I love to improvise. It’s the most inventive, liberating and empowering form of musical self-expression I’ve ever experienced.
Nathaniel Dye Teaching Materials
Each of Pearson Edexcel’s four areas of study (AoS) for its GCSE Appraising component contains two set works, but the exam paper for this component also requires students to have listened to a wider...
Simon Rushby 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
The first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 is the prescribed work in OCR’s Area of Study 1 (Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven) for 2024 (and covered in its own Music...
Hanh Doan Teaching Materials
It’s crucial for any non-experienced composer to understand specific steps to navigate their way to a finished composition.
Richard Barnard Teaching Materials
In the first of this three-part resource on recording music in schools, we looked at options for setting up a studio (Music Teacher, April 2023). In this second resource, we’ll move on to the...
Paul White 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
I’m certain that every person reading this article can list the benefits of playing in an ensemble. We all want our students to thrive, and I’m sure that many of us have got a kick out of hearing them...
Richard Steggall Teaching Materials
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