Communication is a much-cited criterion for formal assessment and informal judgments of performers and performances. All examination boards have clear criteria to work from, and communication forms...
Helen Reid Teaching Materials
In the first resource of this three-part series on self-employment (Music Teacher, July 2023), I gave an overview of the main issues we need to consider when running a business as a self-employed...
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
Being self-employed gives you the freedom to dictate how you work, when you work and where you work. (Well, that’s at least in theory – if you’re working for a school, they may well treat you as a de...
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
To forge a career in music, you have to possess an excellent internal metronome: you need to have developed an ability to feel the pulse of a piece of music, and to subconsciously count in your head...
Richard Steggall Teaching Materials
A resource looking at how we can incorporate Christmas music into our teaching.
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
Establish a clear line of communication
When you take on a new student, it's essential to get off on the right foot: introduce yourself to parents or carers, either through a phone call or email. It's...
This resource has been inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and the stimulus of recent events for cultural discussion in the classroom. Black composers have been notoriously overlooked in the...
Jonathan James Secondary education
There’s so much that could be explored around the theme of practising, and it would be impossible to cover all of it in a single resource. Therefore, this resource is focused around particular...
Helen Reid Extra-curricular music
This resource focuses primarily on teaching piano to younger beginners. It explores the right time to start learning an instrument, teaching notation and rhythm, forming a sound technical basis,...
Helen Reid Extra-curricular music
This resource looks at placing sound at the forefront of everything you teach.
Richard Steggall Extra-curricular music
This resource is intended to help visiting music teachers improve their time management in 20- to 30-minute lessons, teaching individual students or small groups.
Richard Barnard Extra-curricular music
In this resource, we look at – or, rather, listen to – the musical crossovers between soul and rock/pop music, consider the importance of backing vocals in soul music, and how instruments are used in...
David Ashworth Secondary education