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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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SubscribeAQA AoS1 Baroque: the solo concerto – context and wider listening
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KS 5
This resource aims to provide some more contextual information and suggest some wider listening, with which the teacher and student can engage in order to develop understanding of the Baroque solo...
Composing activities inspired by OCR AoS6 (Innovations in music 1900-present day)
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KS 5
This resource will focus on three iconic pieces from the first half of the 20th century, listed in OCR’s Area of Study 6 (Innovations in music 1900-present day): Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of...
Music and mindfulness in the classroom
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KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Secondary education
In this resource, we’ll look at the tools to bring mindful practice into the music classroom and also consider its application in day-to-day life as well as in music, with some specific lesson ideas.
Metacognition in the music classroom
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KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
Buzzwords can be a real turn-off for teachers – particularly practitioners who have been in the classroom for a long time. Fads come and go, and as the next excited colleague stands up with a ‘fix’...
Choral conducting skills for teachers
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KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
Conducting a choir can be a daunting task for a whole-class or instrumental/vocal teacher. It’s common to be uncertain about keeping a clear beat, and how to coordinate using both hands, face and...
OCR AoS1: Haydn Symphony No. 103 ‘Drum Roll’
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KS 5
Haydn is sometimes referred to as the ‘father of the symphony’, and this prescribed work comprises two movements from the penultimate of his extraordinary output of 104 within the form. Students will...
Edexcel AoS2 Instrumental music: wider listening and other perspectives
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KS 5
Pieces by Amy Beach, Cécile Chaminade and Rebecca Clarke are part of the wider suggested works on the Edexcel A level AoS2 ‘Instrumental Music’ study lists. All three represent links between Europe...
Practical vocal health: warming up and cooling down
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KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
In this resource, we’ll look at some key, practical ideas for warming up singers. These include warming up the body; activating and warming up the breath; warming up the voice itself; and warming up...
Developing wider listening: opera, part four
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KS 4 KS 5
In this final part of our mammoth journey, we trace the journey of opera through the 20th century, when it met significant competition in the form of jazz and pop styles, not least through the rise of...
Developing wider listening: opera, part three
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KS 4 KS 5
In parts one and two of this four-part resource, we traced opera from the Renaissance and Baroque periods through to the Classical period. This month, we’ll see how the Romantic composers’ love of...
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