Music

Year 7

Musical learning in Yr7 is based around the ‘building blocks’ of music. Students learn to recognise the elements of music through listening, and apply these through performing and composing.

Unit 1: Music-Basics & Beyond

Unit 2: Melody

Unit 3: Rhythm & Pulse

Unit 4: Scales

Unit 5: Guitar

Unit 6: Cyclic Music

Year 8

The Yr8 music curriculum investigates how the elements of music have been used over different periods of time and parts of the world. Students develop this knowledge and understanding through performing, composing and listening.

Unit 1: Theme and Variation

Unit 2: Programme Music

Unit 3: Elvis and Beyond

Unit 4: Indian Classical Music

Unit 5: Rhythms of the World

Unit 6: Music and the Media

Year 9

Musical learning in Yr9 enables students to build on their prior learning in Yrs7&8 and apply their knowledge and understanding to styles and genres of the 20th and 21st centuries. Skills are developed through performing, composing and listening.

Unit 1: Riffs

Unit 2: Music for Film

Unit 3: Blues & Jazz

Unit 4: Latin Music

Unit 5: Dance Music 1

Unit 6: Dance Music 2

GCSE MUSIC 9-1 (OCR J536)

Coursework (60%)

Integrated Portfolio: 1x Performance & 1x Composition

Practical Component: 1x Ensemble Performance & 1x Composition

Listening Exam (40%)

Areas of Study:

• My Music
• The Concerto Through Time
• Rhythms of the World
• Film Music
• Conventions of Pop

Key Stage 3

• SJCR Music Google Classroom.

Key Stage 4

• Rhinegold Education: OCR GCSE MUSIC STUDY GUIDE
• Rhinegold Education: OCR GCSE MUSIC REVISION GUIDE
• SJCR Music Google Classroom.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Students are able to gain experience and tuition for:

• Cello
• Choir
• Clarinet
• Drums
• Flute
• French Horn
• Piano
• Saxophone
• Singing
• Steel Band

• String Orchestra

• Trombone
• Trumpet
• Violin