This resource will look at listening in the Key Stage 3 classroom, with practical ideas to encourage students to listen.
James Manwaring Teaching Materials
Now that wider listening is such a key part of the exam boards’ music specifications, students taking GCSE and A level music need to have a broad understanding of a range of musical styles in addition...
Simon Rushby Teaching Materials
In this resource, we’ll look at Rhapsody in Blue’s origins, its stylistic influences, its musical features, and its array of chameleon-like, shapeshifting versions.
Jane Werry Teaching Materials
How can we approach teaching so that musical understanding develops hand in hand with technique? Is it even possible to teach expressive playing, or is there an ‘x-factor’ that is innate in only a...
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
After an initial exploration of the background to Bach’s St John Passion, this resource will cover specific numbers, in accordance with the requirements of the Cambridge Pre-U specification. This...
Jane Werry Teaching Materials
This resource provides an overview of James MacMillan as a figure in contemporary classical music, as well as looking in detail at three of his works across contrasting genres – the percussion...
David Kettle Teaching Materials
Planning can be the most daunting aspect of teaching, particularly if you have many students with a diverse range of needs. Approached in the right way, however, understanding flexible and realistic...
Richard Barnard Teaching Materials
There are few things more excruciating than hearing a student stumbling through a performance without any sense of rhythmic flow. They may be playing all the correct notes, but if there’s no sense of...
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
This resource will give a brief overview of the context of Handel’s Coronation Anthems and oratorios, followed by detailed analysis of extracts from two works.
Hanh Doan Teaching Materials
Part one of our whistle-stop tour of musical theatre focused on the way in which musicals are written. This month, we’ll take a journey from the time of these composers, at the end of the 1930s, to...
Simon Rushby Teaching Materials
This resource looks at why and how to include composing activities in instrumental lessons, regardless of your own composition experience.
Richard Barnard Teaching Materials
In this resource, I’ll look at some of the ways we can use singing to help with learning, giving practical suggestions and ideas. Singing isn’t something reserved for trained vocalists, musicians or...
James Manwaring Teaching Materials