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
Features the following pieces.
All questions are based on the WJEC exam style questions and marked out of 10. Please see screenshots for types of questions.
As always, please email misscreativecurricum@gmail.com for any problems or questions.
Haydn String Quartet Op. 72 No.1
Mozart Divertimento No. 3 K. 166
Mozart Divertimento K. 138
Haydn String Quartet Op.76 No.3
Haydn Piano trio Op.39
Mozart String Quartet No.20 K. 499
Mozart – Chorus of the Priests “Oh Isis and Osiris”
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
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
A new resource, based on West Side Story. Features 5 songs:
Somewhere
Maria
Cool
A Boy Like That
I Have a Love (ending of A Boy Like That)
Questions based on A level EDUQAS past papers, including a comparisons task.
All answers provided (although these may not be exhaustive, as teachers and pupils will no doubt find additional relevant points).
Please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com if there are any issues/typos/queries.
A resource helping prepare students for Question 6 in the 2022 examination.
Focuses on the 3 different sections of The Rite of Spring - Introduction, The Augurs of Spring, The Ritual of Abduction.
Analysis of each, focusing on the musical elements
Other recommended listening.
A focus on context
Suggested introductory paragraph.
NEW RESOURCE
4 practice questions on the EDEXCEL set work by Bach (“Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott”
2 questions on Movement 1 and 1 question on each of the other movements.
Screenshots give you a good idea of the content.
There is also a summary page at the start that covers the elements of music pertinent to this set work.
All answers provided.
Please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com if you have any issues or problems and I will be only too pleased to help.
BRAND NEW RESOURCE
A set of 5 practice questions covering the whole of the piece PAGODES by Debussy.
Questions are very similar to those found in past papers.
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
As always, any problems/issues, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com for any queries/issues
Comprehensive resource, featuring all of the different musical styles in Area of Study 4.
The following pieces are examined:
With or Without You – U2
Looking For Somebody – Fleetwood Mac
Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
Heard it Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
Light My Fire – The Doors/UB40
Praise You – Fatboy Slim
Don’t Bring Me Down – ELO
Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
Punjabi MC – Mundian to Bach Ke
Wiz Khalifa – See You Again
Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
All pieces are marked out of 12, following typical exam questions and layout. A useful vocabulary summary is included at the start
NEW RESOURCE
8 practice questions from On Wenlock Edge
On Wenlock Edge - 2 questions
Is My Team Ploughing - 2 questions
Bredon Hill - 4 questions
All questions are based on the A Level exam
Answers are provided, although they are by no means exhaustive.
Any problems, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
This resource gives an overview of the work of Sondheim, with particular reference to** Sweeney Todd**.
It discusses his characteristic musical style, with recommended works to focus on.
Additionally there are 4 SAMS, based on the type of questions that students will come across in their exam. A great deal of research has gone into creating these questions.
Answers are provided at the end of the booklet, although these answers are by no means exhaustive. I know that all of the expert teachers out there will no doubt find extra answers to some of the questions I have set.
Pieces include:
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
Poor Thing
These Are My Friends
Green Finch and Linnet Bird
Screenshots included of extra musical extracts, for teaching purposes, if required.
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.
A new fantastic resource based on Section 1 of the EDEXCEL A Level Music exam.
All cues are examined, with very similar questions to previous past papers. All answers are provided.
The first 2 questions feature part of the full score and the other questions skeleton scores, or very short extracts. All questions require aural skills in answering.
(PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A RHYTHMIC ERROR IN THE SKELETON SCORE OF MARION so an extra question to correct the error has been added)
Email me if needed
rhianjenkins@hotmail.co.uk
Prelude
The City
Marion
The Murder
The Toys
The Cellar
Discovery
Finale
Following the advance information announcement, this resource has been developed to help pupils answer the extended 9-mark question, which will be based on Area of Study 1 - Musical Forms and Devices
All forms are included (binary, ternary, rondo, strophic, theme and variation, minuet and trio)
The featured pieces include:
Gavotte from French Suite No.6 – Bach
Coppelia, Suite – Variation on a Slave Theme – Delibes
Das Wandern – Schubert
Horn Concerto No.4 – Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
YouTube links and timings are provided, as well as answers. There is an example of the extended writing, however the answers are in bullet form.
A series of 6 mock question papers based on the new set work, Bach Badinerie. For teaching in September 2020, first exam in 2022. All 6 papers are based on the typical format in EDUQAS and marked out of 12. Spotify and YouTube links are included, with answers.
** For any queries/issues, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com**
Comprehensive resource, featuring all of the different musical styles in Area of Study 4.
The following pieces are examined:
With or Without You – U2
Looking For Somebody – Fleetwood Mac
Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
Heard it Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
Light My Fire – The Doors/UB40
Praise You – Fatboy Slim
Don’t Bring Me Down – ELO
Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
Wiz Khalifa – See You Again
Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
All pieces are marked out of 12 (not 9 as is usual for WJEC), following typical exam questions and layout. A useful vocabulary summary is included at the start
This resource is designed to provide extra evidence of pupil achievement in Area of Study 1 - Musical Forms and Devices.
Originally designed for EDUQAS, each question is worth 12 marks - WJEC is worth 9 marks each, so some adjustments might need to be made
Bach – Minuet in G major BMV Anh 114
Music for the Royal Fireworks - Minuet 1, Handel
March in D (from Anna Magdalena Notebook) – Bach
Andante from Surprise Symphony - Haydn
Trepak, from The Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky
The Fairy Queen – Purcell
Prelude to L’Arlesienne - Bizet
Brand new resource
Area of Study 3 - Paul Simon (featuring 3 songs from the album Graceland)
**Activity/Featured Work
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes – ELEMENTS FACTFILE
Extract 1
Contextual Understanding of Extract 1 – 2 mark questions
Extract 2
Contextual Understanding of Extract 2 – 2 mark questions
Extract 3
Extract 4
Contextual Understanding – 8 mark question
Graceland – ELEMENTS FACTFILE
Extract 1
Extract 2
Contextual Understanding of Extracts 1 & 2 – 2 mark questions
Extract 3
Extract 4
Contextual Understanding – 8 mark question
You Can call Me Al – ELEMENTS FACTFILE
Extract 1
Extract 1
Extract 2
Extract 3
Contextual Understanding – 2 mark questions
Contextual Understanding – 8 mark question
All answers are provided.
Screenshots give a good indication of content
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
Many thanks for looking
This resource gives an overview of the work of Cole Porter.
It discusses his characteristic musical style, with recommended works to focus on.
Additionally, there are 4 SAMS, based on the types of questions that students will come across in their exam.
Answers are provided at the end of the booklet (however these answers are not exhaustive).
Screenshots give an idea of content, but please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Featured Songs:
Night and Day
I Get A Kick Out Of You
So In Love
It’s Alright With Me
The Coraline Expressive Arts Scheme of Learning has been created with the intention of covering the following disciplines:
Art
Media
Drama
Music
This powerpoint includes:
Ideas for activities to develop subject specific skills
Youtube videos and tutorials
Colourful, eye-catching slides
It is envisaged that the subject specialist would add to the content and desired outcomes, however, a general expressive arts teacher would be able to teach the content and feel confident in doing so.
ART
Develop a working knowledge of the colour wheel and develop watercolour techniques
Develop skill in single line self portrait drawing
Develop creativity in using mixed media
Learn about Van Gogh and his style
Adapt and develop his style in recreating an existing image
MEDIA
Analyse a poster, using subject specific terminology
Discuss Music In Film
Analyse an animated scene
Develop creativity through drama hot seating
Develop photography and editing skills
DRAMA
Develop characterisation
Develop devising
Develop mise en scene
Develop improvisation
Developing choral speaking
http://scriptsforschooltheatre.blogspot.com/2015/02/coraline.html
(lots of available scripts with different character combinations)
MUSIC
Develop focused listening skills and discussion skills
Composed a creepy house theme
Compose a quirky character theme, using Chrome Music Lab
Learn about the composing techniques related to magical music
In-house created resource, making the most of the tremendous following that sea shanties currently have on TikTok.
Activities include:
Singing
Keyboard/instrumental performing
Arranging with Chrome Music Lab
Listening and historical background
Songs are supported by YouTube, TikTok and Spotify links
All sheet music provided for keybaord and instrumental performing
Arranging with Chrome Music Lab supported by fun “collab” activities and clear explanations.