Curriculum – Performing Arts

Vision

The national curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils :
Perform, listen to, review and elvaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians.

Learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriatley and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of music excellence.

Understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, through the inter-related dimetions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.

Develp their musical skills through performing, composing and listening. They learn through a combination of whole class, small group, paired and individual work and are encouraged to develop their confidence by performing in front of the class, when they are ready.

KS3 Curriculum Map to follow

KS4 Curriculum Map to follow

GCSE Music

We offer students Music GCSE ( OCR )

The aimns of the GCSE specification are to :

  • Develop candiadtes’ interest and enjoyment of music that will be sustained in later life, so that they are inspired, moved and changed by studying a broad, coherent, satisfying and worthwhile course of study.
  • Develope candidates’ own musical interests and skills including an understanding of how to make music individually and in groups.
  • Enable candidates to evaluate their own and others’ music.
  • Develop understanding and appreciation of a range of differnent kinds of music.
  • Develop broader life-skills and attributes including crictical and creative thinking, aesthetic sensitivity, emotional awareness, cultural understanding, self -disciple, self-confidence and self-motivation.

GCSE Music Assessment

  • 60% of the Music GCSE consists of four pieces of coursework.Students produce two performances and two compositions.
  • There is a listening examination at the end of the course where students are asked questions on the following areas of study :
  • Area of study 1 – My instrument
  • Area of study 2 – The Concerto Through Time
  • Area of study 3 – Rhythms of the World
  • Area of study 4 – Film Music
  • Area of study 5 – Pop & Rock Music

Higher Education Pathways

Worcester Sixth Form College

Performing Arts Level 3 Applied
Music Technology Level 3 Applied
A Level Drama & Theatre Studies, Dance, Music

Heart of Worcestershire College

UAL Diploma/Extended in Digital Music Production & Performance Technology, Level 3
UAL Diploma/ Extended in Performing Arts, Level 3

King Edward Stourbridge

A Level Dance, Drama & Theatre Studies, Music

Extra- curricular

  • Music and the performing arts play and important role in College life and there are numerous opportunities for studnts to develop their musical skills. These include :
  • College choir, Senior Choir and Liurgy Choir
  • College Orchestra
  • Senior Soul Band and Year 8,9,& 10 Soul Bands
  • Ukulele Club
  • There are numerous performance opportunities including Open Evening, Presentation Evening, New intake Evening, the College Production and the carol Service.

Contact

Mr Bryant
pb48@blessededward.co.uk

Mrs Thomas
kthomas@blessededward.co.uk

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