Ocr As Music Study Guide: 3rd Edition

There are clear, helpful introductions to the orchestra works set for study in exams up until January 2012, with discussions of the prescribed movements from Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Schubert's Unfinished Symphony. The authors also introduce the jazz recordings set for the OCR syllabus. The text is illustrated throughout with helpfully annotated music examples to aid explanations of the concepts encountered in the music. Sample exam-style questions at the end of the sections provide exam practice throughout the course. The authors also offer sensible guidance for performing, looking at preparation, what to do on the day and succeeding in the viva voce. A detailed chapter on composing looks at what is involved in Section A: western tonal harmony, and Section B: instrumental techniques.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Performing The areas of study Composing: Section A: Western tonal harmony Section B: Instrumental techniques Introduction to historical study in music Orchestral scores: Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D (Overture, Air and Gigue) Mozart Clarinet Concerto (third movement) Schubert Unfinished Symphony (first movement) Jazz recordings: Jelly Roll Morton, Black Bottom Stomp Count Basie, Jumpin' at the Woodside Miles Davis, So What from Kind of Blue Louis Armstrong, Alligator Crawl Charlie Parker, Ko-Ko Miles Davis / Gil Evans, It Ain't Necessarily So Section C questions Reference section

About the Author :
Veronica Jamset taught music to young people aged between four and 18 years, in primary and secondary schools, selective and non-selective, 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 Mary's 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 OCR's AS and A-level music syllabuses. She was a member of the team that drafted OCR's current AS/A2 music specification. Susan Wynne Roberts holds a Masters Degree in Composing, Analysis and Criticism from the University of Surrey. She has taught music in a wide range of schools, and for some 16 years has been a senior examiner and moderator for A-level composing, developing well-received materials and schemes of work for A-level teachers. She was part of the team writing the current specification for OCR. Sue Roberts is an enthusiastic advocate of 20th-century and contemporary music, her interest in the way composers learn to compose taking her as far afield as Boston and Athens. She now teaches music at Greenhead College, Huddersfield. 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.