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
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
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.
NEW - for the 2022 exam
A comprehensive (31 page) workbook based on the following pieces of film music (all from the horror/suspense genre).
Instructions
Listen to each piece as many times as necessary (YouTube link provided).
Make bullet point notes for each element in the boxes provided.
Use musical vocabulary (REFER TO THE GLOSSARY).
Read through the specimen sentences and then try to create your own, making sure they “fit” the excerpt you have listened to.
Write a paragraph about each musical element, and then relate it to a different piece of music that you have listened to.
Finally, justify why you consider the excerpt and the other pieces of music represent the suggested mood and/or description of the film scene.
It is recommended (in examiners’ reports) that pupils spend 70 minutes on Section B (the essay questions), so aim for no more than 35 minutes on the film music question.
Sweeney Todd (opening titles) - Sondheim
The Hunt, from Planet of the Apes – Jerry Goldsmith
Cape Fear – Herrmann
The Hunt, from Planet of the Apes – Danny Elfman
The Omen (main theme) – Jerry Goldsmith
Battle at Aslan’s Howe – Harry Gregson-Williams
Theme from Vertigo – Herrmann
Also includes:
Model sentences
Extended Listening ideas with brief analysis
YouTube listening resources and links
Composer general characteristics (Herrmann, Goldsmith, Elfman)
Suggested answers –
Mindmap example
WORD version available if needed for editing - email
misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Also, any issues or queries, please email and I will be only too pleased to help.
10 pieces of Ensemble music from Area of Study 2 - questions all based on typical GCSE questions in exam paper.
Pieces include:
String Quartet Op 76, No 3 (2nd movt) – Haydn
The Last Night of the World – Schonberg
Jazz Ensemble
Alexander Hamilton – opening number
Seasons of Love
Beethoven chamber music
Swing Low Sweet Chariot – BB King
Hallelujah Chorus
Ar Hyd Y Nos – welsh folk
Defying Gravity - musical
All the listening tests are designed to test varying abilities. The final question in some of the pieces tends to be an extended answer which will test the more able students.
All questions are marked out of 12.
There are a couple of different types of questions
Filling in the blanks (melody and rhythm) and adding onto a score – pupils can listen 4 times to these questions, with a minute preparation time, 30 seconds in between playings and 3 minutes completion time at the end.
Extended answer – pupils can listen 3 times with a 30 second gap in between playings and 6 minutes completion time at the end.
General musicianship questions – pupils can listen 3 times to these questions with a 30 second pause between playings and 2 minutes completion time at the end.
Please note that the answers to the extended writing questions are NOT exhaustive. All reasonable answers should be considered, so please use your professional judgement.
If you have any issues or queries, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
10 pieces of film music - questions all based on typical GCSE questions in exam paper.
Pieces include:
Dances With Wolves
Theme from The Mission
Rupert Bear, from The English Patient
Theme from Batman
Snowpiercer
X Men Apocalypse
Theme from Godzilla
Hatikvah (The Hope) from Munich
A Fateful Meeting/Central Park, from King Kong
Conan the Barbarian
All the listening tests are designed to test varying abilities. The final question in some of the pieces tends to be an extended answer which will test the more able students.
All questions are marked out of 12.
There are a couple of different types of questions
Filling in the blanks (melody and rhythm) and adding onto a score – pupils can listen 4 times to these questions, with a minute preparation time, 30 seconds in between playings and 3 minutes completion time at the end.
Extended answer – pupils can listen 3 times with a 30 second gap in between playings and 6 minutes completion time at the end.
General musicianship questions – pupils can listen 3 times to these questions with a 30 second pause between playings and 2 minutes completion time at the end.
Please note that the answers to the extended writing questions are NOT exhaustive. All reasonable answers should be considered, so please use your professional judgement.
Please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com if you have any issues or queries, and I will be only too pleased to help.
3 brand new practice papers for Eduqas GCSE Music.
They include the new set works, Bach’s Badinerie and Africa by Toto.
YouTube links provided for all questions.
All answers provided.
If there are any issues, please contact Misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com and I will be only too pleased to help or address any issues.
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
A resource, originally written for a different exam board, but adapted for OCR.
It covers rhythm and pitch dictation practice, as well as general theory practice (keys/chords/harmony/tonality/texture etc), all areas covered in the OCR syllabus.
There are 2 questions on vocal music, and although this is not in the OCR syllabus, the questions still provide invaluable practice.
The screenshots give a good idea of content.
As always, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com with any problems or questions.
** Brand new resource** - PAPER 2
Based on the Advance Information for the 2023 Summer Series
Anitra’s Dance (Section A1)
Bassoon Concerto K.191 Rondo - Mozart
The Ash Grove - Welsh trad
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino/Louis Armstrong
Theme from The Plague - Vangelis
Theme from Star Wars IV - Williams
Everything Must Go - Manics
Money, Money, Money - Abba
I have uploaded another PDF file, as the first one isn’t always showing X and Y on the score for Anitra’s Dance - please email me on misscreativecurriculum@gmailcom if you’re experiencing any issues and I can email you a copy.
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
This resource gives an overview of the work of Sondheim - Into the Woods
It discusses his characteristic musical style, with recommended works to focus on.
Additionally there are 5 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. (SORRY NO WORD VERSION AVAILABLE AS MY FILE IS CORRUPT)
Pieces include:
Hello Little Girl
I Know Things Now
Agony
Stay With Me
Your Fault
This resource gives an overview of the work of Sondheim.
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.
Another resource to help students prepare for the EDEXCEL Question 5 - FILM MUSIC.
This resource features music from:
Blade Runner
Godzilla
Alien
Terminator
The Flood
There are answers included (although I’m sure they are not exhaustive by any means!), suggested listening and some useful YouTube links to help develop knowledge of technology in film music.
Please email me at misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com if you need anything further on this resource, or if there are any issues with it. Thanks
A fantastic resource to help prepare your students for the 2022 summer listening exam - Section A
4 full questions based on each section of the piano trio.
Questions are marked out of 13 or 15 and all answers are provided.
PLEASE NOTE THIS RESOURCE HAS BEEN UPDATED AS THE BRAHMS STRING QUARTET LINK HAD EXPIRED/ALTERED.
THIS NOW CONTAINS THE CORRECT TIMING FOR THIS QUESTION.
IF YOU HAVE ALREADY BOUGHT THE RESOURCE AND WANT THE UPDATED COPY, PLEASE EMAIL ME
MISSCREATIVECURRICULUM@GMAIL.COM
A series of 10 questions including the following pieces:
Schumann – Symphony No. 2 Op.61
Dvorak Violin Trio Op.74
Schumann – Traumerei Op.15
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, 2nd Movement
Schumann – Der Dichter Spricht Op. 15
Brahms – String Quartet No. 3 in B Flat, Op.67-2 Andante
Grieg Lyric Pieces Book 1, Op.12-3 Watchman’s Song
Brahms – String Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op.51, No 1 – Romanze
Clara Schumann – Piano Trio Op.17 Andante
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Ballade for violin and Piano in C minor Op.73
Each question is worth 10 marks and focuses on:
chord recognition
correcting errors in pitch and rhythm
melodic dication
WJEC focuses on general western classical music in the Romantic period, whereas EDUQAS only focuses on the symphony. However it is excellent preparation for the exam.
WORD and PDF files included, as well as question only booklet, and question and answer booklet.
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 brand new resource, created specifically for 2022, following advice in the Advance Information
Anitra’s Dance - Section A
Bach Badinerie (extended writing),
Calon Lan (Cerys Matthews/Only Boys Aloud rhythm dictation and comparison)
Do You Hear the People Sing
Theme from Godzilla (Bear McCreary)
Across the Stars (John Williams, features oboe solo)
Everything Music Go - intro, verse 1, pre-chorus, chorus
Think - Aretha Franklin
There is also an audio track (press play and it plays the whole exam, with instructions)
Mark scheme also uploaded
A resource that features 6 different pieces of music, with some composers in the suggested listening for Film Music.
Belle – Rachel Portman
The Danish Girl – Desplat
Wilde Suite – Debbie Wiseman
The Promise – Debbie Wiseman
Downton Abbey – John Lunn
Emma – Debbie Wiseman
Listen to each piece (YouTube links provided) as many times as necessary
Comment on each musical element, referring to the glossary at the start
Write a paragraph about each element, relating to different pieces of music
Justify why you consider the exceprt and the other pieces of music represent the suggested mood and/or descriptiong of the film scene.
Aim to spend no more than 35 minutes on the film music question.
Includes suggested answers and other related works.
A full mock paper, based on the advance information for 2022, with accompanying mp3 track.
Features:
Anitra’s Dance Section A
Concerto in D Minor - Vivaldi
Ar Lan Y Mor - Trad
Oh What a Beautiful Morning - R&H
In Dreams - Williams
Psycho - Herrmann
Manics - intro/verse/pre-chorus/chorus
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Answers provided.
Please note, the mp3 only plays each track once. Timings are provided on the question paper. Ideal for setting as a homework task.
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.