An arrangement of this classic march for full orchestra including saxes. Standard is approx. grade 5 and the score is unlocked for customisation

An example essay question on Psycho

14 questions in the style of Section C

Two questions designed to support GCSE study of popular music with a review task to get them started. The track to use in Green Day's Minority - from the beginning to 0.48 seconds. Please use legal means of accessing this track.

This resource contain a question paper, two scores and a list of audio tracks for the exam. Due to copyright I have not cut the audio but the set works are of course readily available and the section B question is free on youtube / spotify or on CD. The set works included on this paper are Section A - Psycho, Kate Bush, Se Quema la Chumbamba Section B - The Rite of Spring Section C - Schumann, Vivaldi, Bach

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.

Four essay questions in the style present in the exam

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

A teenager centred assembly designed to inform them about a recent study which has shown that our ancestry might play a big part in our sleep patterns, before going on to look at the benefits of sleep and how to achieve the magic 8.5 hours!

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