Specification at a glance
This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams and submit all their non-exam assessment at the end of the course.
Subject content
Core content
- 1. Appraising music
- 2. Performance
- 3. Composition
Assessments
Students must complete all three components.
Component 1: Appraising music |
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What's assessed
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How it's assessed
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Questions
This component is 40% of A-level marks (120 marks). |
Component 2: Performance |
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What's assessed Music performance |
How it's assessed Solo and/or ensemble performing as an instrumentalist, or vocalist and/or music production (via technology). |
Requirement A minimum of ten minutes of performance in total is required. This component is 35% of A-level marks (50 marks). Non-exam assessment (NEA) will be externally marked by AQA examiners. Work must be completed between 1 March and the specified date given at aqa.org.uk/keydates Work must be sent by post/uploaded to AQA by the specified date given at aqa.org.uk/keydates |
Component 3: Composition |
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What's assessed Composition |
How it's assessed
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Requirement A minimum of four and a half minutes of music in total is required. This component is worth 25% of A-level marks (50 marks). NEA will be externally marked by AQA examiners. Work must be completed and sent by post/uploaded to AQA by the specified date given at aqa.org.uk/keydates. |