Online Teaching Materials
Downloadable resources for music teachers
Teaching materials are an integral part of a music teacher's practice. Every month Music Teacher publishes downloadable materials for KS3, 4 and 5, offering complete units of work, GCSE and A Level set-work guidance, and practical ideas across all levels for both classroom and peripatetic teachers. All materials are written by experienced teachers and examiners and provide indispensable content for your teaching.
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SubscribeWorld tour: the Caribbean
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Secondary education KS 3 Archive
This is the first in a ‘World tour’ series of resources exploring musical styles from different parts of the world that otherwise might not make a big impact on the Key Stage 3 curriculum.
Stormzy vs Mozart
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Secondary education KS 3 Archive
This resource uses the idea of comparing the music of Stormzy and Mozart as a springboard for performing, listening and analysing at KS3. The idea is not to promote one above the other, but to...
Time management in instrumental lessons
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Extra-curricular music VMT
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.
A Christmas stocking for KS2 to KS5
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Primary education Secondary education KS 2 KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
The following is a Christmas stocking of ideas for KS2 through to KS5. The aims are to widen listening using the right vocabulary, to try out different compositional techniques – and to have some...
Putting on a school musical, part one
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Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
If you've never put on a musical or you're about to embark on the process, then this resource is for you. It is split into two parts, the first covering the musical side and the second dealing with...
Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
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Secondary education IB Archive
This is one of the two set works chosen by IB for assessment from 2020, and it allows students to approach many different concepts and themes: Romanticism and Rachmaninov's place as the ‘last great...
Getting started with Cubase Elements 10: part two
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Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 Archive
This is the second part of a two-part resource on Cubase Elements 10. Part one (Music Teacher, October 2019) covered the basics of the software, how to start students off, how to get started, creating...
Starting out as a peripatetic piano teacher
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Extra-curricular music VMT
This resource is intended to offer ideas about how to manage the transition from study to peripatetic teaching.
Homework at KS3
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Secondary education KS 3 Archive
Homework can be a valuable means of covering some of the factual knowledge about music that you want to bring into your lessons. By covering some of this in advance through homework tasks, you're...
Soul music
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Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
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...
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