Student Booklet and Teacher Answer Booklet
All listening questions have MP3’s included
Each topic contains a summary sheet, a past-paper listening question and a checkpoint question sheet, as well as summary sheets for all AoS.
Topics Include:
Area of Study 2 - Baroque Concerto, Classical Concerto, Romantic Concerto
Area of Study 3 - Indian Classical, Bhangra, Greek Folk, Israeli and Palestinian, African, Calypso, Samba
Area of Study 4 - Film Music and Video Game Music
Area of Study 5 - Rock n Roll, Rock Anthems, Pop Ballads, Solo Artists
19 complete individual booklets on all areas of study.
Each booklet has information and context features of each genre, composition tasks, performance pieces, practice exam style questions and a wider listening checklist.
So much core information within booklets that this could be delivered by a non-specialist!
AoS1:
The Coronation Anthems and Oratorios of Handel
Classical Music of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven
Romantic Piano Music of Chopin and Schumann
The Romantic Requiem (Verdi and Faure)
AOS2:
The Music of Broadway
Rock Music of the 70s and 80s
Film and Computer Game Music
Popular Music of the 90s to present
AOS3:
The Blues
African Fusion (Paul Simon)
Caribbean Fusion (Reggae)
Contemporary Latin Music (Santana and Buena Vista Social Club)
Contemporary Folk Music
AOS4:
The Orchestral Music of Aaron Copland
The British Music of Taverner, Arnold, Britten and Maxwell-Davies
The Hungarian Music of Kodaly and Bartok
Minimalism (Reich, Riley and Adams)
As well as revision cards of the conventions of each genre.