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GCE A Level Music

Coleg Sir Gâr Carmarthenshire College

A Level

In Llanelli ()

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Description

  • Type

    A Level

The course provides a stimulating and creative course of study broadening and intensifying candidates' musical abilities. Candidates will be provided with opportunities to develop their aural perception skills and their appreciation of and participation in music. Candidates will need to perform showing that they can interpret musical ideas with technical and expressive control and a sense of style. Candidates will be invited to create and develop musical ideas making creative use of musical devices and conventions.

About this course

Normally students 16 - 19 years of age will require a minimum of 6 GCSEs at grades A* - C, one of which must be either GCSE Mathematics or English Language. Students who have not taken GCSE music but have a high level of musical ability could possibly be considered. Entry for mature students without formal qualifications is at the discretion of the Curriculum area. Candidates should be able to perform to approximately Grade V standard. Ideally they should have GCSE Music Grade B and above. The ability to read music is essential.

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Music
  • Musical

Course programme

  • The course is lead by a highly qualified musician who is an active professional composer and published musicologist
  • As a specialist subject, music generally benefits from excellent staff-student ratios, maximizing students' potential for development
  • The college is also home to a flourishing music technology department which is able to offer a professional standard recording facility, as well as opportunities to participate in a number of contemporary performance contexts
  • A Levels provide an excellent basis for progression to higher level qualifications such as Degrees or Higher National Diplomas.
  • The Music specialist may become an academic, performer, Arts administrator, teacher, librarian or therapist.
  • In addition, the study of music is also valuable in gaining entry to broadcasting, any kind of creative post and a wide variety of management posts in business and commerce as musicians are clearly able to work in teams successfully.

Additional information

AS Level:

  • Performance externally examined by a visiting examiner - 30%
  • Composition portfolio internally marked and externally moderated - 30%
  • Music Appraisal and Aural perception examination - 40%

A level :

  • This follows a similar pattern but candidates opt to add extra weighting to one of the three units of their choice.

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