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| A level Music Technology combines studio recording, composing and arranging, and the study of popular music styles and the development of technology from 1910 onwards. Much of the assessment is through controlled coursework, so AS is taken in 6.1. For AS, candidates create a portfolio containing a sequenced arrangement, a multi-track recording, and an arrangement (in a different style) of a set piece of music. There is also a listening examination testing knowledge of popular music including two set styles.
For A2, candidates complete a further portfolio including a sequenced integrated performance (virtual plus real instruments), a more complex multi-track recording, and a composition to a set brief. There is also an examination including remixing a track under examination conditions. Boys wishing to take Music Technology A level will need GCSE Music and good keyboard skills (at least grade 4 piano standard is advisable). Those planning on a Music Technology course at university are advised to check admission requirements carefully, as some courses require Music A level. The Music Technology syllabus should appeal both to boys who are primarily taking sciences in the sixth form, but would like to include a complementary musical subject, and to boys who are concentrating on arts subjects, but do not wish to drop scientific study entirely. Music and Music Technology will be placed into a block by June. This decision will enable the maximum number of boys to take the subject concerned. Once their blocks are finalised, Music and Music Technology cannot be moved. |
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