OCR Examination Board

Units

AS (unit 2550) Performing
AS (unit 2551) Composing 1
AS (unit 2552) Introduction to Historical Study
A2 (unit 2553) Performing: Interpretation
A2 (unit 2554) Composing 2
A2 (unit 2555) Historical and Analytical Studies

Entry requirements

5 GCSEs at grade C or above, including Music, or Grade V Practical examination

Course content

In this course you will develop your skills in performing, composing and listening. You will encounter a great variety of music, particularly from the western classical traditions and from jazz but, in your own performing and composing, you will have considerable freedom to choose your own repertoire.

The course is organised around three areas of study. For AS you will be concerned with ways in which composers use instruments to express their musical ideas and learn to create music using the common classica or popular musical language of 'western tonality' (as well as developing your own style and technique). For A2, you will develop your understanding of tonality by studying a wider range of more recent styles and you will also have a strong focus on the relationship between words and music.

Contact Mrs Adamson / Mr Young