I have been teaching Music for 6 years and many of the resources I use, I made myself. At the moment, I am particularly focusing on making resources for the Development of the Symphony aspect of the Eduqas A Level Music course, as this is an extremely broad area of study which requires a huge amount of wider listening and contextual knowledge.
I have been teaching Music for 6 years and many of the resources I use, I made myself. At the moment, I am particularly focusing on making resources for the Development of the Symphony aspect of the Eduqas A Level Music course, as this is an extremely broad area of study which requires a huge amount of wider listening and contextual knowledge.
This is an extensive and exhaustive resource full of essay points and score examples for AoSA Development of the Symphony Wider Listening. It contains points for every single essay topic (13 in total), covering 21 wider listening works from Stamitz (1750) to Mahler (1894). This resource also includes extensive points on Haydn 104 and Mendelssohn 4, the A Level set works.
Whilst there is a huge volume of information in here, and more than enough wider listening examples, the idea is that students can flick to the essay topic that they want to revise (e.g. C. Second/slow movements) and easily be able to compare earlier and later symphonies, accessing lots of different essay points. You can edit the document to make it work for your wider listening choices, and use it as a PDF (with hyperlinks for each essay topic), or print it as a booklet (for a physical revision resource).
This resource has been a labour of love, and taken over 50 hours to complete. I hope that it is helpful!
Any questions at all, please contact me on kirstenparry12@gmail.com. Thank you!
This is the full collection of all 61 PowerPoints I have created for the AoSA within Eduqas A Level Music. I made these resources to teach myself the content, as I was new to teaching Development of the Symphony, and I also of course use them to teach my students. Some of the lessons are very information-heavy, but you could adapt them to be more research-focused if that works for you. The SoW includes activities, video links and suggested homework tasks. I have also included all wider reading, although not all of it is necessary for the course - more complementary.
These lessons took in excess of 3 months of daily grind to create (summer 2023 was great fun…!), and by purchasing this bundle you are saving 10% compared to purchasing them in separate, smaller bundles.
In some of my PowerPoints, I reference the ‘landmark’ document. This is a worksheet I was sent by another teacher, so as I did not create it, I did not include it in this pack. However, that teacher is happy for the landmark document to be shared for free, so please send me an email if you don’t already have it and we will sort it.
These resources were created in Summer 2023 so some Youtube links may have expired; again, email me and I can update you. I will be updating all of my resources once the change of set works is formalised.
Thank you for your support, and please do not hesitate to email me with any questions!
kirstenparry12@gmail.com
This would work for Year 7 or Year 8. Comprehensive set of 6 lessons to cater for both beginners and experienced players. Scaffolded activities, listening activities, key performance indicators, performance targets and success criteria.
Includes PowerPoints, written scheme of work and student booklet. The booklet contains vocal and piano warm ups, several short pieces to learn and activities which match the PowerPoint slides. All documents editable.
This resource is perfect for the first half term of GCSE Music, whether that be the beginning of Year 9, end of Year 9 or the beginning of Year 10 (depending on when your KS4 begins!)
Pupils will be taken on a journey from Baroque to 20th Century, exploring wider listening, crucial key terms, theoretical concepts, dictation, context and meaning along the way. This is the perfect introduction to GCSE Music for Edexcel, as all key terms learnt link to the GCSE set works.
This package includes a Scheme of Work on a word document, with lesson objectives, activities and homeworks, a full set of 10 PowerPoints with integrated clips (and memes!) to make the delivered information as engaging as possible. There is also a short initial theory test and a longer end of term assessment included, which is helpful for a data snapshot of where your pupils are at.
All files are editable, and there are 11-12 lessons’ worth of content there, which fits nicely into a half term (with composition and performance alongside).
This is the final installment in my Eduqas A Level Music AoSA collection of lessons, with more memes than ever, and PPTs bursting with information about the late Romantic symphonies! I hope you enjoy using them.
Here are lessons 55-61 of my AoSA scheme of work, which complement the long-term plan I have uploaded separately and in this pack. Please do edit and tweak as appropriate for your classes. Keep an eye on the notes, as I have put links/notes on quite a few of my slides. The integrated videos should work on your device/s but if they don’t, the Youtube links are in the notes for each slide. Wider reading/worksheets are also included, apart from those I did not make myself. Includes suggested homework tasks.
Lesson 55 - Brahms 1
Lesson 56 - Bruckner 4
Lesson 57 - Tchaikovsky 4 and 5
Lesson 58 - Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
Lesson 59 - Tchaikovsky 6 and Dvorak 9
Lesson 60 - Strauss Eulenspiegel and Mahler 2
Lesson 61 - Late Romantic Symphonies - summary / revision
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If you find my lessons useful, please keep an eye on my page as I am selling the rest of my lessons for AoSA in bundles.
Any questions please email! - kirstenparry12@gmail.com
Hope this is helpful!
This is an extensive 60 page resource to complement the Edexcel GCSE Music course, offering a range of wider listening questions and tasks covering 33 different pieces. This workbook suits pupils throughout their GCSE course, for in-lesson activities or for homework. It is clear, guided and improves independence and confidence in their exam technique. The document includes a clearly laid out contents page, musical element definition reminder and a reflection page at the end.
The pieces are selected from the Edexcel suggested wider listening list, but I have also added in a few which I thought would be good to look at. I have created every question myself - most are typical of a Question 9 unfamiliar listening question, but some are useful tasks to help students to identify musical features in an unfamiliar piece without the pressure. The necessary score excerpts are included within the workbook, and the full scores are available within this pack. The audio can be found in this Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1vm0Of3CreRas9ecfWeyoN?si=f48e0a6b667b40b2 and the track numbers align with the score file numbers and the contents list, so everything is incredibly easy to find.
I hope that this resource is as useful for your pupils as it is for mine. Any issues or questions please email me on kirstenparry12@gmail.com. Thank you for your support!
Here are lessons 6-10 of my AoSA scheme of work, which complement the long-term plan I have uploaded separately and in this pack. Please do edit and tweak as appropriate for your classes. Keep an eye on the notes, as I have put links/notes on quite a few of my slides. Enjoy the elf on the shelf memes - they sustain my pupils first thing on a Monday morning! The integrated videos should work on your device/s but if they don’t, the Youtube links are in the notes for each slide. Wider reading/worksheets are also included.
Lesson 6 - Early Classical music
Lesson 7 - Sonata form (ft. Haydn 2)
Lesson 8 - Mature Classical music (ft. various wider listenings from Haydn and Mozart)
Lesson 9 - Presentations
Lesson 10 - How to write an essay
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If you find my lessons useful, please keep an eye on my page as I will be selling the rest of my lessons for AoSA in bundles (I have around 60 lessons in total!)**
Any questions please email! - kirstenparry12@gmail.com
Hope this is helpful!
This is a clear, eye-catching and informative display based on AoSA for Eduqas A Level Music. My students found it super helpful to have up on the classroom wall!
This is a highly useful 15 page resource, containing the following (all of which can be tweaked - PDF and word document included):
What we have done so far (This year, we have…’)
What we will do in Year 13/Upper Sixth (Next year, we will study…’)
Links to helpful wider listening playlist
AoSA Development of the Symphony revision exercises on Haydn, texture, structure, harmony and tonality etc.
Harmony exercise to identify and describe different tricky chords
Symphony wider listening grid (blank, to fill in)
AoSC Musical Theatre task - composers’ fingerprints grid
AoSE 20th Century wider listening grid with provided pieces
20th Century set works creative task
20th Century extensive questions based on Tom Pankhurst’s fantastic video
Guidance on dictation, signposting to best websites to use to practice
Space to jot down composition ideas (no guidance here, just manuscript)
A Level performance requirements
8 week practice diary
An elements of music matching exercise with 40+ key words on the page to match to the elements.
I hope this is helpful - thank you for your continued support of my resources! Please also check out my Symphony Wider Listening Guide and extensive schemes of work/PowerPoints.
Any questions, please email kirstenparry12@gmail.com
Here are lessons 45-54 of my AoSA scheme of work, which complement the long-term plan I have uploaded separately and in this pack. Please do edit and tweak as appropriate for your classes. Keep an eye on the notes, as I have put links/notes on quite a few of my slides. The integrated videos should work on your device/s but if they don’t, the Youtube links are in the notes for each slide. Wider reading/worksheets are also included, apart from those I did not make myself. Includes suggested homework tasks.
Lesson 45 - Beethoven 9 ‘Choral’
Lessons 46-47 - Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Lesson 48 - Patronage
Lesson 49 - Drama/narrative/programme music
Lesson 50 - Dance/folk/nationalist music
Lesson 51 - Schumann Symphony No.3
Lessons 52-53 - Liszt Eine Faust Symphonie
Lesson 54 - Liszt Les Preludes
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If you find my lessons useful, please keep an eye on my page as I will be selling the rest of my lessons for AoSA in bundles (I have around 60 lessons in total!)**
Any questions please email! - kirstenparry12@gmail.com
Hope this is helpful!
Here are lessons 11-28 of my AoSA scheme of work, which complement the long-term plan I have uploaded separately and in this pack. Please do edit and tweak as appropriate for your classes. Keep an eye on the notes, as I have put links/notes on quite a few of my slides. Enjoy the elf on the shelf memes - they sustain my pupils first thing on a Monday morning! The integrated videos should work on your device/s but if they don’t, the Youtube links are in the notes for each slide. Wider reading/worksheets are also included, apart from those I did not make myself. Includes suggested homework tasks.
Lesson 11 - Musicianship (ft. Haydn 94 ‘Paukenschlag’)
Lesson 12 - An introduction to the London Symphonies by Haydn
Lessons 13-15 - Huge analysis PPT of Haydn 104, Movements 1 and 2
Lesson 16 - Musicianship - chords and intervals
Lessons 17-19 - More Movement 2 analysis of the Haydn
Lesson 20 - Musicianship (ft. Beethoven 1)
Lesson 21 - All about Beethoven
Lessons 22-24 - Huge analysis PPT of Haydn 104, Movement 3
Lesson 25 - Musicianship - transposition
Lessons 26-28 - Huge analysis PPT of Haydn 104, Movement 4
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If you find my lessons useful, please keep an eye on my page as I will be selling the rest of my lessons for AoSA in bundles (I have around 60 lessons in total!)**
Any questions please email! - kirstenparry12@gmail.com
Hope this is helpful!
This is a highly useful 10 page resource, containing the following (all of which can be edited):
What we have done so far (‘In Year 10, we have…’)
What we will do in Year 11 (‘In Year 11, we will study…’)
Brandenburg Concerto: Context gap fill exercise
Baroque era revision page
Guidance on dictation, signposting to best websites to use to practice
Space to jot down composition ideas (no guidance here, just manuscript)
8 week practice diary
12 mark essay set work revision tasks - grids to fill out for Killer Queen/Let it Be, Star Wars/Hedwig’s theme and Music for a While/And the Glory of the Lord
Compare and contrast grid (any musical elements) between Beethoven’s Pathetique and Mozart’s Symphony No.40 Mvt 1
An elements of music matching exercise with 40+ key words on the page to match to the elements.
I hope this is helpful - thank you for your continued support of my resources!
Any questions, please email kirstenparry12@gmail.com
Here are lessons 40-44 of my AoSA scheme of work, which complement the long-term plan I have uploaded separately and in this pack. Please do edit and tweak as appropriate for your classes. Keep an eye on the notes, as I have put links/notes on quite a few of my slides. Enjoy the elf on the shelf memes - they sustain my pupils first thing on a Monday morning! The integrated videos should work on your device/s but if they don’t, the Youtube links are in the notes for each slide. Wider reading/worksheets are also included, apart from those I did not make myself. Includes suggested homework tasks.
Lesson 40 - An introduction to Mendelssohn
Lesson 41 - Musicianship - cadences
Lesson 42 - Mendelssohn 4, Movements 1 and 2
Lesson 43 - Mendelssohn 4, Movements 3 and 4
Lesson 44 - Mendelssohn and the essay topics
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If you find my lessons useful, please keep an eye on my page as I will be selling the rest of my lessons for AoSA in bundles (I have around 60 lessons in total!)**
Any questions please email! - kirstenparry12@gmail.com
Hope this is helpful!
This is a beautiful and delicate arrangement of Silent Night for two upper voice parts (SA or SS) and string ensemble. Perfect for a Christmas concert or carol service. The string parts would work for intermediate to advanced players and are Grade 3+ standard.
I have also included the MP3 of the full arrangement, as well as the MP3 without voices.
If you email me proof of purchase, I will happily send you the Musescore file so that you can tweak for your choir/ensemble!
kirstenparry12@gmail.com
Here are lessons 29-39 of my AoSA scheme of work, which complement the long-term plan I have uploaded separately and in this pack. Please do edit and tweak as appropriate for your classes. Keep an eye on the notes, as I have put links/notes on quite a few of my slides. Enjoy the elf on the shelf memes - they sustain my pupils first thing on a Monday morning! The integrated videos should work on your device/s but if they don’t, the Youtube links are in the notes for each slide. Wider reading/worksheets are also included, apart from those I did not make myself. Includes suggested homework tasks.
Lessons 29-30 - The Creatures of Prometheus
Lesson 31 - Musicianship (ft. Beethoven’s Eroica Variations)
Lessons 32-33 - Beethoven 3 (Eroica)
Lessons 34-35 - Beethoven 5
Lesson 36 - Musicianship - circle of fifths
Lessons 37-39 - Beethoven 6 (Pastoral)
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If you find my lessons useful, please keep an eye on my page as I will be selling the rest of my lessons for AoSA in bundles (I have around 60 lessons in total!)**
Any questions please email! - kirstenparry12@gmail.com
Hope this is helpful!
This is a complex and relatively challenging SATB+Piano work set to the text O Magnum Mysterium. It has beautifully rich harmonies and is perfect for a senior school choir or chamber choir. PDF and MP3 included!
I can’t confirm its success just yet as I’m only halfway through teaching it! But hopefully it helps others who are new to teaching the Development of the Symphony. Each lesson on the plan has a PowerPoint that I have made - I will upload the first few free for a taster, then will likely sell in bundles as they took me forever and I made them from scratch!
I’ve cut a few lessons and will likely cut a few more (we have just finished the Mendelssohn so heading into the romantic symphonies next week). I’m a bit maximalist when it comes to planning, then cut down as I go. I get 5x55 mins a fortnight with my class, and my colleague has the same - she covers AoSC and composition. AoSE happens in Y13 for us, along with finishing AoSA and the brief comps.
Hope this plan is helpful!
I hope people find this useful! I created it on Onedrive as a live document so my pupils fill boxes in for homework (or they do it live in class and I have it up on the board so we can see what each other is doing). Sometimes I tell them to focus on one wider listening work, i.e. Eroica, and sometimes I tell them to focus on one essay topic, i.e. harmony/tonality. It then becomes a really cool, live, revision resource. There are a lot of wider listening works on there, we dip in and out of some and focus more on others, but you can tweak/add/delete as necessary. Useful for revising specific essay topics!
Also includes links to score PDFs, date of composition, symphony nicknames and size of the orchestra for each work.
I hope people find this useful! I created it on onedrive as a live document so my pupils fill boxes in for homework (or they do it live in class and I have it up on the board so we can see what each other is doing). Sometimes I tell them to focus on one set work, i.e. the Beethoven, and sometimes I tell them to focus on one element of music, i.e. structure. It then becomes a really cool, live, revision resource. I colour code my elements of music to Dr T Smitth, but edit and adapt as you wish!
