Music Medals Assessments
1 Music Medals assessments
a. Music Medals are assessments and teaching resources that introduce essential skills and encourage playing together.
b. There are five levels of Music Medal – Copper, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum – progressing in difficulty from Copper upwards.
c. Candidates may be entered at any level irrespective of age and without previously having taken a Music Medal.
d. A Music Medals assessment involves the following participants: the candidate; up to three other pupils; their teacher (Teacher-Assessor). There is no external examiner.
e. Each Music Medal comprises three obligatory sections: Ensemble (the candidate plays an individual line in an ensemble piece for two, three or four players); Solo (the candidate performs a solo piece, with or without accompaniment); Option (the candidate chooses one of four musicianship tests).
f. The three sections of each Music Medal are video-recorded in one uninterrupted sequence by the Teacher-Assessor in the order given in e above.
g. Music Medals are currently available in the United Kingdom only. Assessments are available for the following instruments: Recorder, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Saxophone, Violin, Viola, Cello, Guitar, French Horn, Trumpet, Cornet, Flugelhorn, E flat Horn, Trombone, Baritone, Euphonium, Tuba, Keyboard.
h. Certain key elements of the Music Medals assessment scheme have been designed to operate using the internet via the Music Medals website. Entry processes, release of confidential tests, confirmation of results and details of statistics are all internet-based rather than paper-based and thus access to the internet is essential for participation.