Ocr As Music Listening Tests Book: 2nd Edition - Softcover

Jamset, Veronica; Ellis-Williams, Huw

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906178429 ISBN 13: 9781906178420

Publisher: Rhinegold Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

This workbook contains a series of questions that will test your knowledge and listening skills for the listening element in OCR AS Music Unit G353: Introduction to Historical Study in Music. It can be used for coursework, or for revision to help you prepare in the final weeks before the exam. It has been carefully written to match the requirements of the listening and appraising elements in the new OCR AS specification.. Each section contains advice to help you understand what the examiners are looking for and how to tackle the questions. Model answers are provided so that you can check your work and learn from your mistakes. Candidates are able to practise working with musical language and applying their knowledge to music drawn from a range of periods in music history. A CD containing all the tracks needed to tackle these tests is separately available (ISBN 9781906178437, RHG259).

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About the Author

Veronica Jamset taught music to young people aged between four and 18 years, in primary and secondary schools, selective and nonselective, in both the state and private sectors in theWest Midlands, before taking up her first post in Higher Education as a teacher trainer. She worked in two colleges in Birmingham and then moved to St Marys College at Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, where she became principal lecturer in music and director of in-service and continuing education. Veronica also has considerable experience in adult education. She has been an examiner at various levels since 1990 and, until 2000, was chief examiner for OCRs AS and A-level music syllabuses. She was a member of the team that drafted OCRs current AS/A2 music specification. Huw Ellis-Williams was brought up in Bangor and studied in Oxford and Exeter. A pianist, organist and part-time composer, he teaches at a comprehensive school in north Wales where he is head of sixth form. Huw has a particular interest in instrumental music of the early 20th century, and in music for theatre and film. He is an examiner for OCR.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rhinegold Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906178429
• ISBN 13: 9781906178420
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 104