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Singing for mental health and wellbeing

Whether you’re an adult teacher navigating the complexities of daily life, or a child student exploring the world around you, singing is a surprisingly effective tool for enhancing mental health and...

Health & Wellbeing

Edexcel GCSE: AoS4 Fusions – wider listening

What exactly is wider listening? And what is its purpose? We use related music to strengthen our students’ understanding of the music they’re required to study as part of the specific course they’re...

Secondary

Developing wider listening: binary and ternary forms

Just as a building needs plans and a journey needs a route, all music needs to have some sort of structure. Certain recognised structures crop up frequently in musical compositions, and two of the...

Secondary

Taking over a student from another teacher

Taking on a student from another teacher can be challenging, especially if you have a very different teaching style from that of your predecessor. The student and their parents may have built up a...

Peripatetic Teaching

Developing wider listening: minimalism

In this resource, we’ll see how minimalism began and quickly took hold, look at the music of its most prominent composers, and find out how it infiltrated the musical style of some notable pop artists...

Composition

Eduqas AoS A: Haydn Symphony No. 104 ‘London’

There are many existing resources for Haydn’s Symphony No. 104, including Eduqas’s own excellent teacher guides and a whole array of YouTube videos. This resource is a detailed breakdown of teaching...

Teaching Materials

Recording progress as a visiting music tutor

There are many different approaches and reasons for charting and celebrating progress as a visiting music teacher. Understanding these reasons is the key to finding the best method to suit your...

Peripatetic Teaching

Student retention part one: making lessons as musical as possible

Why don't students practise? If we focus on these three key areas in our lessons, we’ll give our students the best chances of extending their music education and enjoyment for as long as possible:
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Teaching Materials

Vocal health for teachers

Whether you’re a full-time curriculum classroom teacher, a peripatetic teacher, a whole-class ensemble leader, or a music assistant, your vocal presence is vital for a successful learning and teaching...

KS 3

Developing wider listening: neo-Classicism

In music, the term neo-Classical can be applied to a wide range of pieces from the 19th century, where composers deliberately ‘harked back’ to music that had gone before, particularly that of the...

KS 4

AQA AoS1 Mozart operas: wider listening

This resource will provide a wider context to Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, the set work in Strand B of AQA’s AoS1, the operas of Mozart. It will examine three of Mozart’s other operas, each...

KS 5

Dealing with performance nerves

Performing is considered by most teachers to be an integral part of playing a musical instrument. But it can create immense stress, especially for students who are shy or anxious. Performing has both...

Peripatetic Teaching