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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SubscribeEdexcel A level: Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
This resource focuses initially on the context for Stravinsky's breakthrough, situating it among other musical innovations at the turn of the century. Stravinsky's early career and writing style are...
OCR AoS2: The Concerto Through Time - the Romantic concerto
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
This month we will focus on the Romantic concerto. Specifically, students need to understand how the concerto developed through the 19th century, and how the role and instruments of the orchestra and...
Edexcel GCSE: Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
The first movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 is the longest and potentially most challenging of all the new Edexcel GCSE set works for teaching from 2016. This resource is about how to open it...
OCR AoS4: Film Music
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
OCR's Film Music Area of Study covers some of the parts of the exam that students tend to struggle with the most. In order to tackle this systematically, we will break it down into three distinct...
Edexcel GCSE music: AoS2 - Vocal Music
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
This article provides some teaching ideas and suggestions for Area of Study 2 of the Appraising component of the new Edexcel GCSE music course, which we will be starting with our Year 10s this term.
AQA GCSE Area of Study 3: Traditional music - wider listening
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
‘Wider listening’ is such a strange term. Wider than what? This resource will give you eight specific teaching ideas (two for each topic in Area of Study 3) that you can use to help students prepare...
Planning for better music technology provision
Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 Archive
For this resource, I have revisited that publication and completely updated the recommendations I was making then - in the hope of providing some up-to-date guidance for teachers that adequately...
Edexcel GCSE music: ideas for teaching the new Appraising component
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
Online resources in the coming months will include detailed looks at the individual areas of study, but in this resource I offer an oversight of the Appraising component as a whole, and hopefully some...
Planning a career in music
Secondary education KS 4 KS 5 Archive
How do you start that all-important conversation about a career in music? It's a vast topic. This resource offers some tried and trusted pathways into exploring the music industry, giving ideas on how...
AQA GCSE AoS2: Popular Music - wider listening
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
This resource focuses on providing ideas for both repertoire and teaching for Area of Study 2 (popular music). When AQA launched the first draft of its new specification, it also issued a press...