ( 13 marks)

Present as a Word Document

Summer Task 3 Piano Sonata in B flat K333 Mvt 1 – Mozart Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano

Sonatas 1-111 – Cage “Raindrop Prelude” Chopin ( additional

listening) Compare and contrast the melodies,

structures, harmony and texture of these three pieces - 36 marks

Summer Task 4 Wider Listening

You should aim to listen to at least two new

pieces every week and complete the Listening Log. Choose a different genre every week and work through this chronologically eg; start with the Renaissance period.

Complete the required information on the grid

Subject: Name: Form:

A2 MUSIC

Aims

My SMART target to improve my knowledge is……

Performance

To select pieces, which will be at minimum Grade 6 level, the minimum requirement is that the recital (performance time) should be 12 - 15 minutes in duration and must be a balanced and interesting repertoire

By October I will have discussed my recital plans with my instrumental teacher and music staff at Hazeley to ensure the recital is balanced and at the appropriate level

Select one of your proposed pieces and be ready to perform this piece during the first fortnight in Yr 13

By September have selected one piece – Grade 6 or working towards Grade 7/8 level and be ready to perform this piece within the first two weeks in September

Set Works Analysis and Listening

Able to identify the Set Works for 2017 Access the Set Works via You Tube and listen to each Set Work

Able to explain and write an essay which compares and contrasts musical features of three of the Set Works

Have identified the composer, instrumentation, style and historical context of the Set Work. Compare and contrast musical features 18marks

To be able to identify features of Post Modernist Music found in “Inspector Morse – Morse on the Case” by Pheloung

Have identified and written a detailed explanation of features of the Post Modernist era found in the set work - 13 marks

To broaden musical experience and interests, develop imagination and foster creativity.

To appraise contrasting genres, styles and traditions of music, and develop understanding of musical contexts and a coherent awareness of musical chronology

By September I will have kept a “Listening Log” of pieces, which I have, listened to and noted musical features, context and details about the composer. I will keep using the Listening Log and be able to share my findings with my fellow A2 students on a regular basis.

A2 Level Music 2016/2017

Listening Diary

Name:

Unit 6 of your A2 Music exam requires you to listen to recordings of a variety of musical extracts. In addition to the practice you will do in class it would be very beneficial for you to do some music listening outside of class time.

This booklet is to be used every time you sit down to deliberately listen to a piece of music and think about its musical features, not just listening to the radio whilst reading a magazine!

Try to listen to a wide of styles, think about:

• Is it major or minor? • What is the shape of the melody? • What is the texture? • What instruments are being used? • What is the metre? • What is the general structure? • What cadences can you hear?

Title of piece

Composer/Date of composition

Period/Style/Genre

Musical features

Title of piece

Composer/Date of composition

Period/Style/Genre

Musical features

Title of piece

Composer/Date of composition

Period/Style/Genre

Musical features

Title of piece

Composer/Date of composition

Period/Style/Genre

Musical features

Title of piece

Composer/Date of composition

Period/Style/Genre

Musical features

Title of piece

Composer/Date of composition

Period/Style/Genre

Musical features

Assessment objectives and weighting

% in AS

% in A2

% in GCE

AO1 Interpret musical ideas with technical and expressive control and a sense of style and awareness of occasion and/or ensemble (performing/realising). 30% 30% 30%

AO2 Create and develop musical ideas with technical control and expressive understanding making use of musical devices, conventions and resources (composing/arranging). 30% 30% 30%

AO3 Demonstrate understanding of and comment perceptively on, the structural expressive and contextual aspects of music (appraising). 40% 40% 40%

TOTAL 100% 100% 100%

Set works can be sourced via Youtube

Identify books, journals and useful websites for students to use to help them complete the work

A2 Set Works from 2016

Full details of the exact versions of the scores and recordings for each set work will be made available on the Pearson website ahead of first teaching in September 2016.

A2 Music Set Works 2016-2017

Applied Music 2017

NAM7. Stravinsky — Pulcinella Suite: Sinfonia, Gavotta and Vivo NAM27. G. Gabrieli — In ecclesiis NAM42. Georges Auric — Passport to Pimlico: The Siege of Burgundy 46. NAM46 Barrington Pheloung — Morse on the Case NAM62. Mustapha Tettey Addy (Ghana) — Agbekor Dance

Instrumental Music 2017

NAM3. Berlioz — Harold in Italy: movement III NAM9. Shostakovich — String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110: movement I NAM10. Cage — Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonatas I–III NAM15. Corelli — Trio Sonata in D, Op. 3 No. 2: movement IV NAM20. Sweelinck — Pavana Lachrimae NAM22. Mozart — Piano Sonata in B flat, K.333: movement I NAM58. Ram Narayan (India) — Rag Bhairav

Submission Date

All work must be submitted by Monday 12th September 2016