Student-Centred Music Rubrics. Perfect for displaying on the walls of your classroom, or using in class as a tool to help learners understand where they are, and what they can do to achieve their next steps. It can be used as a tool for student self-assessment, or for teacher assessment. Comes with pre-created rubrics for Performance and Composition (K-2 and Grades 3-5), as well as completely editable Powerpoints for you to re-word or create new rubrics, to suit your classroom and teaching. Using these in lessons, I found students had a really good understanding of how they could move from ‘Beginning’, through to ‘Intermediate’ and ‘Advanced’. Students, particularly in Grades 3-5, were able to take further control of their learning and work, to help themselves achieve their goals. This document comes in PDF and PPT formats, with a color version, and a printer-friendly version.

The Coronation: A Musical History and Overview is perfect for exploring the music and history of British coronations. It makes a great, informative addition to a lesson on the coronation, or as part of a unit exploring ceremonial music from around the world. Presentation Features: Coronation - About a coronation, and the music Coronation Regalia Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Musicians and music featured at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Upcoming Coronation of King Charles III Musicians and music to be featured at the Coronation of King Charles III Included in the packet: Colorful Presentation 3 connected worksheets Coronation music booklet template Suggested links for extracts of music PPT and PDF files If you would like to be in-the-loop when we publish future resources, please, follow our page, and don’t forget to leave a review to help others find our resources too!

Perfect for Winter or Christmas concerts, this Steel Pan arrangement of the Ukrainian Bell Carol (also known as Carol of the Drums), is a crowd and student-pleaser. With an easy-medium level of difficulty, this piece sounds deceptively complex, and students will love how good they sound together when they play it. This download contains PDFs of the score, parts, and an MP3 version of the piece. If you would like to be in-the-loop when we publish future resources, please, follow our page, and don’t forget to leave a review!

A guidance document for Key Stage 1 Music, including suggested activities This document includes a guideline of when to introduce different skills and concepts throughout Year 1 and Year 2, and what goals to aim for each month. It also includes activity suggestions to help students achieve those goals. If you’re not sure of how to plan lessons for Key Stage 1, what to aim for, or how to scaffold their learning to achieve their music goals, hopefully this will help. It lines up with, and moves beyond the British Model Music Curriculum in some elements, based on my experiences with students in the classroom. It encourages a joyful music-making experience, with an emphasis on musical literacy, and helping students develop into expressive young musicians with strong musical foundations. Please note, that festivals and celebrations mentioned in the activity suggestions are UK focused. I am in the process of updating it to also include more US based suggestions.

Perfect for Winter, Christmas, or Seasonal concerts and performances! Winter Festival contains a selection of traditional holiday songs, and original compositions, for recorders. These pieces would also work for boomwhackers or hand bells. Pieces include: Jolly Old Pans Winter Chills Winter Calypso Jingle Swing Each piece comes with 2 backing tracks at different tempos, has the option of unison melody or 2-part, and is notated in several different ways to help different learners. File includes PDF, PPT and MP3. Please, if you like our products, purchase directly from us, and subscribe and review. Thank you for visiting our store!

Perfect for Winter or Christmas concerts, this arrangement of the Ukrainian Bell Carol (also known as Carol of the Drums), has a part for every instrument, so that all of your students can play together. With an easy-medium level of difficulty, this piece sounds deceptively complex, and students will love how good they sound together when they play it. If you have need of a part that is not currently included in this - get in touch and we will see if we can add it for you. This download contains score, all parts, and an MP3 version of the piece. If you would like to be in-the-loop when we publish future resources, please, follow our store, and please leave us a review. Happy music-making!

Perfect for concerts, or just a fun piece to rehearse, this is Hot Cross Buns as you haven’t heard it before. Written in a fun march-style, this piece refreshes the traditional tune and makes it more engaging for beginning wind-band/wind-orchestra students, and audiences. Written for players who have around 6 months experience on their instrument. Please note, this piece is also available in flex-ensemble and strings-only arrangements too. The download includes the scores, parts for all instruments, and an MP3 of the piece. If you like this, please follow our store so you can be the first to see our latest releases, and don’t forget to leave a review to get Teachers Pay Teachers credits towards any future purchases! Happy music-making!

Perfect for concerts or large ensemble events, this is Hot Cross Buns as you haven’t heard it before, in a fun march-style! Written for a completely flexible ensemble, any instrumentalists you have in your school or ensemble can be included in this piece. it features parts for woodwind, brass and string instruments, as well as guitar, bass guitar, ukulele and piano. If you need a part that isn’t included - let us know and we will make one for you! Please note, this piece is also available in band-only and strings-only arrangements too. The download includes the scores, parts for all instruments, and an MP3 of the piece. If you like this, please follow our store so you can be the first to see our latest releases, and don’t forget to leave a review! Happy music-making!

Perfect for concerts, or just a fun piece to rehearse, this is Hot Cross Buns as you haven’t heard it before. Written in a fun march-style, this piece refreshes the traditional tune and makes it more engaging for beginning string orchestra students, and audiences. Please note, this piece is also available in flex-ensemble and band-only arrangements too. The download includes the scores, parts for all instruments, and an MP3 of the piece. If you like this, please follow our store so you can be the first to see our latest releases. Happy music-making!

Musician of the Month - Diverse Musicians - featuring 22 musicians, is perfect for displaying and discussing diversity within the music industries. We’re passionate about reflecting all musicians, and this packet features a range of BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and female contemporary musicians, among others, across classical, popular, and jazz music. Musicians featured in this resource packet: Adam Lambert Alex Newell Alma Deutscher Andrew Lloyd Webber Beyoncé Caroline Shaw Dolly Parton Elton John Esperanza Spalding Hans Zimmer Koji Kondo Lin-Manuel Miranda Lizzo Lucie Horsch Ludovico Einaudi Marin Alsop Nandi Bushell Nicola Benedetti Twoset Violin Wendy Carlos Wynton Marsalis Yo Yo Ma Perfect to be used as posters, or as a discussion point in a lesson. Included in the packet: 22 Musician Posters Listening suggestions with links PDF files Please note, while the listening suggestions might be OK to use in our classrooms, we always recommend you listen to them first, to make sure they are suitable for your classroom and school.

Perfect for Winter, Christmas, or Seasonal concerts and performances! Winter Festival contains a selection of traditional holiday songs, and original compositions, created especially for the Jumbie Jam pans (mini steel pan), with a one octave range of G-G. Many of these pieces will also work for recorder, handbells, or boomwhackers. Pieces include: Jolly Old Pans O Tannenbaum Winter Chills Winter Calypso Jingle Swing I Saw 3 Ships Each piece comes with 2 backing tracks at different tempos, and is notated in several different ways to help different learners. There are also play-along videos of some of the tracks available on YouTube. Please, if you like our products, purchase directly from us, and subscribe and review. Thank you for visiting our store!

Carols for All Perfect for Winter/Christmas concerts. Carols for all features a selection of 8 pieces in the Key of F (or G or Eb), arranged to include any and all common school instruments, including brass, woodwind, strings, percussion, guitar, piano, recorder and ukulele. So, no matter which instrumentalists you have in your school or ensemble, they can all be included. The download includes the scores, and parts for all instruments. If you like this, please subscribe to our store, as we will have more music coming out for beginning and intermediate flexible ensembles. Enjoy!

Description: Perfect for concerts and performances, Mozart Rocks is a mash up of Mozart’s famous themes, in a fun Rock Style! Written for a completely flexible ensemble, any instrumentalists you have in your school or ensemble can be included in this piece. Featuring parts for: Woodwind Flute Oboe / Bassoon Recorder Bb Clarinet / P.Clarinet Saxophone (Alto, Tenor, Baritone) Brass Trumpet Horn (Eb/F) Trombone Baritone / Euphonium Tuba (Eb, F, C, Bb) Bowed Strings Violin Viola Cello Double Bass Plucked Strings Guitar TAB / Treble Clef Bass Guitar TAB / Bass Clef Ukulele TAB / Treble Clef Percussion Drumset Timpani Piano (Intermediate, and Advanced Piano Accompaniment) If you need a part that isn’t included - let us know and we will make one for you! Full and adapted scores are included to help with rehearsals! The download includes PDFs of the scores, and parts for all the instruments. If you like this, please follow our store so you can be the first to see our latest releases, and don’t forget to leave a review! Happy music-making! https://youtu.be/6_hD6mkFfFo

Description: Perfect for concerts and performances, Beethoven Rocks is a mash up of Beethoven’s famous themes, in a fun Rock Style! Written for a completely flexible ensemble, any instrumentalists you have in your school or ensemble can be included in this piece. Featuring parts for: Woodwind Flute Oboe / Bassoon Recorder Bb Clarinet / P.Clarinet Saxophone (Alto, Tenor, Baritone) Brass Trumpet Horn (Eb/F) Trombone Baritone / Euphonium Tuba (Eb, F, C, Bb) Bowed Strings Violin Viola Cello Double Bass Plucked String Guitar TAB / Treble Clef Bass Guitar TAB / Bass Clef Ukulele TAB / Treble Clef Percussion Drumset Timpani Piano (Intermediate, and Advanced Piano Accompaniment) If you need a part that isn’t included - let us know and we will make one for you! Full and adapted scores are included to help with rehearsals! The download includes PDFs of the scores, and parts for all the instruments. If you like this, please follow our store so you can be the first to see our latest releases! Happy music-making!

Music Lessons for Nursery through to EYFS children, aged 18 months - 5 years. Whether just starting out, or looking for more resources, these themes, activities and lessons are perfect for either parent and child classes, or music classes in a nursery/preschool setting. The 90+ different activities will last you an entire term, or even more, alongside the 12 sample lessons, meaning less time spent planning. This packet focuses on the following themes: Farmyard Forest/Nature Ocean Food The approach in these nursery and preschool classes is to help develop the whole child in a musical way, developing an inner sense of steady beat, taking part in group activities, exploring their voices and using their bodies etc. The structure of the lessons and types of activities are inspired by my work teaching the Feierabend First Steps in Music curriculum. Not sure what to aim for in delivering nursery and preschool music classes? Have a look at my Nursery and Preschool Music Guidance Statements. Happy music-making!

Steel Pan 101 - an original curriculum for Jumbie Jam pans and Steel Pan. Whether you are new to pans, or in need of some fresh ideas, this curriculum is for you. After living and teaching in the Caribbean for several years, we have created Steel Pan 101- Level One, a complete guide to teaching the pans, with: 22 pieces, backing tracks, assessment rubrics, Learning Objective ‘I Can’ statements, Essential Questions, and Teacher Guidance Notes, to help other educators to teach the steel pan. With over 120 pages of material, this curriculum has a lot to offer. Written with the Jumbie Jam pans specifically in mind, Level One takes students through the first 5 notes of the pan, introducing a variety of rhythms and skills (including improvisation and harmony playing), through Caribbean inspired pieces. The Essential Questions and ‘I Can’ statements help to organize learning from the very beginning, while the rubric enables you to appropriately assess students at the end of the course. The teacher notes offer guidance on each piece, and on the concepts introduced during the curriculum, as well as further ideas on how to introduce them successfully. If you’re just getting started with the Jumbie Pans, this is a great place to begin. Check out the Jumbie Jam warm-ups for more ideas on getting started! This download contains PDF, PPTx, and MP3s. If you would like to be in-the-loop when we publish future resources, please, follow our page, and don’t forget to leave a review!