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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SubscribeVisual content for musical understanding
KS 3
One of the things that makes music a difficult subject to teach is its very nature. It’s ephemeral and invisible, and it exists only as movements of the air at a particular place and time. A score of...
Getting ready for the GCSE music listening paper
KS 4 Secondary education
For the first time since 2019, students taking GCSE music will be sitting a listening paper this year. The students currently in Year 11 were in Year 8 when there was last a summer listening paper....
Wider listening activities, part 2
KS 3 Secondary education
This is the second of a two-part resource providing ideas for a full scheme of listening starters for KS3: one lesson a week for three years. This resource will cover repertoire from the modern era,...
OCR A level AoS 1: Mozart Quintet for piano and wind
KS 5 Secondary education
Mozart’s string quartets should not dismissed since comparisons between string writing, textures and dialogue will be interesting. As with all prescribed works, understanding Mozart’s (and his...
Eduqas A level AoS A: the development of the symphony, part 1, 1750-c1830
Secondary education KS 5
This resource looks at the development of the symphony from 1750 to about 1830, including Haydn’s symphonies. A later resource will continue from 1830 and will include Mendelssohn.
Cambridge IGCSE: Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
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...
Wider listening activities, part 1
KS 3 Secondary education
This resource, and its sequel next month, will give you ideas on how to use wider listening examples as a ‘do now’ routine at the start of every KS3 lesson, including a repertoire list with enough on...
World Tour: traditional music from the British Isles
KS 3 Secondary education
After a two-year virtual tour right around the world, taking in the Caribbean (January 2020), South America (September 2020), China (December 2020), the Middle East (March 2021), West Africa (August...
Homework 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...