Music Practitioners

Specialist Music Industry Focused Qualifications

The Music Practitioners qualification is pathway based, meaning mandatory content can be undertaken in four key areas:

• Performing
• Technology
• Composition
• Business

Once mandatory content has been selected, leaners are then able to pick from a range of 150 units.

The Music Practitioners qualification is split into three qualifications:

• Level 1&2 Certificates in performance/ technology/ composition for Music Practitioners (Performance Tables)
• Level 1, 2 & 3 Qualifications for Music Practitioners ( Non Performance Tables)
• Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma for Music Practitioners (Performance Tables)
  Level 3 Extended Diploma for Music Practitioners (Performance Tables)

These qualifications provide vocationally relevant courses in popular music, which allow for progression into a higher level of study and/or the industry. They focus upon the recognition of achievement through the acquisition of knowledge and practical musical skills, as well as offering flexibility of unit selection.

The aim of these qualifications is to provide learners with the knowledge and range of skills needed to progress them towards being able to operate successfully as performing musicians and producers.

Learners will:

• Understand theoretical and contextual issues relating to music style, audience and the music industry; perform effectively on their instrument/voice;
• Rehearse and display musicianship skills;initiate and develop repertoire; rehearse effectively and perform music live; understand relevant aspects of music technology.
• Through developing the skills, knowledge and understanding outlined above, learners are provided with the basis for further development with the ultimate aim being the creation of a musician with the knowledge and skills-set to be able to perform and record music in a professional capacity (i.e. be a recording and performing artist). The core unit together with the optional units selected have been carefully chosen to reflect these aims.
• The broad objectives are: To focus delivery and assessment on knowledge and understanding together with practical music making and music production through learner centred activity;To make the qualifications relevant to a wide variety of applications from FE provision through to schools and Youth and Creative
• Apprenticeships and e-learning;To embed transferable skills and key skills into the qualifications

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