Christmas Listening Pack

This pack contains:

4x Listening sheets (PDF)
4x Answer sheets (PDF)

This listening pack is suitable for KS3 and GCSE students (further details below) and can be used either in the classroom or as a homework task.

Each sheet focuses on a different composer. Pupils are required to listen to a piece of music on YouTube or Spotify and answer questions relating to the given music.

Pupils can access the music clips either by scanning the QR code on the sheet or following the links given.

Each listening sheet is marked out of 10 in total and encourages pupils to use level-appropriate technical terms.

Composers included in this pack:

• Nina Simone (Little Girl Blue) – KS3
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Nutcracker) – KS3
• George Frideric Handel (The Messiah) & Gerald Finzi (In Terra Pax) – KS4 / KS5
• Alan Silvestri (music for film ‘A Christmas Carol’) – KS3

Please note: KS3 refers to 11 – 14 year olds; KS4 refers to 14 – 16 year olds; KS5 refers to 16 – 18 year olds