Music

Term One: Autumn Term

Rhythm and Pulse Body

Percussion Rhythms of the World

Developing Music Performance Skills

Ensemble Skills

World Music

Term Two: Christmas Term

Rhythm and Pulse Body

Percussion Rhythms of the World

Developing Music Performance Skills

Ensemble Skills

World Music

Term Three: Winter Term

Pitch and Melody Singing Skills

Production Skills

Elements of Music

Song writing

Term Four: Easter Term

Pitch, Dynamics and Melodic Technique Keyboard Skills

Film Music

Responding to a Brief

Collaboration with Performing Arts

Term Five: Spring Term

Pitch, Dynamics and Melodic Technique Keyboard Skills

Film Music

Responding to a Brief

Collaboration with Performing Arts

Term Six: Summer Term

Texture and Sonority The Instruments of the Orchestra

Harmony and Tonality

Music Skills Development

Autumn Term

Component 1: Exploring Musical Styles and Products: Rock and Roll, Minimalism, Britpop, Synth Pop, West African Drumming

PSA 2:
Music Skills Development

Christmas Term 

Component 1: Exploring Musical Styles and Products: Rock and Roll, Minimalism, Britpop, Synth Pop, West African Drumming

PSA 2:
Music Skills Development

Winter Term

PSA 1: Internal Assessment

Component 3:
Responding to a
Commercial Music Brief
External Assessment

Easter Term

PSA 1: Internal Assessment

Component 3:
Responding to a
Commercial Music Brief
External Assessment

Spring Term

Component 2: Music Skills Development

Component 3:
Responding to a
Commercial Music Brief
External Assessment

Summer Term

Component 2: Music Skills Development MOCK

Autumn Term

Rehearsal Techniques and Practice Routines: Why are they important and what different strategies can be used to develop skills and techniques on your instrument or vocals?

Christmas Term

Rehearsal Techniques and Practice Routines: Why are they important and what different strategies can be used to develop skills and techniques on your instrument or vocals?

Winter Term

The Music industry: How to create a career plan, identify skills and strengths that we have using a skills audit and survey and then plan our ideal career within the industry.

What different career opportunities are there and what qualifications. training and soft skills are needed to be employed in these positions?

Easter Term

The Music industry: How to create a career plan, identify skills and strengths that we have using a  skills audit and survey and then plan our ideal career within the industry.

What different career opportunities are there and what qualifications, training and soft skills are needed to be employed in these positions?

Spring Term

Auditioning for Musicians: How do we plan for and prepare for an audition within the music industry?

Cruise ships, session musicians, auditioning for music college/university, theme parks and other pathways requiring an audition.

Summer Term

Auditioning for Musicians: How do we plan for and prepare for an audition within the music industry?

Cruise ships, session musicians, auditioning for music college/university, theme parks and other pathways requiring an audition.

Autumn Term

Rehearsal Techniques and Practice Routines: Why are they important and what different strategies can be used to develop skills and techniques on your instrument or vocals?

Event Management: What skills are required to organise an event? How do we work together with others? How do we ensure events are managed effectively with risks minimised?

Listening to Music Understanding Music: Why do we respond in different emotional ways when we listen to music? How do we identify key features in different genres of music?

Composition Prep: How to respond to a brief, creation of music collaboratively Front of House sound engineer. How do we plan for and set up for a gig mixing sound for a live music event?

Christmas Term

Rehearsal Techniques and Practice Routines: Why are they important and what different strategies can be used to develop skills and techniques on your instrument or vocals?

Event Management: What skills are required to organise an event? How do we work together with others? How do we ensure events are managed effectively with risks minimised?

Listening to Music Understanding Music: Why do we respond in different emotional ways when we listen to music? How do we identify key features in different genres of music?

Composition Prep: How to respond to a brief, creation of music collaboratively Front of House sound engineer. How do we plan for and set up for a gig mixing sound for a live music event?

Winter Term

The Music Industry: How to create a career plan, identify skills and strengths that we have using a skills audit and survey and then plan our ideal career within the industry. What different career opportunities are there and what qualifications? Training and soft skills are needed to be employed in these positions.

External Assessment: Composition Collaboration External Assessment.

Easter Term

The Music Industry: How to create a career plan, identify skills and strengths that we have using a skills audit and survey and then plan our ideal career within the industry. What different career opportunities are there and what qualifications? Training and soft skills are needed to be employed in these positions.

External Assessment: Composition Collaboration External Assessment.

Spring Term

Auditioning for Musicians: How do we plan for and prepare for an audition within the music industry? Cruise ships, session musicians, auditioning for music college/university, theme parks and other pathways requiring an audition.

Music in the Community: What opportunities are there for musicians to earn additional money in between gigs? How to plan sessions and run them for members of the community

Summer Term

Auditioning for Musicians: How do we plan for and prepare for an audition within the music industry? Cruise ships, session musicians, auditioning for music college/university, theme parks and other pathways requiring an audition.

Music in the Community: What opportunities are there for musicians to earn additional money in between gigs? How to plan sessions and run them for members of the community.

Music Dissertation: How do we research and write an academic investigation into a topic of our choice?

Autumn Term

Unit 5: Music Technology in Context
Unit 15: Music Investigation Assignment 1

Christmas Term

Unit 5: Music Technology in Context
Unit 15: Music Investigation Assignment 1

Winter Term

Unit 5: Exam - January
Unit 15: Music Investigation Assignment 2
Unit 8: Creative Sampling and Synthesis Assignment 1

Easter Term

Unit 15: Music Investigation Assignment 2
Unit 8: Creative Sampling and Synthesis Assignments 1 and 2

Spring Term

Unit 15: Music Investigation Assignment 2
Unit 8: Creative Sampling and Synthesis Assignment 2

Summer Term

Unit 2: Studio Recording Techniques Assignment 1
Unit 7: Music Technology Enterprise Opportunities