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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SubscribeEdexcel AoS2: Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 (first movement)
Secondary education KS 5
The G minor Piano Trio is undoubtedly one of Clara Schumann's best-known compositions, and a fine example of Romantic chamber music. This resource covers the essential musical features of the work, as...
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...
AQA AoS4: Music for theatre – part two
Secondary education KS 5
In this second part of a two-part resource, we will look at the contributions to the genre of the three living composers of the five named by AQA – Stephen Sondheim, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Jason...
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 AoS4: Music for theatre – part one
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
In this first part of a two-part resource, we'll look at the contributions to the genre of the two earliest composers named by AQA, and the only two no longer living – Kurt Weill and Richard Rodgers.
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...
OCR AoS2: Popular song – Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
One of the attractive features of the OCR A level syllabus is the thoroughly enjoyable repertoire covered by this particular Area of Study. However, while the songs themselves have instant appeal, it...
Edexcel AoS1: Vaughan Williams's On Wenlock Edge
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
On Wenlock Edge is a song cycle by Ralph Vaughan Williams that sets some of AE Housman's poems from his collection A Shropshire Lad. Published in 1896, the 63 poems in A Shropshire Lad reflect a...
OCR AoS1: Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, first movement
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
The first movement of the Eroica is of epic length, built on a nexus of closely related themes, with rebellious touches that merit inspection in every paragraph. This resource is about how to navigate...