Garth Hill College - KS4 Options Handbook 2024 - Flipbook - Page 30
Music BTEC Level 1/2
Subject Leader: Mrs Stewart
Board and Syllabus: Pearson BTEC Tech Award Level 1/2
Course Outline
The Pearson BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award in Music Practice is suitable for pupils who enjoy music and
have an interest in improving their practical skills. The qualification enables learners to develop their skills,
such as using musical elements, music creation, performance and music production, using realistic vocational
contexts, and their personal skills, such as self-development, responding to a brief, planning and time
management through a practical and skills-based approach to learning and assessment.
The Tech Award gives learners the opportunity to develop sector-specific applied knowledge and skills
through realistic vocational contexts including;
•
development of key skills that prove learners’ aptitude in music, such as responding to a musical
brief using musical skills and techniques
•
processes that underpin effective ways of working in the music sector
•
attitudes that are considered most important in the music sector, including personal management
and communication
•
knowledge that underpins effective use of skills, processes and attitudes in the sector, such as
musical skills and styles.
Learners are required to complete and achieve all three components in the qualification
Future Pathways
Study of the qualification as part of Key Stage 4
learning will help learners to make more informed
choices for further learning, either generally or in
this sector. Learners who generally achieve at Level
2 across their Key Stage 4 learning might consider
progression to:
•
A Levels as preparation for entry to higher
education in a range of subjects.
•
Study of a vocational qualification at Level
3, such as a BTEC National in Music or a
BTEC National in Music Technology, which
prepares learners to enter employment or
apprenticeships, or to move on to higher
education by studying a degree in the
music sector.
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