Curriculum Area: Music

Curriculum Leader: Mrs Laura Deeley

Intent:

GCSE Music will help students develop knowledge, understanding and skills needed to communicate effectively as musicians as well as engage with and appreciate the diverse heritage of music, in order to promote personal, social, intellectual and cultural development.

The aims and objectives of this qualification are to enable students to:

  • Engage actively in the process of music study
  • Develop performing skills individually and in groups to communicate musically with fluency and control of the resources used
  • Develop composing skills to organise musical ideas and make use of appropriate resources
  • Recognise links between the integrated activities of performing, composing and appraising and how this informs the development of music
  • Broaden musical experience and interests, develop imagination and foster creativity
  • Develop awareness of a variety of instruments, styles and approaches to performing and composing
  • Develop awareness of music technologies and their use in the creation and presentation of music
  • Recognise contrasting genres, styles and traditions of music, and develop some awareness of musical chronology
  • Develop as effective and independent learners with enquiring minds
  • Reflect upon and evaluate their own and others ‘music

The biggest change for 2021/2022 to the Music Department:

Every one of us deserves to have the chance to make music and to share musical experiences with our peers, regardless of our level of musical training, socioeconomic status, age or level of physical or cognitive ability.

 

What are we most proud of?

One of the things we are most proud of at TQEA is that we offer something for everyone musically. No matter what level or instrument a student plays, no matter what style or genre they may enjoy, there is a choir, band or keyboard club for them to join to perform and be part of something and be creative. We are fully inclusive.

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Peripatetic Lessons

Aspiring musicians also have ample opportunity to develop their skills at The Queen Elizabeth Academy through additional tuition available in a number of different instruments. Lessons are taught by professional musicians who deliver one to one, fantastic, quality lessons.

The lessons are held on a weekly basis via a timetable clearly displayed in the music department. The timetable is on a rotation so the students never miss the same lesson more than once per half term. We are very flexible and can arrange times to suit the student’s needs.

The peripatetic teachers guide the students in their instrumental studies and recommend that they take grade exams on their instrument, this helps the students if they choose to take GCSE music as one of their options, however, if a student would like to play for their own enjoyment then that’s ok too!