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Subjects & Qualifications

Music

Music people playing violinsTo access information on NQ subjects available in Music please use the links on the left hand side of this page

For information about the Access 1 and 2 levels, please refer to the Access 1 & 2 website.

New National Certificates - SCQF level 6

We recently launched two National Certificates: one in Music and one in Sound Production. As a result of this work 25 new and revised Units have been developed. Assessment Support Packs are available to accompany a number of Units. To access electronic versions of these, please see your centre's SQA Co-ordinator.

National Progression Awards - SCQF level 6

SQA has recently designed and developed a number of new National Progression Awards (NPAs) in Music and Sound Production. These were formally launched in Stirling on Friday 19 March 2010 and are now available to centres.

Please refer to the links below for frameworks and arrangements documents. 

NPA Arrangements Documents

Please follow the links below to view the documents:

NPA frameworks

The following case studies offer examples of good practice and creative and imaginative use of new Units. New case studies will be added to in time as the provision is more widely used.

Case study 1

Case study 2