Teaching Materials | Secondary education

AQA AoS2: Pop music

This resource aims to provide a structure for tackling the AoS, with advice on ways of presenting information to students and some ideas as to where to find useful teaching materials.

Secondary education

KS3 as preparation for GCSE music

Although free schools and academies have been released from their obligation to adhere to the KS3 programme of study, it does nevertheless provide a useful starting point in suggesting what students...

Secondary education

AQA AoS3: Music for Media – Bernard Herrmann, Hans Zimmer and Thomas Newman

In this resource, we will look at music by three of the five composers named by AQA in AoS3: Music for Media. For each composer, I provide an in-depth examination of an example of their music, a...

Secondary education

Edexcel AoS6: Saariaho's Petals

Of all the ‘New Directions’ works in the Edexcel A level Anthology, Saariaho's Petals is the only one written by a living composer (at the time of writing). It is without doubt one of the most...

Secondary education

Musical creativity in the classroom: part 1

This is the first of two Music Teacher resources bringing you up to date on the latest creativity research, and hopefully helping you consider the subject afresh, encouraging reflection on who you are...

Secondary education

Hamilton

What value can you extract out of Hamilton for your KS3 classes? This resource shows you how to put together vocal and instrumental performances from the show, and use this as a springboard for...

Secondary education

Edexcel A level AoS3: Music for film, part 3

This is the last of three resources on film music (following part one in Music Teacher, November 2017, and part two in January 2018) based around Edexcel's Area of Study 3. Here we'll focus on Batman...

Secondary education

Loop pedals: singing, layering and creating

This resource provides teaching ideas and suggestions that focus on the use of a loop pedal or loop station. There are a number of different approaches to looping, and it's possible to use a pedal or...

Secondary education

Edexcel AoS2: Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 (first movement)

The G minor Piano Trio is undoubtedly one of Clara Schumann's best-known compositions, and a fine example of Romantic chamber music. This resource covers the essential musical features of the work, as...

Secondary education

Free online resources for music teachers: a guide

This resource is intended to highlight a large selection of useful online things that are tried and tested for use with KS3, 4 and 5.

Secondary education

Edexcel AoS2: Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique

Hector Berlioz was born in 1803, and his use of large instrumental forces in his music led him to become one of the most influential French composers of the 19th century. His compositions include...

Secondary education