The activities covered in this resource can be adapted for use across all key stages in secondary schools. They are particularly relevant for supporting GCSE and A level study and, indeed, most...
This resource examines some strategies for compositional groundwork, and offers tips for avoiding some of the most common pitfalls, as well as some ideas for getting students started.
Sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar's fifth album, Breathing Under Water, was recorded in numerous locations over the course of ten months, and released in August 2007.
Part one of this resource dealt with how we can change our language in our teaching to build our students’ confidence of our students. In this final part, we’ll look at how we can directly help our...
Why don't students practise? If we focus on these three key areas in our lessons, we’ll give our students the best chances of extending their music education and enjoyment for as long as possible: 1...
This month, we’ll continue our journey from the 1950s to the present day, picking out some worthwhile examples and identifying some performing, composing and listening activities that can help your...
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...
Great musicians already know the exact sound they are going to create before they move their bodies. This resource looks at placing sound at the forefront of everything you teach.
In this resource, we look at – or, rather, listen to – the musical crossovers between soul and rock/pop music, consider the importance of backing vocals in soul music, and how instruments are used in...
