A-level Music

Music

At Bosworth, A-level Music offers you the opportunity to develop your ability to use musical devises and conventions through composition, engage with and increase awareness and appreciation of the diverse heritage of music, and develop critical evaluation skills through appraising your own and other’s music.

Entry Requirements

Ideally, to study A-level Music you will have a good pass at GCSE level. Alternatively, you have musical experience separate to your academic studies and thus have a good grounding in musical theory and are a strong performer in either instrumental or vocal music.

Course Content

We follow the AQA syllabus in which are three sections: composing, performing and appraising. The music appraising covers a compulsory Western Classical section such as Baroque concerto, Mozart Operas and Romantic piano music of Chopin, Brahms and Grieg.

There are six areas of ‘Personal Study’ from which students must choose two. The areas are:

Pop Music – Daft Punk, Beyoncé and Stevie Wonder

Media and Film Music – Bernard Hermann, Hans Zimmer and Thomas Newman

Theatre Music – Kurt Weil to Steven Sondheim

Jazz Music – Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis

Contemporary & Traditional Music groups – Bellow Head and Anoushka Shankar

Art Music – since 1910 with the exciting Shostakovich and Steve Reich

Where does it lead?

A music degree can lead to a range of exciting career options, including becoming a professional musician, sound technician, music therapist, teacher or arts administrator. It can also lead to work in radio, theatre and events management.