Specification

The assessment objectives for the AS and A2 courses are the same. Students are assessed on their ability to apply their musical knowledge and aural perception skills. All students must:


AO1 (a) interpret musical ideas with technical and expressive control and a sense of style and awareness of occasion and/or ensemble (performing);

(b) develop musical ideas with technical and expressive control making creative use of musical devices andconventions (composing); and

AO2 demonstrate understanding of, and comment perceptively on, the structural, expressive and contextual aspects of music.

For more information on the assessment objectives, see the full specification.