Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály met as young men in 1905 in Budapest, and formed a lifelong friendship. They shared a passionate interest in the folk music of Hungary and wanted to incorporate it into...
Richard Barnard Teaching Materials
It’s no overstatement to say that the biggest influence on 20th-century popular music is probably the blues.
Simon Rushby Teaching Materials
Every music department is different, in terms of staffing, rooms, resources and budgets.
James Manwaring Teaching Materials
Learning a musical instrument requires a high level of multitasking. In addition to the often peculiar and unnatural physical actions that need to be synchronised in order to produce a sound, there...
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
The resource provides an analysis of the three set works in WJEC’s AoS F, List A, Strand 1: Impressionism.
Phil Baker Teaching Materials
There are already many resources available for this set work, both from Eduqas and from the internet more widely. This resource won’t duplicate their content. Instead, we’ll look at ideas for...
Jane Werry Teaching Materials
The last five resources in the Developing Wider Listening series – which has now been running for over two years – have taken us on a journey through a huge diversity of popular musical styles, which...
Simon Rushby Teaching Materials
There was a time when many professional brass players would have been multi-instrumentalists, but these days we tend to have only one main instrument that we study to a professional level. Any...
Richard Steggall Teaching Materials
This is the first in a short series of resources looking at the different aspects of sound recording in schools.
Paul White Teaching Materials
The pop scene in the 1980s was a hugely diverse, technology-driven hotbed of high fashion, music videos and ultra-fast stylistic changes. In part one of this resource (Music Teacher, February 2023) we...
Simon Rushby Teaching Materials
Contemporary ‘classical’ music is an essential element of any music course, at any level. If we are to create lifelong learners who take a passion for music into their adult lives, it’s imperative...
David Guinane Teaching Materials
A resource for visiting music tutors on teaching small groups.
Richard Barnard Teaching Materials