COMPULSORY TASK:

Please submit the compulsory tasks in the document below to your teacher on the first lesson in September. 

Music Summer Task Sheet Download.

You can email r.norman@springwoodhighschool.co.uk if you have any queries relating to the task or the course. 

OPTIONAL EXTENSION:

Listen to a range of Classical Music, particularly symphonies from the Classical and Romantic periods of Music (composers such as Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Mahler and Tchaikovsky). Try to locate and follow the scores where possible, perhaps on IMSLP. Write a report on the structure of the movements as you move through the different musical periods.

Website ideas:  

• mymusictheory.com: Online Theory Music Lessons and quizzes 
• musictheoryblog.blogspot.com: Further examples of Music Theory
• imslp.org: Online Orchestral Score Library
• bbc.co.uk/proms: The world’s greatest Classical Music Festival, many concerts available to listen to, or stream.
• www.kingslynnfestival.org.uk: Our local Music Festival
• resources.eduqas.co.uk: Eduqas A-Level Resources (Exam Board website)
• alevelmusic.com: A website prepared by Tom Pankhurst, an A-Level examiner, for his own students.
• www.steinberg.net: Free downloads of ‘Dorico’, the software we use in school for composing.               

Suggested Visit:

Any Classical Music Concerts (Kings Lynn Festival, BBC Proms etc) or at least listen to/watch some of the BBC Proms Concert Series (Broadcast on the BBC)

 

COURSE MATERIALS REQUIRED:

Books Required for the A-Level Music Course:

• Haydn ‘Symphony No. 104’ – Eulenberg Miniature Score: Click here
• Mendelssohn ‘Symphony No. 4’ - Eulenberg Miniature Score: Click here

 

ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED READING:

“Mannheim to Mahler” by Christopher Tarrant and Natalie Wild - www.musicroom.com