Mathematics, Science and Numeracy

Music listening/concept revision

The following documents can be used to help your revision of the Listening concepts and answering multiple choice questions.

• [rokdownload menuitem="197" downloaditem="197" direct_download="false"]Form, Vocal and World Music[/rokdownload]
• [rokdownload menuitem="197" downloaditem="199" direct_download="false"]Additional Concepts[/rokdownload]
• [rokdownload menuitem="197" downloaditem="201" direct_download="false"]Orchestra Unit[/rokdownload]
• [rokdownload menuitem="197" downloaditem="200" direct_download="false"]Musical Periods Unit[/rokdownload]
• [rokdownload menuitem="197" downloaditem="198" direct_download="false"]Scottish Unit[/rokdownload]
• [rokdownload menuitem="197" downloaditem="202" direct_download="false"]Ragtime to Rock Unit[/rokdownload]

The numbers beside the little speaker icon relate to the tracks on the cd belonging to that unit .

The following document has tips and advice on how to answer the larger, non-multiple choice questions, for example the programme music question (with the bullet points!) and the chord question. It also includes tempo and dynamics.

• [rokdownload menuitem="197" downloaditem="203" direct_download="false"]Info and tips[/rokdownload] 

An online dictionary with definitions and audio examples aswell as specific topics such as Scottish and Musical Periods can be found here.

Exam-style questions can also be done here.

Steel Pans play Xmas parade!

Bucksburn Academy's Steel Pan Band have been asked to perform in the parade down Union Street again this year for the switching on of Aberdeen's Christmas lights.

This year, the S2 band will be performing on the float in the parade and the S3/4 band will give a short concert (depending on cold/wet it is!!) at the Castlegate where the parade finishes.

Come along to support us and enjoy the festive spirit; see Pandemic bring a little Caribbean warmth to a cold Aberdeen evening!

Music careers/courses

With the school careers fair coming up on Wednesday 29th February, listed below are various courses, at various levels, which involve music:

Aberdeen College

• Music & Performing Arts
• Music Performance
• Music Studies
• Music & Audio Technology

Aberdeen Academy of Performing Arts

• Musical Theatre

Jewel & Esk Valley College Edinburgh 

• Sound Production
• Music Business
• Modern Musicianship
• Music & Audio Technology

Stevenson College, Edinburgh

• BA Performance
• Degree Foundation Popular Music

Perth College 

• Audio Engineering
• Rock Music Studies
• Music Performance

Aberdeen University

• Music Performance (BMus)
• Music Teaching (BMus Hons in Education)

Napier University

• Popular Music BA (Hons)
• Music Performance BMus

UHI Millennium Institute, Inverness

• Music HNC
• Audio Engineering
• Gaelic and traditional music
• Music Business HNC/BA (Hons)
• Popular Music
• Sound Production

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly RSAMD)

• Music Performing BMus
• Music Teaching BEd
• Musical Theatre BA

For more information on courses and careers in music (and other subjects), click here.

Pandemic back from Notting Hill Carnival

Pandemic players from Bucksburn Academy work with KJ Marcelle, drill director Khuent Rose, competition piece arranger Iman Pascall (all from New York) for a week of intensive rehearsals prior to taking part in the British Panorama Steel Pan Championships and Notting Hill Carnival.