Music

The purpose of the music curriculum is to: provide an inclusive subject that is designed to allow all learners to develop a love of music and fulfil their musical potential through inspiring and engaging experiences. Music as an art form is an important part of cultural identity, and it offers our students a creative mode of expression in a language that is recognised universally. The music curriculum is coherently planned and sequenced, developing students’ skills in listening, performance, composition, singing and music technology across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions. We prepare our students for lifelong musical learning and appreciation for the subject, both in and out of school, including an understanding of progression routes and careers in the wider music profession. 

Key Stage 3

Key Stage 4

GCSE Music is a fabulous, rigorous and exciting course that combines the practical with the theoretical, the artistic with the scientific and the emotional with the rational. It is a tripartite course which includes: composition, performance and musical theory. The musical theory is wide ranging and covers a broad spectrum of genres and traditions, including the western classical tradition. There is some opportunity to use technology in this course in the process of music production, and there are numerous opportunities to develop one’s own knowledge of the musical canon across the ages.

For further information about the course studied, see page 29 of the Options Booklet

Key Stage 5

As is the case with GCSE Music, A Level Music is a tripartite course which includes composition, performance and theory.