349 Careers in the Music Industry
The aim of this unit is to familiarise pupils with the processes associated with effective career planning and to align/link career aims with study for this qualification. For any music professional, the ability to manage a career through careful planning, combined with a thorough knowledge of the professional landscape and the opportunities available within it, will substantially increase the potential for pupils to have a range of robust career options available to them. Pupils must submit an essay and videoed presentation. All unit submissions count towards pupils’ final grades. Pupils receive two opportunities to submit work to be marked; the first can be used as a formative opportunity to improve and the second is summative. This unit is marked internally.
387 Rehearsal Skills and Live Music Performance (Mock)
Pupils will plan, prepare and perform for a live music event with a set theme. They must justify how their set list meets the requirements of the brief whilst considering health and safety implications, keeping a comprehensive log of the rehearsal process. After the event, they must consider how future performances can be improved, evaluating strengths and areas for improvement. Pupils must submit an essay and videoed performance. This is a ‘mock’ run of the external unit and not formally assessed; feedback will be given to be fed forward into their external assessment in the next unit.
387 Rehearsal Skills and Live Music Performance
Pupils will plan, prepare and perform for a live music event with a set theme. They must justify how their set list meets the requirements of the brief whilst considering health and safety implications, keeping a comprehensive log of the rehearsal process. After the event, they must consider how future performances can be improved, evaluating strengths and areas for improvement. Pupils must submit an essay and videoed live performance. Pupils DO NOT get an opportunity to resubmit and improve marks on a task unless it is graded as ‘unclassified’; if it is, the resubmitted task is capped at a ‘pass’. This unit is marked externally by the exam board.
Personal Development/Resubmission Opportunity
Pupils will have the opportunity to choose a personal music project to work on during the summer term after their external assessments are completed.