Music Elective Programme (MEP)
The MEP is designed to enable pupils with both academic and musical abilities to undertake a challenging Music programme. It aims to develop pupils’ conceptual and analytical faculties as well as creativity. This is achieved through the practical and theoretical study of Music. Immersed in a musically enriched environment, pupils are developed in the skills and knowledge of performing, composing and appraising music from a range of different cultures.
The MEP is a four-year course that prepares pupils for the GCE ’O’ Level Higher Music Examination. Pupils selected for the programme will take Music (MEP) in place of Design and Technology, and Home Economics at the lower secondary level. In the mainstream schools, MEP pupils are expected to complete the 4-year course and offer Higher Music as a subject for examination at ’O’ level. MEP pupils in the Integrated Programme (IP) schools offer H2 and H3 Music as examination subjects at ‘A’ level or the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Music at Higher Level. They may opt to sit for the ‘O’ level Higher Music examination.
The Music Elective Programme (MEP) is offered only at the following Schools:
| School | Type |
|---|---|
| Anglo-Chinese (Independent) | Independent |
| CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ | SAP, Autonomous |
| Dunman High | SAP, Autonomous |
| Methodist Girls’ | Independent |
| Raffles Girls’ School | Independent |
| Raffles Institution | Independent |
| Tanjong Katong Girls’ | Autonomous |
Pupils interested in the MEP are advised to select schools offering the programme among the six choices of school. They are encouraged to select an MEP school as their first choice.
To qualify for the MEP, the pupil must first meet the entry requirement of the Express courses in the selected school. Upon admission to the school, the pupil must apply for the programme at the school. The pupil will also need to have attained at least:
- either passes in the practical and theory Grade 3 examinations of the following UK Music Examinations Boards:
- Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama (GSMD)
- London College of Music (LCM)
- Trinity College London (TCL)
- or equivalent passes in the practical and theory graded examinations of other reputable boards. e.g. Grade 2 examinations of the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB)
(Applications must be accompanied by certified copies of music certificates or mark forms.) - or in the absence of the qualifications stated above, a pass in both the written selection test and practical audition on an instrument (e.g. piano, rebab, erhu, sitar) conducted by the selecting school.
Higher Music in the GCE ‘O’ Level Examination is equivalent to a Humanities subject. Pupils who offer Higher Music will be allowed to use the Music grade as a Humanities subject grade for admission to junior college.