This resource is an attempt to navigate the ‘white noise’ of curriculum currently dominating the educational narrative, and offer music teachers some insight into curriculum planning, and how to...
I have used music notation software Sibelius extensively over the years, and it’s a fantastic resource. This resource focuses on Sibelius, although other notation software packages are obviously...
This resource is designed to provide an introduction to Cubase Elements. Cubase software has various levels, and this is the entry-level version. It's an affordable piece of software for most schools,...
Over the past two years, our on-going Developing Wider Listening series has provided resources covering genres and styles from Baroque times to the present day, including several that are specifically...
Why build an opera with your KS3 class? Opera is perhaps one of the styles that students find most off–putting, and about which they probably have the most preconceived ideas – mainly that it's...
For this resource, I have revisited that publication and completely updated the recommendations I was making then - in the hope of providing some up-to-date guidance for teachers that adequately...
This resource will give you guidance on knowledge organiser content and layout, and tips on how to use them, including training your students on how to use them for independent study. You will see...
This resource looks closely at rhythm from both ends – the aural, non-notated, knowledge-of-music end, and the notation-based, knowledge-about-music end. Ideas for unpicking rhythm including learning...
Approaching Covid-19 and the year ahead successfully will come down to thinking and teaching outside the box. This article looks at how we might face those uncertainties, considering some of the...
Following an earlier resource on gaming music (AQA AoS2: Computer gaming music, Music Teacher, November 2018), here I'm going to consider ways of teaching computer game music using composition. This...
