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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SubscribeAQA AoS2: Pop music
Secondary education KS 5
This resource aims to provide a structure for tackling the AoS, with advice on ways of presenting information to students and some ideas as to where to find useful teaching materials.
Musical creativity in the classroom: part 2
Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
In the first part to this two-part resource (Music Teacher, July 2018), we tried to pin definitions on what it means to be musically creative, finding that the more you try to corner the concept, the...
Performing at KS4
Secondary education KS 4 BTEC
At KS4, students make their choices about which subjects to choose to study further. In the case of music, schools can offer GCSE music with specifications offered by four main exam boards in England,...
AQA AoS3: Music for Media – Bernard Herrmann, Hans Zimmer and Thomas Newman
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
In this resource, we will look at music by three of the five composers named by AQA in AoS3: Music for Media. For each composer, I provide an in-depth examination of an example of their music, a...
Edexcel AoS6: Saariaho's Petals
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
Of all the ‘New Directions’ works in the Edexcel A level Anthology, Saariaho's Petals is the only one written by a living composer (at the time of writing). It is without doubt one of the most...
Musical creativity in the classroom: part 1
Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
This is the first of two Music Teacher resources bringing you up to date on the latest creativity research, and hopefully helping you consider the subject afresh, encouraging reflection on who you are...
AQA AoS1 Strand C: piano music of Chopin, Brahms and Grieg
Secondary education KS 5
AQA's A level specification celebrates three composers who made the most of the new instrument's expressive potential, and who were also masters of the short form, another important feature of...
Edexcel AoS2: Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
Secondary education KS 5
Hector Berlioz was born in 1803, and his use of large instrumental forces in his music led him to become one of the most influential French composers of the 19th century. His compositions include...
AQA A level AoS1: Baroque solo concerto
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
This resource aims to provide resources and strategies for how to approach the Area of Study with your classes. These will include ideas for where to start with tackling the context of the Baroque...
Sonic Pi for music teachers
Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
This resource has been written specifically to support the classroom music teacher in exploring new, innovative ways of delivering the music curriculum. The activities are aimed at older students, but...