2025 candidate record form - GCSE Music NEA component 3 - Composing music (8271/C)

Oct 20, 2026

Uploaded by Rowan

GCSE Music NEA component 3 composing music candidate record form for 2025, covering the submission and authentication requirements for both candidate and teacher. It collects centre details and candidate identification, requires declarations about independent authorship, external help, and unacknowledged source materials. It includes composition sections for a brief (Composition 1) and free composition (Composition 2), requiring selected musical elements, programme notes of about 150 words, and check-box evidence types plus information on composing, recording processes, and any performer contributions.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatDOCX

Pages8

Reading Time20 min

AccessFree to download

Candidate and centre details

Declarations and assessment requirements

Composition 1: Composition to a brief

Title and brief number

Musical elements selection (Lists 1 & 2)

Programme note and evidence types

Composing and recording process

Composition 2: Free composition

Title and suggested audience/occasion

Musical elements selection (Lists 1 & 2)

Programme note and evidence types

Composing and recording process

2025 candidate record form GCSE MusicNEA component 3 – Composing music (8271/C) Please attach the form to your candidate’s work and keep it at the centre or send it to the moderator as required. The declarations should be completed by the candidate and teacher as indicated. Centre number Click here. Centre name Click here to enter text. Candidate number Click here. Candidate’s full name Click here to enter text. Work submitted for assessment must be the candidate’s own. If candidates copy work, allow candidates to copy from them, or cheat in any other way, they may be disqualified. Candidate declaration Have you received help/information from anyone other than subject teacher(s) to produce this work? ☐ No ☐ Yes (give details below or on a separate sheet if necessary). Click here to enter text. Please list below any books, leaflets or other materials (eg DVDs, software packages, internet information, artificial intelligence (AI) tools) used to complete this work not acknowledged in the work itself. Presenting materials copied from other sources without acknowledgement is regarded as deliberate deception. Click here to enter text. We may use examples of candidate’s work for standardisation or training purposes. Please see our privacy notice for more information on how we use assessment data and on your rights under data privacy legislation. I have read and understood the above. I confirm I produced the attached work without assistance other than that which is acceptable under the scheme of assessment. Candidate signature. Date Click here to enter a date. Teacher declaration I confirm the candidate’s work was produced in line with the conditions within the specification. I have authenticated the candidate’s work and am satisfied that to the best of my knowledge the work produced is solely that of the candidate. Artificial intelligence has not been used as the sole or primary means of marking candidates’ work. Any use of AI is supplementary to the marking process and its use is continually monitored and assessed. Teacher signature. Date Click here to enter a date. Candidate number Candidate’s full name Click here to enter. Click here to enter text. To be completed by the candidate Composition 1: Composition to a brief Title Click here to enter text. Brief number (select one) ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 List 1 List 2 Musical elements chosen(select at least two from each list) ☐ Rhythm ☐ Harmony ☐ Metre ☐ Tonality ☐ Texture ☐ Timbre ☐ Melody ☐ Dynamics ☐ Structure ☐ Phrasing ☐ Form ☐ Articulation Candidates must submit a programme note of approximately 150 word plus one or more additional evidence types. Please indicate in the appropriate boxes below which types of evidence you are submitting for Composition 1. ☒ Programme note (mandatory) ☐ Staff notated score ☐ Lead sheet ☐ Aural guide Composition 2: Free composition Title Click here to enter text. Suggested audience/occasion Click here to enter text. List 1 List 2 Musical elements chosen(select at least two from each list) ☐ Rhythm ☐ Harmony ☐ Metre ☐ Tonality ☐ Texture ☐ Timbre ☐ Melody ☐ Dynamics ☐ Structure ☐ Phrasing ☐ Form ☐ Articulation Candidates must submit a programme note of approximately 150 word plus one or more additional evidence types. Please indicate in the appropriate boxes below which types of evidence you are submitting for Composition 2. ☒ Programme note (mandatory) ☐ Staff notated score ☐ Lead sheet ☐ Aural guide Candidate number Candidate’s full name Click here to enter. Click here to enter text. To be completed by the candidate Composition 1: Composition to a brief Description of the composing and recording processes Details of help given by other musicians/teachers in the composing process Click here to enter text. Did you perform any parts in the performance/recording of your composition? ☐ No ☐ Yes; please list which part(s) you performed

FAQs

Who must complete the declarations and what do they confirm?

The declarations must be completed by the candidate and the teacher. They confirm the work meets the scheme conditions and that AI is not used as the sole or primary means of marking.

What information must be provided about help from others?

The candidate must indicate whether they received help or information from anyone other than the subject teacher(s). They must also list any books, leaflets, or other materials used that are not acknowledged in the work itself.

What must be submitted for Composition 1 and Composition 2?

For each composition, the candidate provides musical element selections and an approximately 150-word programme note. The form also requires indicating which additional evidence types are submitted (e.g., staff notated score, lead sheet, aural guide).

Oct 20, 2026

Uploaded by Rowan