A Level，全称 General Certificate of Education Advanced Level，是英国高中课程，也是国际学校中最主流的课程体系之一。
The A Level (Advanced Level qualifications) is a UK subject-based qualification for students aged 16 and above.
音乐是A Level 课程中的可选科目之一。如果你喜欢音乐，并且也希望深入学习音乐，那你是否很好奇A-level的音乐科目是如何设置的呢？
A Level Music is exciting and rewarding. If you have a passion for music, you may want to develop your musical abilities in this subject.
A Level音乐是围绕着四个核心的部分进行构建的，他们分别是听辨，表演，作曲，和乐评。
The assessment objectives are Listening, Performing, Composing, and Critical Reflection.
听辨/Listening
在听辨测试中，学生需要展示音乐听辨的专业能力。这需要培养对音乐及音乐背景的理解，视唱练耳，曲库积累，以及用自己言语去表达音乐的能力。
为了培养这些能力，学生需要学习大量不同风格、不同背景以及不同地区的音乐，包括西方古典音乐 、爵士乐、世界音乐、流行音乐等。
This paper focuses on candidates learning to listen to music with increasing insight. They will need to develop musical and contextual understanding, aural perception, and musical literacy, as well as an ability to respond personally to music in their own words.
In developing their skills, candidates are encouraged to study a broad range of music from different eras, contexts and traditions. The set works are from the Western classical tradition and include music from the baroque era onwards. Candidates also study a wide range of music, including folk, jazz, pop and world music.
表演／Performing
表演是注重实际音乐应用的环节。老师可以根据学生的音乐背景、兴趣和能力去设计课程并提供帮助。
在考察时，学生需要展示出完善的技巧以及个人的音乐责任感。为了帮助学生达到这一目标，学生在训练过程中需要从演奏、听、背景理解和视奏等方面全面培养。
This is a skills-based component. There is no set content. Teachers and candidates have the flexibility to structure this component to support candidates’ musical experience, interests and abilities and to work within their available resources.
Candidates should be encouraged to develop the musicianship required in performance through increasingly focused listening, contextual understanding and musical literacy. Their work needs to be both technically competent and show personal responsiveness.
作曲／Composing
学生需要创作两首风格对比明显的作品。每首作品的长度为1-2分钟。
在作曲考试中，学生需要提交原创作品的完整曲谱、曲风解释、作曲动机、录音等。
Candidates must create two contrasting compositions in any tradition (Western and/or non-Western) in a style or genre of their choice.
Each composition should be 1–2 minutes long.
For each composition, students need to provide materials including an audio recording, a written statement, the notation, a written explanation as appropriate to the tradition, and so on.
乐评／Critical Reflection
乐评能帮助学生培养音乐研究以及批判性思维。学生需要认真选择计划深入研究的曲目。但在教学中，教师需要提供大量的曲目学习资源，而不只是专注于学生选择的曲目。
Candidates should be supported in choosing a topic which is of particular interest to them and which will enable them to develop skills in research and critical thinking. Candidates should be encouraged to choose carefully the pieces of music they investigate. They also need to be made aware of those they may not choose.
