A Level Music What content have the students covered? How have students been assessed? Listening & Appraising Baroque Set works: ▪ Timed exam-style questions in class - Purcell – Trumpet Sonata in D major ▪ PUPG assessment - Vivaldi – Flute Concerto in D major ▪ Uplift 1 assessment - Bach – Violin Concerto in A minor ▪ Uplift 2 assessment (Q22, 24 & 26 only) Romantic Piano Setworks: ▪ Professional Judgment - Chopin: Nocturne in E minor & Ballade in F major - Brahms: Intermezzo in A major & Ballad in G minor - Grieg: Norwegian March & Notturno Music for Media Composers: - Michael Giacchino - Bernard Herrmann - Thomas Newman - Hans Zimmer Overviews of Musical Theatre and the Operas of Mozart Section A – Unfamiliar Works: Q1-3 & 7-12 – Mini questions, Musical dictation and 10 mark short answers Section B – Familiar Works: Q22 & 24 – Mini questions and 10 mark short answers Section C – Music for Media Essay: Q26 – 30 mark extended answer NEA (Non-exam assessment) – Performing: Students completed this component independently at home. This component A solo recording by the student on their chosen was marked and moderated by the music instrument (25 marks but doubled to 50 as only one department using the AQA mark scheme. recording was needed this year) NEA (Non-exam assessment) – This component has been marked and Composing: moderated by the music department using the AQA mark scheme. As the second chorales were incomplete, we have applied 2 chorales in the style of Bach. The first one is complete professional judgement based on and the second ones were in varying stages of experience of previous years and student completion following the lockdown at the beginning of potential, ability and work throughout the 2020. When students returned to school the decision course. was taken to focus on the appraising work for the two uplift exams. (30 marks but doubled to 60 as no free composition was needed this year) .