1. A2 MUSIC

2. A2 MUSIC OVERVIEW (Edexcel)
UNIT 4: EXTENDED PERFORMANCE (30% A2)
UNIT 5: COMPOSITION AND TECHNICAL STUDY (30% A2)
UNIT 6: FURTHER MUSICAL UNDERSTANDING (40% A2)

3. UNIT 4:EXTENDED PERFORMANCE

4. Students perform their own devised programme
Students perform for 12 – 15 minutes
Either individually or within a small ensemble
From a score or improvised around a stimulus
Grade 6 is the set standard
Same mark scheme as for AS
Coursework – recorded twice – with and without audience
14th – 18th March 2011.

5. UNIT 5: COMPOSITION AND TECHNICAL STUDY

6. Students complete one composition and one technical study
Composition = a 3 minute piece to a set brief
Composition briefs = exploiting instruments / music for film and tv / music, dance and theatre
Technical study = Bach Chorale
Coursework – controlled conditions (14 hours for the composition and 3 for the technical study)

7. UNIT 6: FURTHER MUSICAL UNDERSTANDING

8. Listening – to unfamiliar music related to the 2 AOS (Areas of Study)
Listening – to unfamiliar music related to the 2 AOS (Areas of Study). 28 marks
Understanding – AOS 3 – Applied Music – studying 5 extracts and placing them in a social and historical context. Short note form answers. 26 marks
Understanding – AOS 1 – Instrumental Music – understanding continuity and change within 7 set works. Comparison essay. 36 marks

9. LISTENING Comparisons
Placing music in context (genre / date /composer)
Identifying keys and chords
Simple aural dictation tasks

10. UNDERSTANDING
Applied Music = where the music is serving some wider purpose e.g. for dance; ritual or worship; film
J.S. Bach – Cantata No. 48 movements I - IV
Schoenberg – ‘Der kranke Mond’ from Pierrot Lunaire
Bernstein – Opening for ‘On the Waterfront’
Williams – E.T. Flying Theme
Tom McElvogue – Jig and Reel

11. UNDERSTANDING
Continuity and Change in the following INSTRUMENTAL set works:
Haydn – Symphony No. 26 in Dm, Movement I
Holborne – Pavane and Galliard
Brahms – Piano Quintet in Fm, op.34, Movement III
J.S. Bach – Partita No. 4 in D – Sarabande and Gigue
Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue in A, op. 87
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – Black and Tan Fantasy
Miles Davis Quintet – Four (opening)