An arrangement to allow your superstar cellist to show off - Saxophones double the horns in this arrangement

Could easily be copied into other ensembles.

7 suggested tracks freely available on YouTube / Spotify / ITunes for your students to listen to and compare to cues from The Duchess

12 questions designed to give the students an introduction to the music without using the score. The yare asked for three extended responses to the three cues and are then given a selected filmography to select three films for musical comparison.

This document contains a series of statements that are quick and easy to use. Simply tick the statement from each row that best applies to the student and add comments at the bottom. Excellent for departments with a large number of peripatetic lessons on the go!

Two section B questions related to The Duchess with accompanying audio tracks.

These two documents are all your students need to get started on their first compositions. The introduction to composition pack is 20 pages of clear advice, illustrated with Sibelius 7 created examples which takes them through harmonic progressions, melody writing, phrasing and articulation. The second sheet is there to keep them on track - giving them space to record their ideas and see how their composition is progressing. More composition resources to be added soon - including specific guidance for students of different types of composition.

Two listening grids aimed to help you students build up connections for Section B Questions

This classic Grade 8 show piece arranged for school orchestra and soloist

Following on from my comprehensive guide to composition, here is a related resource specifically designed to help your students compose an Elegy.

Part of a series on composition, this resource is designed to be used with my Students introduction to composition to guide them through the composition of a pop song

Designed to be used in conjunction with A Students Guide to Composition, this resource will walk your students through the composition of a 12 Bar Blues that will satisfy the 4 GCSE exam boards

6 GCSE style questions designed to be an end of unit test for your students. While the musical examples chosen are taken from the OCR syllabus these questions are suitable for all four examination boards.

A setting of this classic Robert Frost poem for Treble Choir. Would also be suitable for SSA

This is a complete scheme of work designed to introduce Y7 students to secondary school music. It covers notation, dynamics, tempo, rhythm and includes aural, performance and composition activities. The scores are designed for keyboard instruments but could be adapted to any orchestral instrument. There is enough material here for approximately 9-11 weeks / lessons

Three documents designed to help start teaching of this set work. The information sheets give a broad overview of the Beatles history and style, and the musical analysis document will allow students to analyse the pieces in a logical pattern

Another test for you to use with your students. 6 generic questions with answers designed to be used with any of the four GCSE exam boards

A simple document to help your students list related pieces to each of the Beatles tracks

An original composition for treble choir - setting this haunting winter poem