Support
A wide range of support is available to assist teachers delivering our GCSE in Music. Teachers and students can make use of the following:
- specimen papers and mark schemes;
- a resource list;
- Set work recordings;
- Text book mapping;
- Scheme of Work;
- the GCSE Music specification; and
- supplementary guidance on set works from the areas of study.
Useful Downloads
GCSE Music: Instructions to Invigilators Summer 2012
(PDF), Last Updated: 16 April 2012
GCSE Music: Set Works Analyses (Updated February 2011)
(PDF), Last Updated: 07 March 2011
Scheme of Work
(PDF), Last Updated: 24 June 2009
Scheme of Work (Word Version)
(DOC), Last Updated: 24 June 2009
Specimen Assessment Material
(PDF), Last Updated: 04 December 2008
Student Guide
(PDF), Last Updated: 14 January 2009
Subject Snapshot
(PDF), Last Updated: 04 February 2009
Teacher Guidance: The Music Industry
(PDF), Last Updated: 04 January 2011
Textbook Mapping
(DOC), Last Updated: 02 September 2009
The following mp3s are free downloads from the ‘Musical Traditions in Ireland’ Area of Study (NB. These tracks are not available on iTunes).
Steadfast & TrueTo download - Right Click & Save Target As..
Le Reve PasseTo download - Right Click & Save Target As..
Height of DargaiTo download - Right Click & Save Target As..
New GCSE Music Set Works available on iTunes
An "iMix" of the Revised GCSE Music Set Works is now available for purchase as individual tracks (at £0.79 per track) on iTunes. CCEA does not insist you study these particular recordings. In fact for many of the set works (particularly orchestral works) there are a number of suitable recordings. However, these tracks will be the recordings that will be used on future live examinations.
To access these iMix tracks, you need to have iTunes installed on your computer.
The following songs are not available on iTunes:
| Track | Artist | Album | Label | Year |
| Carrickfergus | The Chieftains | The Chieftains 4 | Claddagh | 1987 |
| Drowsey Maggie | The Chieftains | The Chieftains 4 | Claddagh | 1987 |
| The Chieftains 4 is available from HMV High Street Retailers and a number of online providers | ||||
| Track | Artist | Album | Label | Year |
Steadfast and TrueTo download - Right Click & Save Target As.. |
Millar’s Hill Accordian Band | World’s Greatest Marches | Mobius | 1998 |
Le Reve PasseTo download - Right Click & Save Target As.. |
Ballygowan Flute Band | World’s Greatest Marches | Mobius | 1998 |
Heights of Dargai/Battle of the SommeTo download - Right Click & Save Target As.. |
Ravara Pipe Band | World’s Greatest Marches | Mobius | 1998 |
| CCEA has successfully secured permission to make the three tracks listed above from ‘World’s Greatest Marches’ available on this page for free download. | ||||
| Overture - A Midsummer Night’s Dream (F. Mendelssohn) is only available as an album purchase from iTunes, not as a single track for purchase. However, a recording of the track on the Decca label can be purchased online here as a single track (mp3) for £1.99.> | ||||
We run support seminars and agreement trials at various times throughout the year, and we can also arrange centre support visits. Please contact us for more information.
Let us know what other support materials you would find useful. Complete our online comment form and tell us what we can do for you!
We intend to expand our range of support to include the following:
- past papers and mark schemes;
- exemplar compositions; and
- Chief Examiner’s reports.