Complete Unit with all resources on Western Classical Music and Instruments

Complete Unit of Work (roughly 6-8 lessons) covering:
Timbre and instrument families with keyboard performance opportunities to give an overview of the Baroque and Classical style. A highlight is a captioned video of the Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, which I have labelled with the instruments as they are playing, along with space in the workbooks for students to make notes on what they see and hear.
A look at conducting in 4/4 and then the layout of a typical Symphony orchestra. Optional activity on making a reed from a straw!
Final assessment is children researching an instrument and presenting on it (example presentation provided). This works best if you ensure that no groups are doing the same instrument.

Keywords covered: Classical, Baroque, Western, timbre, instrument families, ground bass, harpsichord, conductor, orchestra

You will receive:
A Powerpoint with all tasks and activities. Any links to YouTube videos are in the ‘Notes’ section underneath the relevant slide;
All audio and video as standalone files in case of any compatibility issues;
A student workbook which matches exactly to the Powerpoint (page numbers for each task are provided on the slides).

Please note: I did NOT make ANY of the YouTube videos; they are ones I have found useful that are freely and publicly available. Please credit the links to them if redistributing this resource.

This resource is priced to reflect the years of planning and refinement that have gone into making it enjoyable to learn and easy-to-deliver, along with my permission to edit and redistribute as you wish.