OCR AS Music Listening Tests

Veronica Jamset, Huw Ellis-Williams

ISBN 10: 1906178429 / ISBN 13: 9781906178420

Published by Rhinegold Publishing, 2008

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Title: OCR AS Music Listening Tests

Publisher: Rhinegold Publishing

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Edition: 2nd Edition

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Synopsis:

For examination in June 2009 onwards. OCR AS Music Listening Tests 2nd Edition is a thoroughly revised and expanded edition of the previous OCR Listening Tests for Students. Aside from a whole set of new and revised questions, this book also includes helpful advice for students and teachers on how to answer and mark the tests. It has been carefully written to match the requirements of the listening and appraising elements in the new OCR AS specification for 2009. 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. The new format includes a 40 page scores booklet and many new questions for the student. The question and answer sections have been expanded to include many more "grey comment boxes" to help and guide students through the exercises. There is also a Glossary of key terms. The questions 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. The Section B "Prescribed Jazz Recordings" cover set works for June 2009-January 2011 and also June 2011-January 2013 Candidates are able to practice working with the musical language and applying their knowledge to music drawn from a range of periods in music history.

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.