Specialising in Music and Expressive Arts resources. 28 Years teaching experience and always developing new materials to engage students. Any resource queries, links that don’t work, suggestions etc, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Specialising in Music and Expressive Arts resources. 28 Years teaching experience and always developing new materials to engage students. Any resource queries, links that don’t work, suggestions etc, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Brand new resource
New for 2026 examination (teaching from september 2025)
Haydn Drum Roll Symphony (No. 103) - movement 3 (minuet and trio)
(It is the eleventh of the twelve London Symphonies)
This resource is designed to be used as the following:
a classroom teaching resource
as a self-supported study for students
a homework resource
a revision resource
Screenshots give a good idea of content (practice questions, extended writing questions, “let’s work together” questions (especially in movement 4)
Answers are in a separate booklet
(Movement 4 is a separate resource)
As always, please feel free to email me on:
misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Many thanks
Brand New Resource
New resource for the Kate Bush set work from the album Hounds of Love
Features all 3 songs:
Cloudbusting
And Dream of Sheep
Under Ice
There are 2 or 3 exam style questions on each of them (screenshots give a good idea of content).
There are also extention tasks designed to build knowledge and support for the essay writing.
Ideal for classwork, homework and revision.
Brand new resource for OCR GCSE Music, Area of Study 3
Rhythms of the World
The following areas are featured:
India and Punjab
Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (Greece, Palestine, Israel)
Africa
Central and South America (Calyspo, Samba)
Each geographic location contains a FACT FILE plus 3 or 4 exam style questions. Answers are provided in a separate booklet.
Please see screenshots for an idea of content.
Ideal to set as homework, revision or consolidating learning
Any questions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Brand new resource
A 53 page resource that covers each of the composers in the specification.
Ideal to set as homework and revision.
Answers are provided in a separate booklet.
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Any questions you may have, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Features the following cues:
Bernard Herrman
PSYCHO
Psycho Prelude
The City
Marion
Murder
The Toys
The Cellar
Discovery
Finale
Cape Fear Main Title
Vertigo Vertigo Theme
Hans Zimmer
Inception Mombasa
Dream is Collapsing
Gladiator Honor Him
Now We Are Free 25
12 Years a Slave Main Title
Letter Writing
Batman The Dark Knight Theme
Dune Paul’s Dream
Pearl Harbour Main Theme
Michael Giacchino
Call of Duty Introduction
Red Square
Pegasus Bridge Day
The Incredibles 100 Mile Dash
Life’s Incredible Again
Kronos Unveiled
Thomas Newman
Shawshank Redemption Brooks Was Here
Finding Nemo Nemo Egg
Spectre Backfire
Saving Mr. Banks End Title
Nobuo Uematsu
Lost Odyssey A Sign of Hope
Final Fantasy II Rebel Army Theme
FF IV Main Theme
FF VII One Winged Angel
FILM GENRES Chase/Action Themes
Terror/Suspense Themes
Peace/Dream Themes
Brand new resource
30 symphony questions based on the WJEC and EDUQAS As Level syllabus.
Titles of each work can be seen in the screenshots.
I have included some lesser known composers, as well as the symphonic masters.
Please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com if you have any further questions.
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Brand new resource
Area of Study 2 - Music for Ensemble.
Includes 10 questions in a variety of different ensembles (from Classical to Musical Theatre, Jazz and Folk).
There are also 3 worked examples for pupils to correct.
All answers are provided, but are by no means exhaustive.
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
As always, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Brand New Resource for GCSE MUSIC
This resources contains 18 different pieces, ranging from Classical to musical theatre, film and pop.
It concentrates on enabling students to follow a melody and develops knowledge of all things HARMONY and TONALITY.
This booklet is invaluable for personal study, as well as class work.
BRAND NEW RESOURCE
New resource to help students develop their skills in melodic dictation.
Suitable for all exam boards.
Mainly conjunct melodies (to develop confidence and enable better understanding).
All answers are provided in a separate booklet.
Each extract of music (there are 23 different pieces) features melodic dictation, as well as questions on time and key signatures, instruments, cadences etc.
The questions are very typical of listening papers in all exam boards.
There are also bonus listening sections to develop key terms.
The screenshots give a good idea of content.
As always, please email me on misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Brand New Resource
For teaching from September 2024 for the first exam in 2026
Practice questions based on the 3 songs by Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
Seven Seas of Rhye
Love of My Life
The resource splits each song up into manageable sections and then has 2 mark contextual understanding questions.
Screenshots give a good idea of content, but please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com if you would like any further information.
Brand New Resource
AQA GCSE Music - Area of Study 2 Queen, featuring Bohemian Rhapsody, Seven Seas of Rhye and Love of My Life
This 37 page resource provides a step by step approach to the teaching and testing of the new set work (please see screenshots).
Each song is accompanied by an elements factfile.
There are structured questions to develop knowledge, accompanied by skeleton scores, followed by 2 mark contextual understanding questions, and 8 mark questions.
Please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com with any queries.
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Brand new resource to help pupils develop their extended writing skills. (please see screenshots to give an idea of content)
Pieces featured include:
General instructions Marking criteria
Examiner Guidance 2022/2023 examiner guidance
Elements of Music Key vocabulary
Piece 1
Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
Piece 2
Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode
Piece 3
Blue Eyes – Elton John
Piece 4
Inner State of Mind – Courtney Pine
Piece 5
You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
Piece 6
Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa
Piece 7
Thank You Lord – Bob Marley
Piece 8
Til The Love Runs Out – One Republic
Piece 9
Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles
Piece 10
When The Party’s Over – Billie Eilish
Listening Further listening suggestions
Brand new practice paper, following on from Papers A, B and C
(If you require these papers, please contact me as I will do a bundle deal including this paper for £20)
It features the following pieces of music:
Anitra’s Dance (section B)
Furchtenmachen (Frightening) - Schumann
Farmer Refuted from Hamilton
Suo Gan
Terminator 1 Main Theme
The Great Duel from Kill Bill
Everything Must Go (intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus)
This is a Man’s World
Screenshots give a good idea of content
Please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
** Brand New Resource**
Rock and Pop (1965-1990) - Area of Study B
This workbook (part 1) focuses on 1965-1980, but covers all genres in the specification.
The screenshots give a good idea of content.
CONTENTS
FOLK and COUNTRY
Silver Dagger – Joan Baez
Class Development Tasks 1 & 2 Guitar techniques
Blowing in the Wind – Bob Dylan
Class Development Task 3 Comparisons/Bob Dylan’s Style
FOLK ROCK
Jethro Tull
Norwegian Wood – The Beatles
Class Development Task 4 Bob Dylan & The Beatles
ROCK
A Little Piece of My Heart – Janice Joplin
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
Class Development Task 5 Jimi Hendrix & Guitars
Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones
Caroline, No – The Beach Boys
Class Development Task 6 & 7 Prog Rock & The Beatles
The Role of the Studio
Jugband Blues – Pink Floyd
Interstellar Overdrive – Pink Floyd
Class Development Task 8 More Progressive Rock
**SOUL & FUNK **
Try A Little Tenderness – Otis Redding
This Is A Man’s World – James Brown
Class Development Task 9 Soul
You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
Class Development Task 10 The Rhodes Piano
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag – James Brown
Class Development Task 11 Applying Funk Knowledge
Class Development Task 12 Funk Bass & Funk Guitar
It’s Your Thing – The Isley Brothers
California Dreamin- The Mamas & The Papas
Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
**The 70s **
70s Folk Listening
Class Development Task 13 A Focus on Folk
Country
Traveling Man – Dolly Parton
Class Development Task 14 Country-Pop Crossover
Heavy Rock
Iron Man – Black Sabbath
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – AC/DC
Hard Lovin’ Man – Deep Purple
Bass Riffs
Development Task 15 Heavy Metal Summary
Class Development Task 16 The Moog (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
DISCO
Class Development Task 17 The Moog Synthesiser (I Feel Love)
Rock The Boat – Hues Corporation
Class Development Task 18 Boogie Nights - Disco
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Class Development Task 19 Stayin’ Alive
Class Development Task 20 Prog Rock in the 70s
**What happens next? **
Hits from the 80s
Past Paper Questions & Topics
All answers are provided, but they are by no means exhaustive.
Any questions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Many thanks
Brand new resource
Revolver by The Beatles
Practice questions for Sections A and B of the A Level Music exam
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Any questions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
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Brand new resource for the EDUQAS A Level Music exam.
(PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A TYPO ON PAGE 21 IN QUESTION B. THE OPTIONS SHOULD BE MAJOR CHORD, THEN MINOR CHORD. EMAIL ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN UPDATED COPY - MISSCREATIVECURRICULUM@GMAIL.COM
I CAN’T UPLOAD IT ON HERE FOR SOME REASON)
An in-depth coverage of the 60s and 70s with a brief overview of the 80s
The following pieces are examined, with a mixture of individual and class development tasks. All answers are provided in a separate booklet. As always, please email misscreativercurriculum@gmail.com if there are any issues/queries.
I hope you enjoy working through the resource as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Screenshots give a good overview of content.
FOLK
Silver Dagger – Joan Baez
Class Development Tasks 1 & 2
Blowing in the Wind – Bob Dylan
Class Development Task 3
FOLK ROCK
Jethro Tull
Norwegian Wood – The Beatles
Class Development Task 4
ROCK
A Little Piece of My Heart – Janice Joplin
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
Class Development Task 5
Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones
Caroline, No – The Beach Boys
Class Development Task 6
Class Development Task 7
Jugband Blues – Pink Floyd
Interstellar Overdrive – Pink Floyd
Class Development Task 8
SOUL & FUNK
Try A Little Tenderness – Otis Redding
This Is A Man’s World – James Brown
Class Development Task 9
You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
Class Development Task 10
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag – James Brown
Class Development Task 11
Class Development Task 12
It’s Your Thing – The Isley Brothers
California Dreamin- The Mamas & The Papas
Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
The 70s
70s Folk Listening
Class Development Task 13
Country
Traveling Man – Dolly Parton
Class Development Task 14
Heavy Rock
Iron Man – Black Sabbath
Class Development Task 15
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – AC/DC
Hard Lovin’ Man – Deep Purple
Bass Riffs
Development Task
Class Development Task 17
Punk Rock
Pretty Vacant – Sex Pistols
Class Development Task 18
DISCO
Rock The Boat – Hues Corporation
Class Development Task 19
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Class Development Task 20
Class Development Task 21
Class Development Task 22
Brand new resource
For teaching from September 2024. First exam in 2026
This is the new set work for the Area of Study Western Classical Tradition 1650 - 1910
It replaces the Mozart Clarinet Concerto
It features Section A style questions on the entire movement, split up into slow introduction, 1st subject, 2nd subject etc
There are several Section B style questions (8 mark questions)
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
There are 28 pages in total
Answers are provided in a separate booklet.
As always, if you have any queries, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Brand new resource
GCSE Rhythm Practice - SUITABLE FOR ALL EXAM BOARDS (essential understanding and vocabulary development). 40 extracts in total.
Suitable for Year 10, embarking on GCSE Music Course.
Also suitable for use with Year 11 as revision at the start of the year.
I have tried to include as much subject specific vocabulary as possible, and ensured that there is progression in the skill content.
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Please contact misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com if there are any queries.
Many thanks
**Musical Forms and Devices **
Land of Hope and Glory – Elgar
Enchanted Lake – Tchaikovsky
In the Hall of the Mountain King – Grieg
Chanson Triste – Tchaikovsky
Volksliedschen – Schumann
Carillon – Bizet
Sonata in C - Mozart
Minuet in G - Bach
Dance of the Maidens - Borodin
March in C - Purcell
**Music for Ensemble **
Divertimento in F – Mozart
Chamber Music – Mozart
Any Dream Will Do – Lloyd Webber
Do A Deer – Rodgers and Hammerstein
Anything But Lonely – Lloyd Webber
Rondo – Kabalevsky
Rock Around the Clock – Bill Hayley & His Comets
Ar Hyd Y Nos – Welsh Trad
Chamber Music - Poulenc
Toot Suite – Claude Bolling
MUSICAL FOCUS Page
**Music for Film **
Imperial March – John Williams
Superman – John Williams
In Dreams – Howard Shore
Schindler’s List – John Williams
The Virginia Company – Alan Menken
The Raging Storm – Debbie Wiseman
Emma – Rachel Portman
Cinema Paradiso – Morricone
Dead Silence – Clouser
Arthur’s Fanfare - Goldsmith
**Popular Music **
Under Pressure – Queen
Clocks – Coldplay
Walking on the Moon – The Police
I Have Nothing – Whitney Houston
Old Town Road - Lil Nas X (feat. Filly Ray Cyrus)
Kiss From a Rose – Seal
Smooth – Santana
I Should Be So Lucky – Kylie Minogue
Take It To The Limit – Eagles
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
Brand new resource
A 29 page resource that aims to develops all sections of the exam paper
Section A - short answer
Section B - 10 mark essay question
Section C - 30 mark essay question
The 4 composers are presented
Shostakovich
Messiaen
Reich
Macmillan
Features the following:
Essential vocabulary
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
EXTRACT 1 : SHOSTAKOVICH - THREE FANTASTIC DANCES (NO.1)
EXTRACT 2 : Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 3 “The First of May”
EXTRACT 3: Symphony № 10 in E minor, Op 93. Movt.3 (1953)
EXTENSION TASK – essay preparation
EXTRACT 4 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op.83 (1949)
STEVE REICH
EXTRACT 1 : Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (1974)
EXTRACT 2 : Nagoya’s Marimbas
EXTRACT 3 : 2X5 (2008)
EXTRACT 4 : PROVERB (1995)
EXTRACT 5 : Tehellim (1981)
EXTENSION TASK
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
EXTRACT 1 : Vision de L’Amen (Movt. 1) (1943)
EXTRACT 2 : Dieu Parmis Nous (from La Nativité) – final movement (1935)
EXTRACT 2 : Dieu Parmis Nous (from La Nativité) – final movement (1935)
EXTRACT 3 Quartet for the End of Time (Movement 7)
Movement 1 from Quartet for the End of Time (Liturgie de Cristal)
Movement 1 from Quartet for the End of Time (Liturgie de Cristal)
Movement 3 (Abime des Oiseaux)
EXTRACT 4 Saint Francois d’Assisse (scene 1 The Cross) (1975 – 79)
JAMES MACMILLAN
EXTRACT 1 : Magnificat opening (1999)
EXTRACT 2 : Who Shall Separate Us? (2022)
EXTRACT 3 : Identity from Cantos Sagrados (1989)
EXTRACT 4 : Strathclyde Motets, No.5 Radiant Dawn (2006)
EXTRACT 5 : The Gallant Weaver (1997)
The screenshots give a good idea of content.
Any problems or suggestions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
BRAND NEW RESOURCE
Created specifically for the AQA GCSE Music exam.
Covers each of the following areas, with music characteristics of each group of composers summarised on one page.
• The orchestra music of COPLAND
• The British Music of ARNOLD, BRITTEN, MAXWELL-DAVIES, TAVENER
• The Orchestral Music of KODALY & BARTOK
• The Minimalist music of JOHN ADAMS, STEVE REICH & TERRY RILEY
Includes 23 different pieces of music with typical exam questions.
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Any problems, please email misscreativecurricum@gmail.com
Many thanks