Here, we’ll look at two of the many folk music traditions found across Europe, from its Eastern to its Western reaches. Though this means missing out on a huge range of fantastic traditional music...
Simon Rushby KS 3
This resource uses Wham!’s Christmas classic ‘Last Christmas’ as the starting point for a range of creative and listening activities that will work for in-person and online teaching. It would be...
Jane Werry KS 3
This resource introduces the basic functions of Ableton, enough so that you’ll be able to make music with your class. We’ll introduce the software and provide classroom projects that can be used in...
James Manwaring KS 3
Focus on Sound Pro is a piece of cloud-based software from Music First. This resource looks at
features of the software, and explores how you can use it in your teaching across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.
This project is about developing an understanding of the value of repeating patterns in music. Students will need to know what a riff is, and the different ways in which repeating patterns can be...
Jane Werry KS 3
This resource will explore a number of approaches to teaching contemporary classical music at KS3. It will attempt to curate some of the extensive literature and resources, available both online and...
David Guinane KS 3
The previous stop on our World Tour series was the Middle East (Music Teacher, March 2021), and for
our fifth resource of the series we cross the Red Sea and head west to explore some of the...
Following last month’s resource on BandLab (Music Teacher, June 2021), this month we turn to Soundtrap. Soundtrap and BandLab are both digital audio workstations (or DAWs) based in the cloud. They are...
James Manwaring KS 3
Over two resources James Manwaring is investigating cloud-based digital audio workstations: this month the focus is BandLab. BandLab is a free online digital audio workstation (or DAW) that allows...
James Manwaring KS 3
This resource will take you through the process of teaching improvisation and composition within a
class setting, working with students with different abilities and little improvisatory experience....
During the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns in the UK, I have led several interactive online composition projects. This resource shares practical advice gained from this experience, examining the...
Richard Barnard Secondary education
This resource aims to give you some ideas for teaching great music lessons, whether remotely, through a ‘blended’ approach, or even back in the classroom – whenever that might be.
Jane Werry Secondary education