Focuses on developing students' listening and appraising skills around the 12 set-pieces, and includes performance and composing tasks within four Areas of Study to ensure students develop the key musical skills assessed in the coursework element.

The Pearson Edexcel GCSE Anthology of Music introduces the GCSE set works to a new generation of musicians and will inspire them to develop their music knowledge, understanding and skills and will help them prepare for their assessment. Published in partnership with Edition Peters and Faber Music, and edited by Julia Winterson, the printed Anthology contains: printed music scores of all 8 new set works in a single volume a preface to each score, setting the piece in context and highlighting key themes and listening awareness points glossary of key terms used in each set work.

The ideal student companion to the Edexcel GCSE Music course from September 2016, containing detailed analyses of the set works and sections dedicated to preparing students for the exam and other assessments.

The Edexcel GCSE Music Study Guide is the definitive study guide for the 9–1 GCSE syllabus - For exams First teaching 2016 onwards. This comprehensive guide supports all components of the GCSE: Performing, Composing and Appraising, covering the full list of Set Works and suggested Wider Listening. Tests and practice exam questions will ensure the student is familiar with all the material and well prepared to succeed, with advice and tips on how to do well in the written paper. Paul Terry studied music at the University of East Anglia and trained as a teacher at Cambridge University. Paul was an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music for nearly 30 years, and has been Chief Examiner in Music for both OCSEB (now part of OCR) and Edexcel (for whom he pioneered the introduction of Music Technology as an A-level subject).