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Improving students' confidence (VMTs)

This resource addresses why students get nervous in performing, and gives strategies for teachers to help them build confidence.

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Edexcel AoS1 vocal music: wider listening and other perspectives

In this resource, we’ll look at three works in Edexcel’s 'suggested pieces of other music' and ‘other perspectives’ lists for its KS5 AoS1 on vocal music: a song by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, the...

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

This resource considers a range of strategies for teaching the context and processes of Poulenc's style, before, during and after the teaching of the movement itself.

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Managing self-care and workload

In this resource, we look at strategies to help teachers manage their heavy workload in such a way that it doesn't damage their health and wellbeing.

Health & Wellbeing

Music and mindfulness in the classroom

In this resource, we’ll look at the tools to bring mindful practice into the music classroom and also consider its application in day-to-day life as well as in music, with some specific lesson ideas.

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Edexcel AoS4 Fusions: teaching and learning ideas

In this resource, we’ll look at two works in Edexcel’s GCSE AoS4, ‘Fusions’, and explore teaching and learning ideas. We’ll go deep into the harmony of Esperanza Spalding’s ‘Samba em prelúdio’, and...

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AQA AoS1 Baroque: the solo concerto – context and wider listening

This resource aims to provide some more contextual information and suggest some wider listening, with which the teacher and student can engage in order to develop understanding of the Baroque solo...

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Composing activities inspired by OCR AoS6 (Innovations in music 1900-present day)

This resource will focus on three iconic pieces from the first half of the 20th century, listed in OCR’s Area of Study 6 (Innovations in music 1900-present day): Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of...

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Choral conducting skills for teachers

Conducting a choir can be a daunting task for a whole-class or instrumental/vocal teacher. It’s common to be uncertain about keeping a clear beat, and how to coordinate using both hands, face and...

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Metacognition in the music classroom

Buzzwords can be a real turn-off for teachers – particularly practitioners who have been in the classroom for a long time. Fads come and go, and as the next excited colleague stands up with a ‘fix’...

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OCR AoS1: Haydn Symphony No. 103 ‘Drum Roll’

Haydn is sometimes referred to as the ‘father of the symphony’, and this prescribed work comprises two movements from the penultimate of his extraordinary output of 104 within the form. Students will...

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Complementing students’ classroom curriculum – part two

Some class teachers and parents fear that, in coming out of class lessons for their instrumental tuition, children may be missing out on important academic material.

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