Term 1: Area of Study 3: Music for Stage and Screen
Students will do an analysis of a set work and then compare and contrast the following: one set work - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope by John Williams - with an unknown piece, focusing on the following: Diegetic Music, Underscore, Background Music, Cue, Fanfare, Dominant Pedal, Ostinato, Compound Interval, Ritardando, Neapolitan Chord, Flattened Supertonic, Quartal Harmony. Students will start work on the set brief composition.
Listening paper.
Solo performance.
Develop the individual:
How important music is in creating or adding to mood. How music has the power to make us feel a certain way.
Create a supportive community:
More awareness of different emotions and how they might affect those around them.
Term 2: Area of Study 4: Fusion
Students will compare and contrast: one studied set work - “Samba Em Preludio” by Esperanza Spalding, focusing on the following: Acoustic, Cover, Solo, Turnaround, Clave, Tempo Rubato, Melismatic, Monophonic, Counterpoint, Broken Chord. Students will also continue to work on the set brief composition.
Listening paper.
Ensemble performance.
Develop the individual:
Understand how different cultures or backgrounds can work effectively together.
Create a supportive community:
Tolerance of others and their beliefs.
Term 3: Composition Coursework
Students will complete melodic and rhythmic dictation exercises and will continue to work on the set brief composition.
Develop the individual:
Learn independence, develop creativity
Create a supportive community:
Term 4: Composition Coursework
Students will complete melodic and rhythmic dictation exercises and will continue to work on the set brief composition.
Develop the individual:
Create a supportive community:
Term 5: Exam Revision
Students will prepare for the final written paper.
Develop the individual:
Create a supportive community: