Music
Links for Online Music Lessons in 2020-21
Students should open these pages at the start of each online music lesson. Instructions, links and resources for each lesson can be accessed here.
YEAR 7 | Y7 Music Blog |
YEAR 8 | Y8 Music Blog |
YEAR 9 | Y9 Music Blog |
YEAR 10 | Y10 Music Blog |
YEAR 11 | Y11 Music Blog |
YEAR 13 | A Level Music Blog |
All students from Year 7-13 will learn about the ELEMENTS of music. These are the building blocks of all music, so it is essential that you have a good understanding of them all. A good understanding of the ELEMENTS will enable you to analyse and describe music in more depth.
Click on the link to explore the ELEMENTS in detail, develop new musical vocabulary, watch videos and listen to musical examples, and find links to other helpful websites.
Course details:
Year 10: Edexcel Pearson Music Tech First Award
Year 11: Edexcel GCSE Music (1-9)
Year 12 and 13: AQA Music A Level
“The music curriculum inspires, challenges and empowers students. Our aim is to nurture creative and expressive ways of thinking, composing and performing. We meet this aim by supporting and challenging our students in a positive and exciting environment. We enjoy the relationships we have with our students. We provide a stable, organised environment with clear boundaries. Opportunities for support are available during lessons and in various formal and informal extra-curricular sessions. We want to showcase student work in regular changing displays and performances in classrooms and in the wider school/community. We believe in opportunities outside of the school community enrich the learning we do inside it and so trips and visits to various music events play a large role in our vision. We believe it is essential that all students engage in a wide range of experiences which stimulate creative, imaginative and expressive responses. Embedding the basic foundational knowledge to succeed in performing, variety of styles, listening to and composing music and studying the work of diverse practitioners will lead to more sustained independent inquiry led by the student and supported by the teacher. We hope to create confident, creative individuals with a range of transferrable knowledge that will help them thrive in society and the world of work of the future.”
Music Curriculum Year 7 - Year 9
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | ||
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Year 7 | Topics/Themes Curriculum Content | Baseline Voice works | Rhythm/Notation Theory | Night and Day | Fools Guide To... | Planets | Cartoon |
Key Assessment Tasks | Listening x 2 Composition Performance | Listening Evaluate Performance | Performance Composition Evaluate | Evaluate Listening | Performance Composition Evaluate Listening | Performance Composition Evaluate Listening |
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Year 8 | Topics/Themes Curriculum Content | Rhythm/Notation | 12 Bar-Blues | Genres | Unknown Territory | Radio Adverts | Historical Booklets |
Key Assessment Tasks | Listening Composition Performance Evaluate | Performance Composition Evaluate Listening | Composition Performance Evaluate | Performance Composition Evaluate Listening | Performance Composition Evaluate Listening | Composition Performance Evaluate |
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Year 9 | Topics/Themes Curriculum Content | Rhythm/Notation | Soundtracks | BTEC | Pioneers/BTEC | Minimalism | BTEC |
Key Assessment Tasks | Listening Composition Performance Evaluate | Listening Composition Performance Evaluate | Performance Composition Evaluate Listening | Evaluate Performance Listening | Evaluate Performance Composition | Evaluate Performance Composition |
Music Curriculum Year 10 - Year 11
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | ||
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Year 10 Btec | Topics/Themes Curriculum Content | Component 1 Reggae Brit invasion | Component 1 Metal 80’s Music | Component 1 90’s Music Rap | Component 1 World Music 1600-2000 | Component 1 Media Jazz and Blues | Component 1 Finalise Component 1b |
Key Assessment Tasks | Listening Composition Performance Evaluate | Listening Composition Performance Evaluate | Listening Composition Performance Evaluate | Listening Composition Performance Evaluate | Listening Composition Performance Evaluate | Listening Composition Performance Evaluate |
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Year 11 GCSE | Topics/Themes Curriculum Content | Area of Study 1: Instrumental Music 1700–1820 Performance solo Composition brief Theory | Area of Study 2: Vocal Music Performance ens. Composition brief Theory | Area of Study 3/4: Music for Stage and Screen /Fusions Performance solo and ens. Composition brief Theory | Revision of Set Works Performance solo and ens. Composition brief Theory | Revision of Set Works Performance solo and ens. Composition free and brief Theory | |
Key Assessment Tasks | Listening Composition Performance Evaluate | Listening Composition Performance Evaluate | Listening Composition Performance Evaluate | Listening Composition Performance Evaluate | Listening Composition Performance Evaluate |
Music Curriculum Year 12 - Year 13
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | ||
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Year 12 | Topics/Themes Curriculum Content | Baroque solo concerto Pop Music Intro Performance diary Compositional skills | Baroque solo concerto Pop Music 1 Performance Compositional skills | The Operas of Mozart Pop Music 2 Performance Compositional skills | The Operas of Mozart Pop Music 3 Performance Compositional skills | The Operas of Mozart and Baroque solo concerto Pop Music Review Performance Compositional skills | AoS1: Explore the piano music of Chopin, Brahms and Grieg strand. Performance Composition |
Key Assessment Tasks | Listening questions Performances Compositional task | Listening questions 2 solo performances Compositional task | Listening questions free solo performances Compositional task brief | Listening questions 6 minute performances Compositional task brief | Listening questions Assessment performances Free composition | Listening questions Performance repertoire Free composition |
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Year 13 | Topics/Themes Curriculum Content | AoS1: Explore the piano music of Chopin, Brahms and Grieg strand. Musical Theatre Intro Performance Composition | AoS1: Explore the piano music of Chopin, Brahms and Grieg strand. Musical Theatre1 Performance Composition | AoS1: Explore the piano music of Chopin, Brahms and Grieg strand. Musical Theatre 2 Performance Composition | AoS1: Opera, Baroque, Piano Musical Theatre 3 Performance Composition | AoS1: Opera, Baroque, Piano Musical Theatre and Pop Music Performance Composition | |
Key Assessment Tasks | Listening questions Technical performance Complete free composition | Listening questions 10 minute performance Brief composition intro. | Listening questions Full performance Brief composition | Listening questions Final recordings for performance Brief composition | Listening questions Final recordings for performance Brief composition completion |