Music IGCSE 0410
Entry Requirements: Open to all students.
Course Outline:
Cambridge IGCSE Music is accepted by universities and employers worldwide as providing proof of musical skills, knowledge and understanding. This syllabus offers students the opportunity to develop their own practical musical skills through performing and composing. They also develop their listening skills by studying music from the main historical periods and styles of Western music as well as from selected non?Western traditions. The emphasis of the syllabus is as much on developing lifelong musical skills as on acquiring knowledge.
Learners studying Cambridge IGCSE Music are given the opportunity to:
• listen to and learn about music from a wide range of historical periods and major world cultures
• develop their skills in performing music, both individually and in a group with other musicians
• develop their skills in composing music in a style of their own choice.
The aims are to:
• enable candidates to acquire and consolidate a range of basic musical skills, knowledge and understanding, through the activities of listening, performing and composing
• help candidates develop a perceptive and critical response to the main historical periods and styles of Western music
• help candidates to recognise and understand the music of selected non?Western traditions, and thus to form an appreciation of cultural similarities and differences
• provide a foundation for the development of an informed appreciation of music
• provide a foundation for further study in music at a higher level.
Assessment:
All candidates take three components: An examination, a Prepared Performance, and Composing
Costs: TBC
Contact: Mr Richard Ellsworth
