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TEACHING MATERIALS
Welcome to the Music Teacher online teaching materials. Every month Music Teacher publishes resources for KS3, 4 and 5, offering complete units of work, GCSE and A level set-work info and activities, and practical ideas across all levels for both classroom and peripatetic teachers. The materials are written by experienced teachers and examiners and provide indispensable content for your teaching.
Edexcel AoS3 Music for stage and screen: wider listening and activities
Though there are many ways to approach the teaching of set works, it’s often the case that we stop once we feel students understand the work (well, once we feel they’re ready to take the examination)....
Complementing students’ classroom curriculum – part one
This is the first of a two-part resource looking at how we can incorporate aspects of a student’s class curriculum into our instrumental teaching. There are too many subjects to fit into a single...
Developing wider listening: opera, part three
In parts one and two of this four-part resource, we traced opera from the Renaissance and Baroque periods through to the Classical period. This month, we’ll see how the Romantic composers’ love of...
Using technology to reduce workload
Technology continues to move on at quite a pace, with new apps and websites constantly being developed. This resource is all about the gems that could help reduce workload, streamline a process, or...
Features
The appeal of vocational music qualifications
MT's Amrit Virdi catches up with course leaders and students about vocational music qualifications...
Training choirs: the potential links between school and church
David Fawcett, assistant director of music at a church in Swanage, explores what the NPME and Music...
Quick tips for ABRSM Singing Performance Grades
Sara-Lois Cunningham shares advice for singers taking ABRSM’s digital exams, assessed from video...
Getting started with songwriting
Songwriting has become popular in schools and youth clubs, not least to support good mental health...
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Reviews: Trinity College London Singing Grade Books
Edwin Pitt Mansfield surveys Trinity College of London’s suite of books to support singing exams...
Tech reviews: Antares Auto-Tune Access 10
John Calcott finds a plugin with the potential to ignite creativity and joy
Book reviews: Ava Goes Green
Katie Teage explores Rona D. Linklater’s environmentally themed resource for lower Key Stage 2
Opinion
Holiday music courses: end of an era?
Once in plentiful supply, music courses are no longer the accessible holiday activities they used to...
Have your say: letters to the editor, June 2024
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Have your say: letters to the editor, May 2024
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