This is music in advertising project I’m doing with year 8 and 9 this half term. involves them designing a product and creating a radio advert for the product to include an underscore, jingle and voiceover. Currently it’s geared up for google suite, for example it says things like “upload your answers to google classroom” but this is easily adaptable for your softwares. I teach this live on google meet and share the PowerPoint with the students but it could be done entirely remotely. As students are doing it remotely I’m allowing them to do it with any software they may have access to, or on an instrument or using BandLab education online. I’ve included links for how to use GarageBand and BandLab to support students.

Here are 7 worksheets that I use to introduce A level music students to chorales and harmony, the answers rely upon teacher knowledge. I have also included my rules sheet that I give to students to refer to during the chorale writing process.

This is a scheme of work I use with year 9. It introduces them to reggae and African a capella singing through practical activities. It then moves onto a larger project for the rest of the half term.

Arrangement of Power (Little Mix) It’s a Sibelius 6 verison so that it’ll open on anything Sibelius 6 or later. It’s currently for voice, two clarinets, cornet/trumpet, piano and drums but can be easily rearranged for your needs.

Arrangement of Carol of the Bells. It’s a Sibelius 6 verison so that it’ll open on anything Sibelius 6 or later. It’s currently for flute, two clarinets, cornet/trumpet, saxophones and piano but can be easily rearranged for your needs.

Arrangement of Hey Soul Sister (it’s missing the bridge but the rest of the song is there). There’s a Sibelius 8.1 and Sibelius 6 verison. It’s currently for voice, two clarinets, cornet/trumpet, piano and drums but can be easily rearranged for your needs.

This is a composition mini project centered around rhythm, it is not board specific. The composition is designed as a pre-cursor to free composition focused on rhythm as a starting point through using morse code. The whole project has three main group tasks so can be either done quickly in 3 lessons or extended over a longer period of time. There are audio links embedded within the star symbols.

This is a composition mini project centered around timbre and texture, it is not board specific. The composition is designed as a pre-cursor to free composition focused on using DAW software (in this instance FL studio) specifically video game music. The whole project is individual so can be either done quickly in 3 lessons or extended over a longer period of time. There are audio links embedded within the star symbols.

This is a 6-week project on Hip-Hop where the main focus is Ground Bass. I would normally teach Hip-Hop music on FL Studio, this is a project designed for distance learning and is a composition task to be completed on BandLab, which these students have not done before so it also includes a ‘how to’ for what they need to do. There is a quiz included and one main task, a submission on BandLab.

This is a one lesson lesson for AOS2: Popular Music for Beyonce. There are links to songs embedded in the star symbols. Please note, I have only taught AOS2 for the section A portion of the exam so please be aware that there are no songs analysed in the detail required for section C.

This is a scheme of work I use with year 9. It introduces them to Calypso music, through a class steel pan ensemble performance of yellow bird (music provided), the following week introduces students to Reggae and there is another class performance on the steel pans of Three Little Birds (music again provided). It then moves onto a larger project for the rest of the half term, a fusion of a pop song. I love this unit as I find that it really sets students up for GCSE courses, using much of the same vocabulary. Although the music resources are for Steel Pans in the case of Yellow Bird, there is a version of Three Little Birds not for Steel Pans if you don’t have any. n.b Any stars in the powerpoint are hyperlinks to the musical examples.

Arrangement of Paradise by George Ezra. It’s a Sibelius 6 verison so that it’ll open on anything Sibelius 6 or later. It’s currently for voice, flute, two clarinets, cornet/trumpet, piano, bass and drums but can be easily rearranged for your needs.

This is a scheme of work I use with year 9 (although it could be any KS3 cohort) to introduce them to a DAW, in this case FL studio although it could be adapted for any DAW. It requires students to design a basic platform game, compose a theme for it and then create different levels of the game (ie a water or forest level) using their initial melody and thus creating the variations. The first variation is a water level for all and looks at Aquarium from Carnival of the Animals and then the subsequent variation is a free choice. The key musical features covered, in addition to learning how to use DAW software is T&V structure, a variety of textures and timbres. Any stars within the PowerPoint have a link to a video attached.

This scheme of work is currently being taught to year 9 students. The scheme of work focuses on horror music and ways of creating tension in music. This project also introduces students to Sibelius for the first time, with the main project being scoring the music to a clip from the woman in black. All clips/videos should be embedded within the powerpoint, a cue sheet for the clip is also attached.

This is a scheme of work I use with year 8 (although it could be any KS3 cohort) to introduce them to a DAW, in this case FL studio although it could be adapted for any DAW. It requires students to write a Hip-Hop song using Pachelbel’s canon bass line as a starting point in pairs with the key musical terminology being Ground Bass and Ostinato. Any stars within the PowerPoint have a link to a video attached.

Arrangement of Eye of the Tiger, it only has the intro, first half of the first verse and chorus. It’s a Sibelius 6 verison so that it’ll open on anything Sibelius 6 or later. It’s currently for two clarinets, cornet/trumpet, piano, bass and drums but can be easily rearranged for your needs.

Arrangement of Accidentally in Love by Counting Crows. It’s a Sibelius 6 verison so that it’ll open on anything Sibelius 6 or later. It’s currently for voice, two clarinets, cornet/trumpet, piano, bass and drums but can be easily rearranged for your needs.

Arrangement of Everything I Do (I Do It For You) by Bryan Adams. It’s a Sibelius 6 verison so that it’ll open on anything Sibelius 6 or later. It’s currently for voice, flute, two clarinets, cornet/trumpet, piano, bass and drums but can be easily rearranged for your needs.

Arrangement of Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes. It’s a Sibelius 6 verison so that it’ll open on anything Sibelius 6 or later. It’s only the first two verses/choruses. It’s currently for voice, flute, two clarinets, cornet/trumpet, piano, bass and drums but can be easily rearranged for your needs.

Arrangement of School’s Out (Alice Cooper), it has the first verse, chorus and middle 8, currently it has the lyrics ‘School’s Out for Christmas’ but this is easily reverted to the original. It’s a Sibelius 6 verison so that it’ll open on anything Sibelius 6 or later. It’s currently for voice, two clarinets, cornet/trumpet, electric guitar, piano, bass and drums but can be easily rearranged for your needs.