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Music
- Members of Staff and Roles/Responsibilities
- Subject Overview
- KS3 Structure
- KS3 Content
- KS4 Structure
- KS4 Content
- Additional Information
- Opportunities in Music
Members of Staff and Roles/Responsibilities
| Mrs H Paris | Subject Leader for Music KS3 and KS4 |
| Mrs N Parker | Teacher of Music KS3 |
Music Overview
MMusic is delivered throughout KS3 for one hour per week and can be chosen as an option in KS4 and studied to GCSE level.
Performance, composition and listening are the three key components upon which the schemes of work are based.
KS3 Structure
All students are base-line tested for keyboard performance and aural ability at the start of Tear 7.
All students are taught to use music technology via Yamaha electronic keyboards with built-in multi-track sequencers.
All students will experience live and recorded vocal music.
All students will use computer-technology to aid their independent learning in listening activities and as a composition tool.
All students will have an individual exercise book in which to record their written work.
Music staff will keep recorded examples of sampled student performance and composition work.
KS3 Content
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
What is Music? Introducing keyboard technology Introducing graphic and notation scores Western and Gamelan orchestra Vocal skills |
Latin-American music
Pentatonic –based music Modes Ternary Form Making Musical Connections (Listening skills) Further vocal skills |
Whole-tone and Impressionist Music Acappella Vocal skills Blues Music Club Mix TV and Film themes Further vocal skills |
KS4 Structure
The OCR Syllabus 1919 for GCSE Music is followed, with set areas of study and performance / composition components.
The course is 75% practical, the students prepare performances and compositions which are internally marked and externally moderated, and sit an hour-long listening paper at the end of Year 11 which is externally marked and worth 25%
There are opportunities to use computer-based composition skills and any acoustic or electronic instrument for performance, or the voice may be used if preferred.
During Year 10 the course is more practically based, and in Year 11 the introduction of written responses to listening work is introduced.
KS4 Content
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
Terminal tasks Introduction to computer-based composition Main area of study performance Disco-based composition and history Minimalist composition and history Bhangra composition and history Listening skills – from medieval to 21st Century |
Terminal tasks Waltz composition and history Pavan and Galliard listening and history Salsa composition and history Main area of study performance, composition and appraisals Listening and history-set areas of study |
Additional Information
There are opportunities in KS3 and in KS4 to participate in performance groups and concerts.
There is an annual “showcase” concert for students to perform live instrumentally or vocally.
There is a College choir which rehearses weekly throughout the year.
There are keyboard clubs at lunchtime that meet throughout the year.
There are orchestral and instrumental ensembles that meet to rehearse and perform.
Peripatetic tutors teach individuals and small groups in College and at the Arts In Education Centre.
