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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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SubscribeEduqas A level AoS F: Thomas Adès’s Asyla
KS 5
Contemporary ‘classical’ music is an essential element of any music course, at any level. If we are to create lifelong learners who take a passion for music into their adult lives, it’s imperative...
Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1980s, part two
KS 4 KS 5
The pop scene in the 1980s was a hugely diverse, technology-driven hotbed of high fashion, music videos and ultra-fast stylistic changes. In part one of this resource (Music Teacher, February 2023) we...
Sound recording: setting up a studio
KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
This is the first in a short series of resources looking at the different aspects of sound recording in schools.
Eduqas A level AoS E: Debussy’s Nuages
KS 5
This resource will focus entirely on Debussy’s Nuages, to help students prepare for the component 3 written exam. There’s more detail on the kinds of questions that can be asked, as well as a sample...
OCR A level AoS1 Mozart Quintet, K452: wider listening
KS 5
Alongside the prescribed work in OCR’s Area of Study 1 (Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven), it’s essential that students familiarise themselves with wider listening from this period.
Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1980s, part one
KS 5 KS 4
By the end of the 1970s, pop music was a vastly commercial business, and its exponents often enjoyed immense riches and luxurious lifestyles, paid for by healthy record sales, airplay on radio or TV,...
Teaching texture
KS 3 KS 4
This resource will take you through a range of techniques and approaches aimed at developing students’ understanding and application of textural devices. Its focus is KS3 and KS4, but the early stages...
Developing a composition
KS 4 KS 5
In this resource I’ll delve deeper into the development process, looking in more detail at techniques and suggestions to create sophisticated musical progression in composition from a starting idea.
AQA GCSE AoS4: Peter Maxwell Davies and John Tavener
KS 4 Secondary education
For AoS4 in its GCSE specification, AQA has gathered together four important and very contrasting British composers from the 20th and 21st centuries: Malcolm Arnold, Benjamin Britten, Peter Maxwell...
Key Stage 3 toolkit, part two
KS 4 Secondary education
In part one of this two-part Key Stage 3 toolkit (Music Teacher, December 2022) I considered a range of approaches and ideas for KS3, including curriculum and extra-curricular activities. We’ll...
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