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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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SubscribePreparing students for composing coursework
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Secondary education KS 4
This resource examines some strategies for compositional groundwork, and offers tips for avoiding some of the most common pitfalls, as well as some ideas for getting students started.
OCR AoS2: Nat King Cole's After Midnight
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Secondary education KS 5
This resource explores the breadth of Nat King Cole's artistry and his influence, as well as appraising the four songs OCR have selected from his album After Midnight.
Revision for GCSE and A level music
KS 4 KS 5 AS A2
This resource follows on from the excellent revision resources in Music Teacher magazine that ran in March, April and May 2019. Here, a range of revision strategies will be discussed that can be used...
OCR AoS1: Beethoven's Violin Concerto, first movement
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KS 5 AS A2
In 2020, the year marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, OCR A level students are lucky enough to be studying a work by that composer.
AQA AoS1: the orchestral music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven
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Secondary education KS 4 Archive
This topic is part of Area of Study 1 for AQA GCSE music and includes a ‘study piece’: the second movement of Haydn's Clock Symphony (covered in its own resource, Music Teacher, November 2017)....
Steve Reich
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Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 Archive
The activities covered in this resource can be adapted for use across all key stages in secondary schools. They are particularly relevant for supporting GCSE and A level study and, indeed, most...
Putting on a school musical, part two
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Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
The first part of this two-part resource (Music Teacher, December 2019) looked at the creative side of putting on a musical. This second part will consider the practical side, including ideas on how...
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...
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...
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