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7 Alice in Wonderland

A piano performance of the “Alice in Wonderland” theme (by Danny Elfman)

Design a front cover for the Year 7 Christmas Carol Service

Playing the ukulele

A ukulele performance of “Rockin’ All Over The World” (by Status Quo)

Write a paragraph describing a piece of incidental music

12 Bar Blues A performance and composition task based on the 12 bar blues

Write some lyrics that can be used for a song

8 Danse Macabre

A piano performance of the “Danse Macabre” themes (by Camille Saint-Saens)

Write a paragraph describing a piece of programmatic music

Playing the ukulele

A ukulele performance of “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly” theme tune (By Ennio Morricone)

Write a paragraph describing a piece of advertising music

Film Music A composition of a piece of music that supports a piece of film using music technology

Write a paragraph describing a piece of Film Music

9 African Drumming

An ensemble performance and composition

To research African drumming and the musical terminology associated with the topic

Club Dance To compose and produce a piece of club music using music technology

To research famous composers who have written scores for films

Minimalism A performance and composition task based on the music of Einaudi and other minimalist composers

To research Einaudi and listen to three pieces of music by other Minimalist composers

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Year 7 Carol Service

All Year 7s perform in Carol Service held in St Mary’s Church, Bideford where parents and carers can come

and be part of the congregation

Bideford Learning Community Singing Festival

Students involved in the school orchestra or one of our choirs will sing as part of a large scale singing

concert celebrating the vocal talent in and around Bideford. Our feeder primary schools will also bring

their choirs to perform in an evening concert at Devon Hall, Bideford College.

Summer Showcase Concert

This is our largest concert of the year, and celebrates all musicians at Bideford College. This concert is held

in Devon Hall, Bideford College and aims to raise money for the Children’s Hospice South West.