Year 13 Pre-Degree Courses

Music The Music pre-degree course will aim to strengthen and broaden current musical skills in preparation for undergraduate study. There will be two main areas of focus: Critical musical analysis: the cultural environment, genesis, musical legacy and reception of a chosen ground-breaking piece/composer/musical giant/musical style/specific focus (woman composer) (a), and 18th Century counterpoint (b). These investigative topics will be designed to give our students an opportunity for a higher level of musical challenge and experience in two crucial areas of undergraduate first year Music degree courses.

Lesson Outline: 2 sessions per week, 1 each for (a) and (b) Week 1: (a) Critical musical analysis Discussion/selection of topics and university approach to units of work.

How to begin the research How to get inside the pieces quickly Planning strategies for research and presentation model/platform (b) 18th Century counterpoint Selecting a subject Composing a real or tonal answer Week 2: (a) Critical musical analysis Review and extend research thus far and plan the next stages with 1:1 support (b) 18th Century counterpoint Investigation of countersubjects Composing a countersubject Week 3: (a) Critical musical analysis Planning and reviewing content/structure/quality of resources of the presentations with 1:1 support (b) 18th Century counterpoint Creating your exposition Ordering the entries of the subject and its answer Composing the exposition 22