Music

Music combines creative, practical and academic skills. This is an inspiring and diverse course. If you love making and listening to music, this is undoubtedly the course for you.

Music is a highly regarded academic subject and sits well with choices from a range of other subject areas. It is a creative subject which can be tailored to meet the interests of all musicians. There is a large coursework element, giving you the real chance to explore areas of music you particularly enjoy, while the listening and appraising paper gives you a solid grounding in musical analysis and listening and appraising skills. Practical music-making will run throughout the course: exploring music through doing. Those who study Music are respected as well-rounded musicians. Universities and employers also value musicians for their wider skill set, including self-motivation, performance and presentation skills, analytical skills, organisational skills and the ability to work as a team.

40% Listening and Appraising exam in the summer of Year 13; 35% Performance; 25% Composition.

5 grade 6s at GCSE. Grade 6 in GCSE Music or Grade 5 in an instrument/voice and music theory if GCSE Music not taken.

This course is excellent preparation for degree level study in Music, either at university or conservatoire. It allows students to specialise in a particular area of interest while still giving them a broad musical grounding. Music at degree level is a highly-regarded option by many employers. For students who do not wish to study music post A-level, music A-level is extremely highly regarded by universities and employers as both an academic subject and one which demonstrates a variety of facilitating skills. Students find that the strong academic and practical skills gained stand them in good stead for degrees as varied as medicine, law, accountancy, languages, sciences and more. A-level Music sits very well alongside a varied combination of other A-level choices.