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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SubscribeMaking music with David Bowie
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
This resource explores many of the writing processes that went into one of Bowie's most important works – the album Low, released in 1977. Prior to the release of Low, Bowie had already explored ways...
Crowdsourced GCSE tips
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
With that spirit in mind, I took to social media and asked music teachers about their top tips for teaching music at GCSE. There was no shortage of responses. What follows is a curation of those tips,...
OCR AS: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K466, first movement
Secondary education KS 5 Archive AS
This resource is the last in a three–part series to support the teaching of the three new OCR AS Prescribed Orchestral Scores in Unit G353: Introduction to Historical Study in Music, for examination...
BBC Ten Pieces Secondary, part two
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
This resource is the second of two Music Teacher resources (following part one in February 2016) that support the BBC's Ten Pieces initiative, and complements the excellent resources on the BBC Ten...
BBC Ten Pieces Secondary, part one
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
The BBC's Ten Pieces initiative aims to foster interest in classical music among schoolchildren, with films to accompany the two sets of pieces (one for primary and one for secondary schools). This...
Teaching technology
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
In a previous Music Teacher resource (October 2015), we looked at the requirements for a technology performance in GCSE Music. In this resource, we are going to look at specific activities that you...
OCR AS; IB HL/SL: Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047, movements 2 and 3
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
This resource, designed to support the new IB set works, is an analysis of the second and third movements of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. The first movement, together with background information...
Help! I'm stuck on my composition!
Secondary education KS 4 KS 5 Archive
Most students find composing hard, and it's fair to say that the old adage of ‘1 per cent inspiration, 99 per cent perspiration’ is about right. When controlled conditions give a time limit for...
BTEC First: The Music Industry (Learning Aim B)
Secondary education KS 4 BTEC Archive
Earlier this year (Music Teacher, October 2015), we looked at Learning Aim A of the BTEC First Music Industry unit. Here, we move the focus from organisations to Learning Aim B, job roles in the music...
OCR AS: La gazza ladra Overture, by Gioacchino Rossini
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
This resource is the second in a series to support the teaching of the three new OCR AS Prescribed Orchestral Scores in Unit G353: Introduction to Historical Study in Music, for examination in June...