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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SubscribeHomework in the cloud using Noteflight
KS 3 KS 4 Secondary education
This resource will looks at ways of using Noteflight to set meaningful and creative homework for your students.
Cambridge IGCSE: Haydn’s Symphony No. 100 (Military)
KS 4 Secondary education
In the IGCSE Listening paper, the Western classical set work is found in section D and is worth 16 marks (out of a total of 70 marks for the whole paper). In 2022, students will have the opportunity...
OCR AoS 2 Barbra Streisand: Four songs from Color Me Barbra
KS 5
These four songs from Barbra Streisand’s 1966 album Color Me Barbra are the prescribed music for OCR’s Area of Study 2: Popular song. They need to be studied in the context of other examples of music...
Ableton
KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
This resource introduces the basic functions of Ableton, enough so that you’ll be able to make music with your class. We’ll introduce the software and provide classroom projects that can be used in...
Getting the most from Focus on Sound
KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
Focus on Sound Pro is a piece of cloud-based software from Music First. This resource looks at features of the software, and explores how you can use it in your teaching across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.
Edexcel AoS4: Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love
KS 5
English singer-songwriter Kate Bush released Hounds of Love, her fifth studio album, in September 1985. It received immediate acclaim from critics and record-buyers alike, and was soon being hailed as...
Developing wider listening – the 20th century: part two
KS 4 KS 5
In part one of this resource (Music Teacher, September 2021), we began to see how music, having reached something of a stylistic crossroads at the end of the Romantic period, took off in a multitude...
Developing wider listening – the 20th century: part one
KS 4 KS 5
Understanding the background and context to music they play or listen to is an incredibly useful skill for all music students. This series aims to broaden that knowledge of musical style across the...
Developing wider listening: the Romantic period
KS 4 KS 5
The Romantic period, which lasted for most of the 19th century and left a strong legacy in the 20th and beyond, was a time of great change in all art forms. In this resource, which follows on from...
OCR AoS 1: Haydn Symphony No. 48 (Maria Theresia)
KS 5
This prescribed work should be studied and contextualised within a number of other works in this Area of Study. Studying other symphonies by Haydn, as well as some by Mozart and Beethoven, will be...