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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SubscribeMetacognition in the music classroom
KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
Buzzwords can be a real turn-off for teachers – particularly practitioners who have been in the classroom for a long time. Fads come and go, and as the next excited colleague stands up with a ‘fix’...
Complementing students’ classroom curriculum – part two
VMT
Some class teachers and parents fear that, in coming out of class lessons for their instrumental tuition, children may be missing out on important academic material.
Choral conducting skills for teachers
KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
Conducting a choir can be a daunting task for a whole-class or instrumental/vocal teacher. It’s common to be uncertain about keeping a clear beat, and how to coordinate using both hands, face and...
OCR AoS1: Haydn Symphony No. 103 ‘Drum Roll’
KS 5
Haydn is sometimes referred to as the ‘father of the symphony’, and this prescribed work comprises two movements from the penultimate of his extraordinary output of 104 within the form. Students will...
Edexcel AoS2 Instrumental music: wider listening and other perspectives
KS 5
Pieces by Amy Beach, Cécile Chaminade and Rebecca Clarke are part of the wider suggested works on the Edexcel A level AoS2 ‘Instrumental Music’ study lists. All three represent links between Europe...
Practical vocal health: warming up and cooling down
KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
In this resource, we’ll look at some key, practical ideas for warming up singers. These include warming up the body; activating and warming up the breath; warming up the voice itself; and warming up...
Developing wider listening: opera, part four
KS 4 KS 5
In this final part of our mammoth journey, we trace the journey of opera through the 20th century, when it met significant competition in the form of jazz and pop styles, not least through the rise of...
Approaches to bowing for VMTs
VMT
This resource seeks to provide an overview of some of the most influential pedagogues’ approaches to elementary bowing – without promoting one method above another. Also included are various...
Edexcel AoS3 Music for stage and screen: wider listening and activities
KS 4
Though there are many ways to approach the teaching of set works, it’s often the case that we stop once we feel students understand the work (well, once we feel they’re ready to take the examination)....
Complementing students’ classroom curriculum – part one
VMT
This is the first of a two-part resource looking at how we can incorporate aspects of a student’s class curriculum into our instrumental teaching. There are too many subjects to fit into a single...