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
9 questions, all based on similar questions in the A level paper.
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Most questions are 10-12 marks, and do not always feature the 5 mark extended writing.
Features the following pieces of music:
NEO-CLASSICAL
Prokofiev – Gavotte (Classical Symphony) – page 2
Stravinsky – Pulcinella – page 3
Stravinsky – Dumbarton Oaks – page 5
IMPRESSIONISM
Debussy - Colloque Sentimental – page 8
Lili Boulanger – Nocturne – page 10
Debussy – Prelude a l’apres-midi – page 13
EXPRESSIONISM
Schoenberg – Premonitions – page 15
Berg – Wozzeck – page 16
Schoenberg – Valse de Chopin – page 18
All answers are provided, but probably not exhaustive.
As usual, any problems, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
I am always happy to look at any issues, make corrections etc
NEW RESOURCE
Any issues/queries, please email me on misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
I’ll do whatever I can to sort any problems out for you.
Exam practice questions created specifically for Year 10 embarking on a GCSE Music course, in particular EDUQAS and WJEC. It would also benefit pupils studying other exam board specifications (screenshots illustrate this).
Split into the following areas of study, with key words from the specification developed.
MELODY
RHYTHM, TEMPO & METRE
HARMONY & TONALITY
FORM, STRUCTURE & STYLE
TEXTURE, TIMBRE & DYNAMICS
The following units of work are examined:
Forms and Devices
Music For Ensemble
Film Music
Popular Music
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.
Thanks for looking
6 practice questions (based on typical questions in the EDUQAS A Level exam)
All 5 rotations of Nuages, by Debussy are covered (from Area of Study E - Into the 20th Century)
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Mark scheme is also included
Any issues/questions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Brand new resource
4 questions on Poulenc’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano (2nd movement).
There is an overview of Poulenc’s style and there are also extension tasks intended for class discussion or paired work.
Each question focuses on one section (so A1, B1, B2, A2)
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
All answers provided, (although I’m sure that there may be more!)
The score that I used for reference was one found on imslp (only one on there, but not public domain in the EU)
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 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 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 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
A series of 18 typical questions based on the OCR specification.
All questions have varying levels of difficulty and are designed to be easily accessible to all pupils, with additional extended answers that will stretch and challenge pupils.
Please see screenshots for typical questions.
Answers are provided for all questions, although these are not exhaustive for the extended answers. Please note that there is an additional WORD document to download with some corrections to the answers. A couple of small errors.
All questions have YouTube links, not an accompanying audio. (This could be created however)
Please email if you have any questions
misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
3 full GCSE style question papers, featuring the new set works, Anitra’s Dance and Everything Must GO.
8 questions per paper, based on typical WJEC questions.
There is a mark scheme included at the end.
A brand new resource, with practice exam questions, featuring the following concertos:
Vivaldi A minor
Bach Brandenburg No.5
Corelli Op.6 No.8
Mozart Horn K495 (3rd movt)
Mozart Flute - 1st movt
Haydn Oboe - 2nd movt
Mozart Clarinet - 2nd movt
Bruch Violin E minor 1st movt
Bruch Violin E minor 2 movt
Tchaikovsky Piano - 1st movt
All questions are based on similar ones in the OCR past papers.
The screenshots give a clear idea of content.
As always, any questions or problems, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
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.
This resource is suitable for WJEC, EDUQAS, AQA, EDEXCEL and contains:
R&H typical musical style sheet
TOP TIPS in answering exam questions sheet (with key terminology)
4 SAMS focusing on:
Bali Ha’i
The March of the Siamese Children
The Farmer and The Cowman
What’s The Use of Wond’rin’
Answers
Brand New Resource for teaching the new set work for OCR A Level Music SET WORK 2024
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op.58
The 26 page resource contains 14 exam type questions (similar in style to Section A of the exam paper), but develops knowledge for Section B. The questions cover the whole of the first movement.
The screenshots give a good idea of the content.
All answers are provided, but these are not exhaustive, particularly in terms of the extension tasks. These are designed to support the essay writing in Section B.
Any questions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
If there are any issues with downloads, please contact TES for support if I am unable to answer your queries.
Many thanks.
Brand new resource, based on the 3rd movement of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto.
Develops pupils’ knowledge of each section, with focused questions - the type of questions pupils will meet in Section A of the paper.
There are also 2 mark contextual understanding questions, specific to each section, and three 8 mark questions at the end.
All answers are provided, although I’m sure teachers will find extra answers!
Screenshots give a good idea of content
As always, any questions or issues, please contact misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Many thanks
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 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 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.