This resource will outline how to use composing tasks to create a vivid, dramatic version of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol with a KS3 group. The tasks will focus on moments and motifs from the story and...
Richard Barnard Composition
In this resource – the first in a short series on ‘-isms’ in musical style – we’ll look at some of the key examples of nationalist music, charting its development from the late Classical period to the...
Simon Rushby Secondary
This is the second of two resources exploring Edxcel’s suggestions for wider listening and ‘other perspectives’ based around its A level AoS6, New Directions. Here, we look at two influential figures...
David Kettle Teaching Materials
Part one of this resource dealt with how we can change our language in our teaching to build our students’ confidence of our students. In this final part, we’ll look at how we can directly help our...
Richard Steggall Instrumental & Vocal
The main focus of this resource is to examine how notation can both inspire and hinder students in their composing. We’ll concentrate mainly on Western staff notation and its use in various styles,...
Richard Barnard Teaching Materials
This resource, the first of two resources that will look at some of Edexcel’s suggestions for wider listening and ‘other perspectives’, will look in detail at two iconic works of European avant-garde...
David Kettle Teaching Materials
Study of the set pieces by the three named composers in this strand gives the student understanding of the key features of the works and genre, as well as providing them with a broad context of the...
Hanh Doan Teaching Materials
Scales have a bad reputation; but in this resource, we look at why they are wonderful, both musically and technically, and explore ways in which we can effectively integrate them into our teaching.
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
This resource addresses why students get nervous in performing, and gives strategies for teachers to help them build confidence.
Richard Steggall Teaching Materials
In this resource, we’ll look at three works in Edexcel’s 'suggested pieces of other music' and ‘other perspectives’ lists for its KS5 AoS1 on vocal music: a song by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, the...
Richard Barnard Teaching Materials
This resource considers a range of strategies for teaching the context and processes of Poulenc's style, before, during and after the teaching of the movement itself.
Jane Werry Teaching Materials
In this resource, we look at strategies to help teachers manage their heavy workload in such a way that it doesn't damage their health and wellbeing.
Dice Wood Health & Wellbeing