Giving a certain measure of autonomy to students in lessons can have valuable benefits as part of building a meaningful music curriculum. Christopher Ricketts reports on how he's built it into his...
Self-proclaimed podcast fanatic James Manwaring offers his tips on how to make your school music podcast a sure-fire hit.
This is the first of two Music Teacher resources covering OCR's AoS6. Here, we'll look at Late-Romantic, largescale symphonic works; Impressionism; and Expressionism, atonality and serialism. We'll...
Chris Woods of The Music Education Podcast offers a fresh perspective on music's other-worldly qualities, with the help of two experts.
‘Why do we do it?’ asks many a frazzled music teacher at the end of a vexing day. That is precisely the question that we need urgently to debate in depth together if we are to bring purpose and...
Gail Macleod, co-director of music charity Soundcastle, explains why looking out for the mental health of your colleagues is both a collective endeavour and personal responsibility
In this resource I’ll delve deeper into the development process, looking in more detail at techniques and suggestions to create sophisticated musical progression in composition from a starting idea.
To some, the National Youth Orchestra may seem to be on another planet from everyday life. But an extensive and committed outreach programme – in schools and community settings – helps to keep their...
