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AQA GCSE AoS4: Malcolm Arnold and Benjamin Britten

KS 4 Secondary education

Author: David Kettle

For the second strand in AoS4 of its GCSE specification, AQA has brought together four influential and very different British composers from the 20th and 21st centuries: Malcolm Arnold, Benjamin...

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OCR AoS 1 prescribed work 2024: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4

KS 5

Author: Hanh Doan

The first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 is the prescribed work for OCR’s AoS1 for examination in 2024, and should be studied and contextualised within a number of other works in this...

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Approaches to composing at KS3

KS 3

Author: James Manwaring

Composition is one of the crucial components of any music curriculum. Students need to be given the opportunity to compose, and the guidance to succeed. They also need to see how composition links in...

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Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1960s

KS 4 KS 5

Author: Simon Rushby

Last month, we began the latest part of our wider listening series, exploring the diversity of pop music in the second half of the 20th century, decade by decade. We looked at four specific genres of...

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Pre-U topic C4: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue

KS 5 Secondary education

Author: Jane Werry

In this resource, we’ll look at Rhapsody in Blue’s origins, its stylistic influences, its musical features, and its array of chameleon-like, shapeshifting versions.

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Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1950s

KS 4 KS 5 Secondary education

Author: Simon Rushby

Now that wider listening is such a key part of the exam boards’ music specifications, students taking GCSE and A level music need to have a broad understanding of a range of musical styles in addition...

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Listening skills

KS 3 Secondary education

Author: James Manwaring

This resource will look at listening in the Key Stage 3 classroom, with practical ideas to encourage students to listen.

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Pre-U/OCR: Bach’s St John Passion

KS 5 Secondary education

Author: Jane Werry

After an initial exploration of the background to Bach’s St John Passion, this resource will cover specific numbers, in accordance with the requirements of the Cambridge Pre-U specification. This...

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AQA AoS7: James MacMillan

KS 5 Secondary education

Author: David Kettle

This resource provides an overview of James MacMillan as a figure in contemporary classical music, as well as looking in detail at three of his works across contrasting genres – the percussion...

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AQA AoS 1: the Coronation Anthems and oratorios of Handel

KS 4 Secondary education

Author: Hanh Doan

This resource will give a brief overview of the context of Handel’s Coronation Anthems and oratorios, followed by detailed analysis of extracts from two works.

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