Autumn Term 1 Spring Term 3 Summer Term 5

YR10: UNDERSTANDING MUSIC

UNDERSTANDING MUSIC
Music theory covering elements of music. Students
should use Quizlet, Memrise and focus on sound.
COMPOSITION
Develop use of Musescore
PERFORMANCE
Organise effective practice routines and arrange music
lessons / extra curricular clubs
UNDERSTANDING MUSIC
Area of study 2: Popular music -Students must be able to listen
attentively to unfamiliar music from the following styles/genres
to identify and accurately describe musical elements, musical
contexts and musical language:
 music of Broadway 1950s to 1990s
 rock music of 1960s and 1970s
 film and computer gaming music 1990s to present
 pop music 1990s to present.
Study piece - Little Shop of Horrors 1982 off-Broadway
version – the following three tracks: (first teaching 2020, first
assessment 2022, last assessment N/A)
 Prologue/Little Shop of Horrors (overture)
 Mushnik and Son
 Feed Me (Sudden Changes material is not part of the
stated set work)
Assessment – Section A Listening tests x 4 (one for each
genre / style) Section B – 4x 2 mark questions + 8 mark
question (2 lessons)
COMPOSITION (4 lessons)
Compose a song in verse chorus structure
PERFORMANCE (1 lesson)
Area of study 4: Western classical tradition since 1910 -
Students must be able to listen attentively to unfamiliar
music from the following styles/genres to identify and
accurately describe musical elements, musical contexts
and musical language:
 The orchestral music of Copland
 British music of Arnold, Britten, Maxwell-Davies
and Tavener
 The orchestral music of Zoltán Kodály and Béla
Bartók
 Minimalist music of John Adams, Steve Reich and
Terry Riley.
Assessment – Section A Listening tests x 4 (one for
each genre / style) Section B – 4x 2 mark questions + 8
mark question (2 lessons)
COMPOSITION (4 lessons)
Compose a piece of minimalist music
PERFORMANCE (1 lesson)

Spring Term 4 Summer Term 6

Autumn Term 2

UNDERSTANDING MUSIC UNDERSTANDING MUSIC UNDERSTANDING MUSIC

Area of study 1: Western classical tradition 1650–
1910
Students must be able to listen attentively to
unfamiliar music from the following styles/genres to
identify and accurately describe musical elements,
musical contexts and musical language:
 The Coronation Anthems and Oratorios of
Handel (2 lessons)
Area of study 3: Traditional music - Students must be able to listen Revise for year 10 Exam
attentively to unfamiliar music from the following styles/genres to COMPOSITION
identify and accurately describe musical elements, musical contexts
Complete composition 1 (free composition) developing classical, popular
and musical language:
song, blues or minimalist idea.
 Blues music from 1920–1950 PERFORMANCE
 Fusion music incorporating African and/or Caribbean music Prepare for solo performance
 Contemporary Latin music

 The Orchestra Music of Haydn, Mozart and

Beethoven. (2 lessons)
 The piano music of Chopin and Schumann (2
lessons)
 The Requiem of the late Romantic period. (2
 Contemporary Folk music of the British Isles.
COMPOSITION (4 lessons)
Compose a piece of Blues music
PERFORMANCE (1 lesson)
 lessons)
Study piece - Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major,
K. 622, 3rd movement, Rondo (first taught 2020, first
assessed 2022, assessed until N/A). (1 lesson)
Assessment – Section A Listening tests x 4 (one for
each genre / style) Section B – 4x 2 mark questions
+ 8 mark question (2 lessons)
COMPOSITION (4 lessons)
Compose a piece of music for piano using balances
phrases AABA form, pedal points, cycle of 5ths,
modulation to relative major / minor, 7th/9th chords
PERFORMANCE (1 lesson)

Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term

Term 1 Term 3 Term 5
YR11:
Component 2: Performance Recording:
ONE solo piece
Recap of Study pieces Component 2: Performance practice ONE group piece
(Totaling over 4 minutes)

Component 3: Composing to a brief Component 1: Understanding music

practice listening Component 1: Understanding music
practice listening and study works
Pupils should be choosing their questions
performance pieces!
Revision sessions

Term 2 Term 4 Term 6

Component 3: Free composition

Component 3: Composing to a brief deadline
deadline the week before end of term

Pupils have their performance pieces
chosen and use these in the mock
performance exam
Component 2: Performance practice Component 1: Understanding music
exam
Component 1: Understanding music
practice listening and study works
questions