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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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SubscribeDeveloping a composition
KS 4 KS 5
In this resource I’ll delve deeper into the development process, looking in more detail at techniques and suggestions to create sophisticated musical progression in composition from a starting idea.
AQA GCSE AoS4: Peter Maxwell Davies and John Tavener
KS 4 Secondary education
For AoS4 in its GCSE specification, AQA has gathered together four important and very contrasting British composers from the 20th and 21st centuries: Malcolm Arnold, Benjamin Britten, Peter Maxwell...
Key Stage 3 toolkit, part two
KS 4 Secondary education
In part one of this two-part Key Stage 3 toolkit (Music Teacher, December 2022) I considered a range of approaches and ideas for KS3, including curriculum and extra-curricular activities. We’ll...
‘Carol of the Bells’: a Christmas resource
KS 3 KS 4
If you’re looking for a good jumping-off point for Christmas season creative work and music making with your students, a good choice would be ‘Carol of the Bells’ (‘Shchedryk’).
AQA GCSE AoS4: Malcolm Arnold and Benjamin Britten
KS 4 Secondary education
For the second strand in AoS4 of its GCSE specification, AQA has brought together four influential and very different British composers from the 20th and 21st centuries: Malcolm Arnold, Benjamin...
OCR AoS 1 prescribed work 2024: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4
KS 5
The first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 is the prescribed work for OCR’s AoS1 for examination in 2024, and should be studied and contextualised within a number of other works in this...
Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1960s
KS 4 KS 5
Last month, we began the latest part of our wider listening series, exploring the diversity of pop music in the second half of the 20th century, decade by decade. We looked at four specific genres of...
Pre-U topic C4: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
KS 5 Secondary education
In this resource, we’ll look at Rhapsody in Blue’s origins, its stylistic influences, its musical features, and its array of chameleon-like, shapeshifting versions.
Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1950s
KS 4 KS 5 Secondary education
Now that wider listening is such a key part of the exam boards’ music specifications, students taking GCSE and A level music need to have a broad understanding of a range of musical styles in addition...
Pre-U/OCR: Bach’s St John Passion
KS 5 Secondary education
After an initial exploration of the background to Bach’s St John Passion, this resource will cover specific numbers, in accordance with the requirements of the Cambridge Pre-U specification. This...
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