Classroom Music

Teaching Materials

Notation in composition

Joe Dart (centre) playing with Vulfpeck and guest artist Cory Wong
Features

Improvisation: a scaffolding approach

Teaching Materials

Edexcel AoS6: New Directions – wider listening and other perspectives, part one

Teaching Materials

AQA AoS1 Piano music of Chopin, Brahms and Grieg: context and wider listening

Teaching Materials

Edexcel AoS1 vocal music: wider listening and other perspectives

Teaching Materials

Eduqas Area of Study E: Poulenc Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano

According to his daughter, the US composer William Grant Still (d. 1979) had a childlike spirit, which is evident in his Animal Sketches collection
Features

Exploring piano repertoire by Black composers

Cuts to extracurricular music activities have implications for social mobility
Opinion

ISM column: the unequal musical playing field

Children enjoy performing in a Christmas play. To make it successful, think carefully about the time available and the difficulty of the piece
Features

Nativity plays – a survey

Spectral analysis: a spectrogram viewing audio signals, with time on the x-axis, frequency on the y-axis, and amplitude shown through brightness of colour
Review

Tech reviews: SpectraLayers 11

Opinion

Black History Month: preparing for the future

The Four Aces Club, the pioneering venue in Dalston, East London, for music of Black origin during the 1960s–80s
News

Black History Month resources for music teachers