This course offers music teachers the chance to deepen their knowledge of the new set works (AOS 1 Western Classical Music) while at the same time enrich and enhance their approaches to engaging students effectively and imaginatively in the detail of the music. A course with a different, broader perspective!
- Strand A: Baroque – the solo concerto
- Strand B: Classical – the operas of Mozart
- Strand C: Romantic – the piano music of Chopin, Brahms and Grieg
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
- Gain tactics for maximising student success and for growing their general musicianship
- Take away new methods for explaining the set works and their musical context
- Understand how to engage pupils in the analysis of the AOS 1 Set Works
- Explore strategies for bridging the knowledge gap between GCSE to AS
- Gain effective exam techniques, including how to shape preparation and revision
| COURSE DATES | London, Thursday 16 November 2017 London, Thursday 08 February 2018 |
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| WHO FOR? | Music teachers of all levels of experience Heads of Music looking to change boards Anyone teaching the AQA AL course |
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| COURSE CODE | 6898 | ||||||
| IN-SCHOOL | You can also book this as an In-School Course | ||||||
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10.00 - 10.30am: Developing analytical skills from GCSE
- Structure of the AS and A Level Examination
10.30 - 11.15am: Analysing AOS 1 Strand A (Baroque Concerto)
- Exploring the context for set works by Purcell, Vivaldi and Bach
- Ways into explaining form and structure
- Innovative ways of exploring key features
- Appreciating stylistic changes
11.15 - 11.30am: Discussion: coffee break
11.30 – 12.15pm: Analysing AOS 1 Strand B (Mozart Opera)
- Key terminology and characteristics of the genre
- Exploring the context for The Marriage of Figaro
- Key features and how to teach them
12.15 - 1.00pm: Lunch and informal discussion
1.00 - 1.45pm: Analysing AOS 1 Strand C (Romantic Piano Music)
- Exploring the context for set works by Chopin, Grieg and Brahms
- Key terminology and characteristics of the genre
- Key features and how to teach them
1.45 - 2.30pm: A sample analysis from each set work strand
- Selecting a piece from Strand A, B and C to analyse
- Resources for the set works
- Teaching activities to enhance learning and understanding
- Examination material
2.30 - 2.45pm: Discussion: afternoon tea
2.45 - 3.30pm: Designing your own listening (Section A) and analysis (Section B) questions
- Requirements of the AS Examination
- Requirements of the A Level Examination
- Writing short listening questions
- Writing longer listening questions
- Developing Section B Analysis Questions
3.30 - 3.50pm: Summary session
- Considering a potential scheme of work together – principles and practice
- Discussion of main learning points from the day
- Q and A
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow read Music at Jesus College, Oxford, before completing his PGCE at the University of Southampton. Richard is currently Director of Music in a highly-successful independent school in London where he oversees the music curriculum and the extensive co-curricular programme. He also works as a senior examiner at A Level, specialising in composition, as well as working for Keynote Education to deliver student conferences and teacher courses across the UK. Richard is active as both a performer and a composer; the BBC Singers have recently performed his setting of the ‘Agnus Dei’ and he can regularly be found singing with various choirs in London and the South.
